FOCS Models Flashcards
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Communication Definition
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Systemic Process in which people interact symbols and create meaning
2
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Systems Defn
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- Takes place within established systems
- Parts of a system are interdependent and continually interact
3
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Process Defn
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- Communication is a process → Ongoing and dynamic
- Always in motion, moving forward and changing continually
4
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Symbols Defn
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- We rely on symbols because one does not have access to one another’s thoughts and feelings
- Symbols are abstract, arbitrary and ambiguous
5
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Meanings Defn
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- Definition focuses on meanings
- Meanings are the significance bestowed on phenomena
6
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Two Levels of meaning
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- Content Level → Literal meaning
- Relationship Level → Deeper meaning
7
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Harold Laswell Model
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-One way process
-Straightforward manner from sender to receiver
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Shannon and Weaver Model
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- Added the concept of noise to Laswell
- Limitations:
- Models portray one direction
- Passive model
9
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Interactive Model Strengths
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- Feedback is added to the Linear Model
- Encoding and Decoding Meaning is added (Same for Source & Receiver)
-Wilbur Schramm: The more the communicators’ field of experience overlap, the better they understand each other
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Limitations of Interactive Model
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- Communication is not one-way but simultaneous
- Communication changes over time as a result of what happens between people
- Eg. Strangers to Friends
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Transactional Model Strengths
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- Dynamism is added to the model as ‘dynamism is not captured’ -
Wood- Simultaneous - not linear or sequential
- No existence of the Sender vs Receiver distinction
- Volatile
- With more shared experiences, this intersection increases
