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Communication
✓ ~~> Any process in which people, through the use of symbols, verbally
and/or non verbally, consciously or non consciously, intentionally or not
intentionally, generate meanings (info, ideas, feelings, and
perceptions) w/in and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and
media.
Elements in the communication model
✓ ~~> - senders/receivers
- message (V/NV), abstract and concrete
- channel: the senses, technology
- Feedback
- Noise: External (physical), Internal (psychological), semantic (physiological
noise)
- setting or context: intrapersonal/interpersonal
senders/receivers
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✓ ~~> In communication settings, those who send and receive
messages
messages
✓ ~~> ideas and feelings that a sender/receiver want to share
Nonverbal message
✓ ~~> All behaviors other than spoken words that communicate
messages and create shared meaning between people
EX- SMELL, DRESS, PITCH, ARTICULATION 67-93%
anything communicated w/o words (facial expressions, hand gestures, etc.)
Verbal message
✓ ~~> Expressing feelings, thoughts, or experiences with words, either by
speaking or writing
Channels
✓ ~~> -the route traveled by a message
-it is the means a message uses to reach the sender-receivers
-THE SENSES-touch,taste,smell, TECHNOLOGY(thru text messages)
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Feedback
✓ ~~> the response of the sender-receivers to each other
ex- TWEET LEADS TO MANY COMMENTS
-how you respond to something says a lot about a person
STRATEGIC FEEDBACK--ability to change messages in ways that will increase
your chances of obtaining your desired result
SENSORY ACUITY- paying attention to everything in the environment when
you talk to someone
External (physical) noise
✓ ~~> Interference with the message that comes from the environment
and keeps the message from being heard or understood.
Internal (psychological) noise
✓ ~~> Interference with the message that occurs in the minds of the
sender receivers when their thoughts or feelings are focused on
something other than the communication at hand.
Semantic (physiological noise)
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✓ ~~> Interference w/ the message that is caused by people's
emotional reactions to words.
Setting
✓ ~~> Where the communication occurs
Context
✓ ~~> High context occurs when most of the meaning of the message is
either implied by the physical setting or is presumed to be part of the
individuals beliefs, values, and norms. It is considered low context when
most of the info is in the code or the message.
Communication as a Transaction
✓ ~~> 1) All communication has a past, present, and future
2) Participation is continuous and simultaneous
3) All communication plays roles
Participation is continuous and simultaneous
✓ ~~> whether or not you are talking, you are actively involved in
sending and receiving messages
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