Quiz 1 Flashcards
Encoding Body language %
55
Uses symbols to deliver messages such as gestures or words
Encoding
Encoding Tone of Voice
38
Encoding Actual spoken words
7
the message transmitted through a medium, or channel such as face-to-face verbal communication or non-verbal like email, telephone, or paper
Transmission
the receiver interprets the message into meaningful information, attempting to understand the information being sent by the message’s sender. Many errors occur in this stage
decoding
three main types of interference
physical Noise, Psychological Noise, Semantic Noise
Actual noises you hear when attempting to listen
Ex: - Loud music playing in the next room while you’re trying to have a conversation
- A crying baby on an airplane when you’re trying to read
Physical noise
Distractions that cause barriers to decoding messages being transmitted in communication from internal causes
Ex: - Worrying about personal problems while trying to listen to someone
- Feeling stressed or anxious, which can prevent focusing on the conversation
Psychological noise
Messages inaccurately decoded by the receiver
Ex: - Misunderstanding jargon or technical terms in a conversation
- Misinterpreting an instruction due to ambiguous language
Semantic Noise:
With whom may you interact in your field
- Victims
- Media
- suspects
- witnesses
- outside agencies
- legal representation
- dispatch
The process of acting on information
Communication
the process of making sense out of the world sharing that sense with other by creating meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal
Human communication
a distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships.
Interpersonal communication
a message that is not read heard or seen exactly when it is sent, there is a time delay between the sending of the message and it’s receipt
asynchronous message
theory that identifies the richness of a communication medium based on the amount of feedback it allows the number of cues receivers can interpret the variety of language it allows, and the potential for emotional expression
Media richness Theory
New information, ideas, or suggested actions that speaker wishes to share
content
The pathway by which messages are sent
channel
theory that describes the interconnected elements of a system in which a change in one element affects all the other elements
system theory