Exam 1 Flashcards
Communication
The collaborative construction and negotiation of meaning between the self and others as it occurs within cultural context
History of Communication
An attempt to capture what happened in the world of communication that brought us to the present moment, acknowledging that all histories are subjective, limited. and shared by power
Greek Culture
Primarily and oral culture
Classical Approach
Greeks and Romans
Prescriptive- people should persuade and be persuaded
What was the role of civilization in the greeks?
They had to argue for themselves in a court of law, meaning they had to learn how to be effective speakers
Sophists
Known to be the first public speaking teachers. “Teachers of Wisdom”
Why were Sophists Controversial?
Leading Philosopher Plato thought what the sophists were advocating was manipulative and irresponsible. Meaning that using language to persuade was really a means of masking or altering the truth of a situation.
Rhetoric
Defined by Aristotle as ‘Uncovering, in any given case, the available means of persuasion”
Pathos, Ethos, and Logos
Techniques someone would be using to persuade us
Pathos
Passions of the audience
Ethos
Character of the speaker in the speech as spoken
Logos
Word, Reason, Argument, Speech, Language
Social Science of Communication
Early to mid 20th century
Studied Communication as an object
Science seeks to explain, predict, and control
Interpersonal Communication
An exchange or interaction that occurs between people who are in an interdependent relationship
Organizational Communication
Communication as constitutive of the stories, values, expectations, norms, languages, and roles of an organization
Non-Verbal Communication
All models of communication except language, including nonword vocals, gestures, use of space, time, artifacts, and smell
Instructional Communication
Communication in the: workplace, family, conflict, and computer-mediated communication in each emerged from a scientific approach of the study of interaction
What persuades people?
Source Credibility
Fear Appeals
Edward Bernays
Father of Public Relations
Carl Hovland
1950; Yale University. Persuasion and attitude Change
Shannon and Weaver
1963; The Mathematical Theory of Communication
Source-Message-Reciever
Harold Lasswell
Hypodermic Events
Who (says) What (to) Whom (With) What effect (in) What channel
Drawback of Social Scientific Approach?
Communication isn’t always an object
Social Constructionism
Communication is viewed as a process; a messy enterprise we all engage in, searching for meaning in ourselves and in one another as we make our way trough the world