UCSB Comm 89 Midterm Summarized Exam Review Solution 2024/2025

UCSB Comm 89 Midterm Summarized Exam Review Solution 2024/2025 Communication - ANS--A social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment -Note: there are many ways to define and interpret communication -Has no definable beginning and ending 5 terms that are apart of the Communication process - ANS--Social -Process -Symbols -Meaning -Environment Process - ANS-Ongoing, dynamic, and unending occurrence. It is also dynamic, complex, and continually changing Social - ANS-The notion that people and interactions are part of the communication process Symbol - ANS--Arbitrary label given to a phenomenon -Words are symbols for concepts and things Concrete Symbol - ANS--Symbol representing an object Abstract symbol - ANS--Symbol representing an idea or thought Meaning - ANS--What people extract from a message -Can have more than one meaning and even multiple layers of meaning -Not all meaning is shared.... CONTINUES....