Lecture 3-General Principles Of Human Communication

Question 1

Know the definition in various forms of communication

Answer 1

1. Context-level information-superficial, surface level information
2. Relationship level information-Deals with the sender’s attitude toward the receiver and toward the relationship between them

Question 2

Communication

Answer 2

Is a creation of shared meaning that can be verbal, nonverbal, intentional, unintentional, process and/or behavior, public and/or private

Question 3

Encoding

Answer 3

1. Both occur simultaneously
2. Before encoding we plan a message-Setting a goal, and choosing among strategies to achieve that goal
3. Then we encode and send message via some channel

Question 4

Decoding

Answer 4

Messages directed at you are selectively perceived in process. Perception and processing are prone to noise and various biases such as: recency bias; selective exposure bias