test 1 Flashcards
whoever is sharing the thought
source
finally relaying your thoughts and feelings to another party
message
channel
how in which/what medium is being used to send a message
getting feelings and thoughts into communicable form
encoding
breaking down the message to be bale to understand what the person is saying and how it may be impacting them and you
decoding
the person or group of people that are getting the message from a source
reciever
communication
dynamic process of people sharing their internal states with others through the use of symbols
feedback
other communication that may make the initial message more clear
noise
anything that makes it harder for the receiver to understand and decode a message
highlights cultures origins
history
dominant, organized belief system influencing social, political, business and individual behavior
religion
culturally defined standards - guidelines of behavior
values
establish communication networks and regulate norms of conduct
social organizations
allows members to share information; chief method of engraining culture
language
history, religion, values, social organizations, language
5 primary elements of culture
states that not all individuals are subject to all of the lessons of their culture
individual uniqueness
collection of false assumptions that people in all make about characteristics of members of various groups
stereotypes
belief that your culture is better than the rest
ethnocentrism
state of being just, unbiased and not influenced by emotions or personal prejudice
objectivity
mental programming between human nature and personality (Hofstede)
culture
unique to individuals
personality
general and innate to all
human nature
a simplistic, often stereotypical, and sometimes false representation of a person, group, or culture that is based on a single aspect or experience
single story
foundations of truth: storage system for content of past experiences (thoughts, memories, interpretations of events)
beliefs
self concept of who we think we are
identity
identity categories turner
human social personal
identity categories hall
personal communal relational
racial ethnic gender national regional organizational cyber/fantasy
selected social identities
negative feelings associated with a particular group
prejudice
belief in the inherent superiority of one race over the others: denies all humans are equal
racism
define a category
schemas
sequences of behavior
scripts
human interaction between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems differ enough to influence the communication event
internal communication
a group of people as a culture; the group in power (white males at center of dominant culture in U.S.)
dominant culture
groups exhibiting characteristics distinct from other groups, communities and dominant culture
co-culture
organized human interactions
society
dynamic process, symbolic, contextual, learned, consequential
principles of communication
when confronted with information contrary to our views we tune it out and discount it
selective avoidance
