[COMM 1301] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 22 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 1301
• Professor: Kristine Muñoz

Document Summary

Communication: the field, the department/major, the symbolic term; aristotle"s connection. A field of study that began in 400 bc with aristotle. Largely unknown by that name outside the us and scandinavia. How do you get people to do what you want them to do (social influence) Symbolic term within a specific cultural group comm specific to specific groups, not a universal understanding. Aristotle was the great categorizer, 1917&1945 interest goes way up wwii. 1918&1920 started to split off and study rhetoric and persuasion alone 1945 comm started from psychology. Communication: a process of creating meaning (and working within systems of meaning) to coordinate action* 4 dimensions of communication two approaches (tracy & robles) Speech code/moral code/cultural code (all synonyms for the same idea); Moral codes arise within speech communities from successive definitions of situation; moral codes are systems of norms (rules for behavior) and their meanings. Ex) symbolic force of moral code rules about marriage: marriage equality, helen.