Exam 2 (general Vocab)

Question 1

What two people wrote theories connected to Semiotics?

Answer 1

1. Peirce

2. Barthes

Question 2

What two people wrote theories connected to Cybernetics?

Answer 2

1. Weiner

2. Watzalawick

Question 3

What two people wrote theories connected to phenomenology?

Answer 3

1. Buber

2. Deetz

Question 4

What is the name of the article Pierce wrote?

Answer 4

“What is a sign”

Question 5

What is the name of the article Barthes Wrote?

Answer 5

“The photographic Message”

Question 6

What is the name of the article Weiner wrote?

Answer 6

“Cybernetics in History”

Question 7

What is the name of the article Watzalawick wrote?

Answer 7

(pragmatics of human communication)

Question 8

What is the name of the article Buber wrote?

Answer 8

“Dialogue”

Question 9

What is the name of the article Deetz wrote?

Answer 9

“Reclaiming the subject matter”

Question 10

What is the definition of Semiotic?

Answer 10

Intersubjective mediation by signs

Question 11

What is the problem of semiotics?

Answer 11

Misunderstanding, or gap between subjective viewpoints.

Question 12

What is the definition of cybernetics?

Answer 12

Information Processing

Question 13

What is the problem of Cybernetics?

Answer 13

Noise; overload; under-load; a malfunction or bug in the system.

Question 14

What is the definition of phenomenology?

Answer 14

Experience of otherness; Dialogue

Question 15

What is the problem of Phenomenology?

Answer 15

Absence of, or failure to sustain a authentic human relationship.