COMM 220 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Verbal Abuse, Proxemics, Passive-Aggressive Behavior

• School: WWU, Western
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 220
• Professor: jason lind

Document Summary

Main points: communication defined, communication models, communication explained, common concepts, types of communication, communication basics. Why communicate: basic needs/ foundation of life, physical/health, relationships help live a healthy life. Identity/personal: help us figure out who we are, what others say a(cid:271)out us, so(cid:272)ial (cid:373)edia (cid:894)(cid:862) i (cid:374)eed to look like this (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause she looks like that(cid:863)(cid:895, social/relationships, practical/professional, accomplish what we need in life. Why study communication: skilled communicator, we need skills in case we need to adapt, understand others/life. The communication process (look at power point oct 2: process- interactions are ongoing/dynamic, personal thoughts, process of talking about our experiences, system- various parts affect each other. Models (look at power point: communication as an action, communication as an interaction, communication as a transaction, receiving and sending messages. Communication-is the process of sending and receiving (encoding and decoding) of verbal and nonverbal messages traveling across a channel.