COMM 107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Intrapersonal Communication, Environmental Noise, Interpersonal Communication
4 Apr 2016
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Communicaion: feelings/ideas are expressed as verbal and nonverbal messages that are sent, received, and comprehended. Interpersonal communicaion: one on one or small group. Selecive communicaion: choose the symbol that best represents what we want to express. Encode: take ideas and put them into message form. Channel: vocal tones carried on by sound waves. Environmental noise: outside interference that prevents receiver from geing message o. Physiological-impairment noise: physical problem that blocks the sending or receiving of a message o. Semanic noise: problems with the meaning of words o. Ex: language barriers, using the word pop instead of soda. Ex: changes tenses in the middle of a story (using both past and present) Organizaional noise: the source doesn"t realize that certain ideas need to be presented in a logical order o. Ex: giving direcions in geographical order so people can understand where they are going. Cultural noise: beliefs about how a certain culture should act o.
