The basics & The history of communication

Question 1

Define communication

Answer 1

Communication is the process of generating meaning by sending or receiving verbal or non verbal signals or signs influenced by several context.

Question 2

Describe Manuscript era

Answer 2

It was an old document that was written by hand and was invented before printing existed and it made a turn in culture from oral to written

Question 3

Name the 3 eras

Answer 3

Manuscript, Audiovisual and Printing era

Question 4

What did the manuscript do?

Answer 4

It introduced to the people back then a plan for how to plant, store, trade, protect or sell their food and the people also needed accounting systems to keep track of their materials or record transactions.

Question 5

What is the Print era?

Answer 5

Invention of the printing press and it introduced the ability to mass produce written text

Question 6

What was invented in the audiovisual era?

Answer 6

Radio,Telegraph,television and telephone

Question 7

What is Rhetoric?

Answer 7

An important of field of communication studies that went mainly back to Aristotle the greek philosopher

Question 8

What was the goal of Rhetoric

Answer 8

To convince or persuade your audience that your ideas or opinions are valid or more valid that some else’s.

Question 9

What are the 3 categories of Rhetoric

Answer 9

Ethos logos and Pathos

Question 10

Describe Ethos form of communication

Answer 10

Used to convey the writers credibility or authority

Question 11

Describe Logos form of communication

Answer 11

The logic used to support a claim which it can also be the facts or statistics used to support an argument

Question 12

Describe Pathos form of communication

Answer 12

To persuade an audience using emotional language or vivid language

Question 13

What is the big misunderstanding today in the forms of communication

Answer 13

Today it is often believed that rhetoric refers to misleading false or unethical communication

Question 14

What is civic Engagement

Answer 14

Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Question 15

What are the 5 canons of communication

Answer 15

Invention, arrangement, style, delivery and memory
(DIMAS)

Question 16

What was the age of enlightenment?

Answer 16

18th century, it led to numerous philosophical and scientific writings on diverse aspects to human existence and it marked a societal turn.