Chapter 1

Question 1

What is “Communication”?

Answer 1

• Organizing element of human Life
• Refers to sending and receiving messages
• Itself is the primary, constitutive social process that explains all these other factors

Question 2

Conceptualizations of Communication

(a roadmap) remember DEPCIS

Answer 2

1. Connection
2. Dialogue
3. Expression
4. Information
5. Persuasion
6. Symbolic Interaction

Question 3

What is connection?

Answer 3

Develop personal relationships

Question 4

Dialogue

Answer 4

Speaking AND listening to others

Question 5

Expression

Answer 5

Communicating with your emotions

Question 6

Information in communication

Answer 6

How communication is produced, transmitted, processed, and managed

Question 7

Persuasion

Answer 7

Comm. with efforts to change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors

Question 8

Symbolic Interaction

Answer 8

The fundamental process of being human

Question 9

What are theories?

Answer 9

Organized sets of concepts, explanations, and principles that depicts some aspect of human experience.

Question 10

What are theories?

Answer 10

Organized sets of concepts, explanations, and principles that depicts some aspect of human experience.

Question 11

What do the theories do?

Answer 11

• Focus on patterns, relationships, and variables

- A snapshot in time

Question 12

4 dimensions of theory

Think PEPC

Answer 12

1. Philosophical Assumptions
2. Concepts
3. Explanations
4. Principles

Question 13

Philosophical Assumptions

Answer 13

• Epistemology
• Empiricism
• Constructivism
• Ontology
• Axiology

Question 14

Epistemology

Answer 14

• Deals with questions of knowledge
• How people claim they know what they know
• “To what extent can knowledge be known”

Question 15

Empiricism

Answer 15

Knowledge by observation and derived from sensory experience

Question 16

Constructivism

Answer 16

People create knowledge in order to function pragmatically in the world.

Question 17

Ontology

Answer 17

Deals with the nature of being

Question 18

Axiology

Answer 18

-The study of values and how those values can inform the research process in a theory

Question 19

Concepts

Answer 19

• Terms and definitions

- Building blocks of a theory

Question 20

Explanations

Answer 20

Identifies a “logical force” among examples of phenomena

Question 21

Principles

Answer 21

A precept of guideline that enables someone to interpret, make a judgment, and decide how to act

Question 22

The parts of a principle

Answer 22

1. Identifies a situation or event of importance
2. Identifies a set of norms or values
3. Asserts a connection between a range of actions and possible and connections

Question 23

A good theory is..

Answer 23

• Elegant
• Produces “aha” response
• Intriguing-they do not let go
• Functions as “equipment for living”

Question 24

Reasons to increase academic study of comm. after WWI

Answer 24

• advances in tech.

- Higher levels of literacy

Question 25

Reasons to increase academic study of comm. after WWI

Answer 25

• advances in tech.

- Higher levels of literacy

Question 26

Evaluating a Theory

Answer 26

• Theoretical Scope:A theory’s explanation must be sufficiently general
• Logical Consistency: Is the logic consistent in all parts of the theory
• Heuristic Value:Will it generate new discoveries and questions
• Parsimony: Is it simple
• Utility: Is it practical
• Testability: Can it be tested
• Test of time: Stay in power over time