CMN 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Environmental Noise, Intrapersonal Communication, Onomatopoeia
13 Sep 2016
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Communication: the process of generation meaning by sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal symbols and signs that are influenced my multiple contexts. As humans, we have a special capacity to use symbols to communicate about things outside of our immediate temporal and spatial reality. Allows us to create elaborate belief systems, art, philosophy, and academic theories. Some scholars speculate that humans" first words were onomatopoetic (sound like that to which they refer) Between 180,000 bce to 3500 bce, talking was the only medium of communication (besides gestures that humans had) Marked the turn from oral to written culture - corresponded with a shift to a more settled, agrarian way of life. Religion became more complex - new spiritual leaders emerged. The emergence of elite classes and the rise of armies required records and bookkeeping - furthered the spread of written symbols. The ruling elite and philosophers began to take up writing.
