COMM 102 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Statistical Inference, Communication Source, Content Analysis

• School: U of M
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 102
• Professor: Scott Campbell

Document Summary

Communicating involved process sender delivers message to receiver producing an effect. Meaning is shared through use of symbols (words, images, etc. ) Effects of communication subject to condition under which communication occurs. Demonstrate different processes of communication pictorial means of facilitating the understanding of an abstract concept (communication) A receiver is affected (response) by a message (stimulus) that emanates from a communication source. Depicts a message emanating from information source becomes signal after passing through transmitter signal passes through receiver decoded as a message. Sender-receiver model explaining types of communication other than telecommunication. Includes mechanism for feedback, gatekeeping (mechanism with power to control info) Communicators simultaneously send and receive messages each person alternates role as encoder, interpreter and decoder. Giving and receiving of something information- in order to create meaning. Focuses on verbal and nonverbal choices we make we have the ability to choose how we create meaning form the messages we receive.