04:189:101 Midterm: comm study guide exam 1.docx

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Professor"s answers: a two-way (at least) process of interchanging information, thoughts, opinions, ideas , unidirectional/bidirectional/multidirectional. One party is running the communication and relays the information. Multidirectional: several parties involved in the communication and conversation. The video: the meeting was multidirectional because there were multiple parties and everyone has a chance to participate and say something. Every person is a party but we say party and not people because there can be parties that are peopleex: animals: verbal/nonverbal, context: interpersonal, small groups, mass, medium: face-to-face, mediated. In this course, we will explore communication as a phenomenon that has a crucial role in our lives. In our close relationships (family/friends: ex: how our conversation and the way we communicate will effect a relationship. At school (talking and interacting in class, writing papers: ex: conveying our thoughts in class. At the workplace (interacting with our boss, co-workers, providing and receiving memos, information: ex: relationships with co-workers.