CMST 1061 : CMST 1061 Exam 1
Document Summary
Communication the giving, conveying, or exchanging of information through words, sounds, writing, or signs. Channel: the pathway for the message to take, ex: email. The message: what the sender is trying to say, people assign meaning with the message. Feedback: the reaction you have to the message. Noise: anything that interferes with the message. Insights - simultaneously giving information to each other: meanings exist in people. Communication misconceptions: not all communication seeks understanding, social rituals, more communication is not always better, ex: at a funeral or angry, communication will not solve all problems, it helps however, effective communication is not a natural ability. Through words: subjective, our own interpretation based on our perceptions, learn, assign meaning based on how we learn. Communication types: visual, facial expressions, our body movement, tactile (touch, a hug, handshake, hot, cold, smell & taste, olfactory, gustatory, auditory, sound. 3 area"s of communication: communication theory, rhetoric, performance. A discipline that explore how messages influence people.
