COMM 1000 Final: Exam Study Notes at UConn
Document Summary
Human communication: the process of managing messages for the purpose of creating shared meaning. Transaction b/w 2 people simultaneously sending/receiving messages. Intention vs. interpretation need to line up to create better communication. Messages can be [blend of] intentional or unintentional; verbal/nonverbal. Channels: the medium through which a message is sent; how the message gets to receiver interference : obstacles preventing message from being received or prevents intended message from being understood. Other factors to communication: time, listening, feedback. Small group communication: 3 or more members of a group influencing one another. Elements of effective communication: understanding, pleasure, attitude, improved relationships, action. Day 2 - studying communication as a science. Rhetoric - a set of language tools used to sway or convince somebody. Interpretivists & critical scholars - people who interpret different things and how they affect society. Data rich in detail and description (in-depth. In the field work reviews, ethnography, participant- observation)
