COM ARTS 260 Study Guide - Spinmedia, Cluster Analysis, Intercultural Communication
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12:59 history of the field non-western traditions approaches breadth of the field. Defining communication: symbols to create and interpret meanings. Communication: a systemic process in which individuals interact with and through: process, starts at one point and branches out to many conversations. Rain is just a word but represents actual, physical rain: all verbal and non-verbal communication is symbolic, meaning, understanding, comprehension, communication is vehicle to meaning . History of communication studies: studied since antiquity, before 1960"s, aristotle"s theories, world war i, interest grew in communication studies, advances in technology and literacy. How would these new technologies impact communication: intellectual shift, political and social change. Intercultural communication: between people of different cultural backgrounds. Ex. ) gender, race, geographical: intercultural conflict, adaption, use of language, performance, aesthetic modes of communication. Key concepts: semiotic tradition, phenomenological tradition, cybernetic tradition, socio-psychological tradition, sociocultural tradition, critical tradition, rhetorical tradition. Phenomenological tradition: phenomenon, some object/event/condition that we"ve experienced first hand.
