COMM 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Network
11 May 2016
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Just because we can talk, does not mean we can communicate effectively. Communication competence the ability to take part in effective communication that is characterized by skills and understandings that enable communicators to exchange messages successfully. Communication the simultaneous sharing and creating of meaning through human symbolic interaction. Communication has existed for years and scholars in ancient. Greece and rome recognized communication as a powerful means of influence. Communication is a process that allows us to share and create meaning. Social media highly accessible technologies that facilitate communication, interaction, and connection with others. Social network - a group of individuals who are connected by friendship, family, common interests, beliefs, or knowledge. Social media often make it possible for us to experience historic events just moments after they occur, sometimes even while they are occurring. Our social networks are significantly more complex than those of our ancestors.
