Test 1 Notes Flashcards
Interpersonal communication
Takes place between two people without using any devices.It is direct and consist of verbal interactions or gestures
Examples of interpersonal communication.
Dialogue and conversations
Intrapersonal communications
communication with yourself
Examples of intro personal communication
Self reflection, contemplation
Public communication
Public communication
The sender
The speaker sends a message to an audience. The speaker usually delivers a highly structured message, usually this channels as an interpersonal and small group communication
What are some examples of public speaking?
Conferences and debates
Mass communications
The process of delivering information,ideas, and attitudes to a sizable and diversified audience. This is done through the use of media developed for that purpose
What are some examples of mass communications
Newspapers,magazines, radio, television, websites, and social media networks.
Body language
Communication non verbally through conscious or unconscious movements
Facial expressions
A form of nonverbal signaling using the movement of facial muscles
Gestures
The movement of part of the body and especially a hand or the head to express an idea or meaning.
Posture
The position in which someone holds their body standing or sitting
Why we communicate?
Why we communicate
Social importance
- To form friendships
2.To build relations with other people
Academic importance
communication and collaboration can help boost your understanding
by asking questions of one another, pursue solutions, and check each others work, you begin to___
own the responsibility of gaining knowledge
Civic importance
-standing up for what you believe in
-inspire others with the same thoughts and actions as yourself
-excersise your rights as an American citizen
Elements of verbal communication
Elements of verbal communication
Audience
The person or people you want to communicate with
By knowing more about your audience (their wants, needs, values, etc), ___
you are able to craft your message so that they will receive it the way you intended.
In communication studies, a speaker is one who
Speaks
In rhetoric, a speaker is an orator:
One who delivers a speech or a formal address to the audience
What is the task or purpose for a speaker?
The message (point) you are trying to convey and should be very clear fort the audience to understand
A channel or router in communication process through which a sender communicates their message to the receiver
What is a medium channel?
Various forms of Verbal Communication include
voice message, television, and advertisements
