Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is the purpose and function of a definition?
To focus our attention, draw boundaries, and tell us what counts.
What does “communication is relational”mean?
Meaning of communication is tied to our relationships with others.
What is communication as action?
Sender sending messages, transfer of information from one outlet to another.
What is communication as interaction?
Exchange of information between two people.
What is communication as transaction?
the construction of shared meanings or understanding between two (or more) individuals.
What are the 4 properties of effects of communication? and give an example for each.
Communication involves symbols communication requires meaning Communication is both representational and Presentational Communication takes much for granted COmmunication involves intentionality
Define communication (book standards)
The transactional use of symbols, influenced, guided, and understood in the context of relationships, taken-for-granted understandings, meanings, and reality that is presents and creates as ways for people to share an understanding of the world that they inhabit together
What does “communication is socially constructed” mean?
meaning is created through interaction
What does “communication is constitutive” mean?
communication makes something happen
Give an example of something that is a social construction of reality.
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Content level of meaning
The meaning of an interaction at face value
Social Frames
Situations that in ones culture can be recognized and people know how they are supposed to act or what they are supposed to do in the specific social frame. EX Restaurant
How does understanding what a definition is help us to better understand communication and ultimately be better communicators?
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What does it mean to say that all communication is relational?
The meaning of communication can differ based on the relationship between the people involved. Think two men out to a romantic dinner or two lovers.
What does viewing commiunication as transactional allow us to do that other views of communication might not?
They don’t allow either party to gain from the communication or to build anything worth something.
Communication is said to create “worlds” of meaning. Why is this plural- world instead of worlds?
Because different cultures have different assumptions that two people would need to understand to effectively communicate.
What kinds of things do we take for granted in communication and why is this significant?
Communication builds in and assumes certain ways of looking at the world as preferred by your culture, your relationship partner, or yourself. Social Frames***** they help define rules of communication in certain settings without it being acknowledged.
What is the role of intentionality in communication?
Taking meaning from another person message implies that the message was sent with intention… “I saw that look…. What look…?” Now she is mad
Communication goes beyond
Communication steps out of thepresent and points somewhere else, referring to objects, people, or ideas not actually in the interaction. Ex the future, past, or relationship drawn from the imagination of the speaker and the audience.
Shared Assumptions
Communication involves sharing viewpoints, vocabulary, and meaning, or it would not be possible for people to communicate as interaction or transaction.
Symbol
object or idea whose meaning is more complicated than it looks (stars on miltary uniform)
Sign
has a casual connection to something (weather vane) (when the ground is wet it rained)
