Ch. 1 - Communication: What and Why Flashcards
Channel
The medium through which a message passes from sender to receiver.
Cognitive Complexity
The ability to understand issues from a variety of perspectives.
Communication
The process of creating meaning through symbolic interaction.
Communication Competence
The ability to achieve one’s goals through communication and, ideally, maintain healthy relationships.
Decode
To attach meaning to a message
Dyadic communication
Two-person communication.
Encode
To put thoughts into symbols, most commonly words.
Environment
Both the physical setting in which communication occurs and the personal perspectives of the parties involved.
Interpersonal Communication
Communication that occurs within a single person.
Linear Communication Model
A characterization of communication as one-way event in which a message flows from sender to receiver
Mass Communication
The transmission of messages too large, usually widespread audience be a TV, Internet, movies, magazines, and other forms of mass media.
Media
Communication mechanisms such as phones and computers used to convey messages between people.
Message
A sender’s planned and unplanned words and nonverbal behaviors.
Noise
External, physiological, and psychological distractions that interfere with accurate transmission and reception of a message.
Organizational Communication
Interaction among members of a relatively large, permanent structure is (such as a nonprofit agency or business) in order to pursue shared goals.
Public Communication
Communication that occurs when a group is too large for everyone to contribute. It is characterized by an equal amount of speaking in by limited verbal feedback..
Receiver
One who notices and attends to a message.
Self-monitoring
Paying close attention to one’s own behavior and using these observations to make effective choices.
Sender
The originator of a message
Small-Group Communication
Communication within a group of a size such that every member can participate actively with the other members.
Symbol
An Arbitrary sign used to represent a thing, person, my dear, or event in ways that make communication possible.
Transactional Communication Model
A characterization of communication as the simultaneous sending and receiving of messages in an ongoing process involves feedback and includes unintentional (often ambiguous) messages.
