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1ST QUARTER FLASHCARDS

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What is communication?

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Communication is the process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else.

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Communication is continuous.

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It is a never-ending process.

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Communication is irreversible.

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It only shows how one needs to be careful with the words coming out from his/her mouth. Once something is uttered, it cannot be taken back anymore.

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Communication is contextual.

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It depends or varies depending on the person, situation, environment, mood, or setting.

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Communication is dynamic.

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It changes as time passes by.

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Sender/Speaker

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This pertains to the source of information or message.

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Message

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This is defined as information conveyed by words (in speech or writing), and/or other signs, and symbols.

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Encoding

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This is the process of turning
thoughts into communication.

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Channel (Medium)

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This is the means used to convey the message.

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Decoding

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This is the means used to convey the message.

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Receiver/Listener

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This is the person who receives the message or for whom the message is meant for.

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Feedback

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This is the audience’s response.

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Context

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This pertains to the setting in which the communication process takes place.

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Barrier

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This pertains to anything that hampers the communication process.

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Aristotelian Model

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✓ This is linear (one-way communication) which is usually used in public speaking.
✓ There are three Aristotelian Setting: legal, deliberative, and ceremonial.

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Shannon-Weaver Model

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✓ This is also linear but gives emphasis on the disturbance caused by “noise”.
✓ This is also known as the Telephone Model.
✓ There are four types of “noise”: physical, physiological, psychological, and sematic “noise”.

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Schramm’s Model

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✓ This is also known as the Interactive Model.
✓ This highlights the importance of the field of experience in the communication process.
✓ The roles of the speaker and listener are interchangeable.

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Eugene White’s Model

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✓ This works in a cyclical process.
✓ This accentuates the importance of feedback.
✓ There are stages in this model: thinking, symbolizing, expressing, transmitting, receiving, decoding, feedbacking, and monitoring.
✓ The Thinking Stage is often believed as the start of this model.

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In oral communication, this is referred to as misunderstanding or miscommunication. It is believed that “this can lead to the total cessation of interaction between or among individuals”.

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Communication Breakdown

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Verbal and Nonverbal Dimension

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This dimension gives importance to the use of appropriate language and nonverbal mechanisms.

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Oral and Written Dimension

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This dimension includes paraverbal, define as to how the words are delivered with respect to the principles of speech delivery, and the transcription of thoughts and ideas into written communication.

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Formal and Informal Dimension

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Formal Dimension pertains to the thorough observance of appropriateness in dress, language, and setting while the Informal Dimension is the opposite.

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Intentional and Unintentional Dimension

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Intentional communication means that one person is sending a message to another person in a purposeful way. Unintentional refers to situations when one person does something that is interpreted by another person as a message, even if the first person didn’t knowingly mean for it to be.

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FACTORS AFFECTING THE DIMENSIONS OF COMMUNICATION

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culture, gender, religion, social status, and age.

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Most the time, communication breakdown occurs because of the ________ or __________ of these factors.

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conflicts or differences

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appropriateness

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is the language appropriate to the context

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brevity

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conciseness and shortness of words

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clarity

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how clear is the purpose of the message

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ethics

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what the message stands

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vividness

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clarity of the words

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Six major nonverbal forms

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vocalics, chronemics, proxemics, kinesics, language of color, and language of flower

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This communication occurs without the use of words.

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Nonverbal communication

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They pertain to how people utilize language based on different purposes.

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Functions of communication

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The most basic functions of communication

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regulation and control, social interaction, motivation, information, and emotional expression

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The number of people engaged in a communication process, as well as the condition of the environment where communication takes place, dictates the speech context.

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Speech context

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Intrapersonal Communication.

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This speech context is communication within oneself.

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Interpersonal Communication.

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This speech context happens when a person communicates with people other than himself/herself.

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Dyadic Communication and its types

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In this speech context, communication between two people coming up a dyad. It is categorized into two: formal (interview and dialogue) and informal (conversation) dyadic communication.

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Small Group Communication and its types

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In this speech context, communication happens among three or more individuals. This can be categorized into two: primary groups and secondary groups (study group and task-oriented group).

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Public Communication and its types

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In this speech context, communication happens between a speaker and a number of audience. This is categorized into two: formal and informal public communication, which both depend on the preparedness of the materials needed for the said encounter.

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Organizational Communication and its types

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In this speech context, communication happens between and among the people in an organization, following (formal) or not following (informal) the flow and links of the organizational chart.

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Intercultural Communication

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In this speech context, communication happens between and among people who are from different cultural orientations.

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Mass Communication

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In this speech context, communication happens through the aid of mass media, aiming to reach a larger number of audiences.

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It dictates the appropriate language or vocabulary to be used when engaged in a communication process.

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Speech Style

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Intimate Speech Style

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This is a non-public speech style that uses private language and nonverbal messages. This is the most informal speech style for it deviates correct linguistic forms and grammatical rules.

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Casual Speech Style

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This speech style is used among friends and acquaintances who are not that close to each other. This is the type of language which is used during ordinary interaction on a daily basis. Slang words and vernacular language are used in this type of speech style

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Consultative Speech Style

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This speech style is used by people who do not share the same field of experience; hence, this speech style is formal. Interruptions may occur because of jargons, or highly technical terms used in a particular field of work, that the persons involved in the communication process might not understand.

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Formal Speech Style

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This speech style is usually used when imparting a message. Thus, this is utilized when a speaker delivers a speech to an audience. The speech is well-structured and organized using words and sentences that follow strict grammatical and mechanical rules.

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Frozen Speech Style

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This speech style is the most formal and strictest in terms of adherence to grammatical and mechanical rules of a language. This is usually memorized and stated during ceremonies.

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It is an utterance (locutionary act) based on the intention of the speaker (illocutionary act) wanting to achieve an intended effect (perlocutionary act).

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Speech Act

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Locutionary Act

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This speech act is the actual act of producing a sound, word, phrase, or sentence as a natural unit of speech. This is divided into three subsidiary acts; namely, phonetic, phatic, and rhetic act.

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Illocutionary Act

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This is the act of saying something with an intention. John Searle categorized this into five: assertive, directive, commissive, expressive, and declaration.

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Perlocutionary Act

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This act is the effect of the speaker’s locution and illocution to the listener.

1ST: Oral Communication in Context (1 decks)

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