UNIT 1

Question 1

source

Answer 1

Initiates the process by having a thought or an idea that he or she wishes to transmit to some other entity

A person

Question 2

Encoding

Answer 2

Activities that a source goes through to translate thought and ideas into a form that may be perceived by the senses

Question 3

Message

Answer 3

Actual physical product that the sound encodes

Question 4

Channels

Answer 4

Ways the message travels to the receiver

Question 5

Decoding

Answer 5

Activities that translate or interpret physical message into a form that meaning for a receiver

Question 6

Receiver

Answer 6

Target of the message

Question 7

Feedback

Answer 7

Responses of the receiver that shape and alter the subsequent messages of the sources

Can be delayed or immediate

Question 8

Noise

Answer 8

Anything that interferes with the delivery of the message

Three types
Semantic

Mechanical

Environmental

Question 9

Semantic noise

Answer 9

Different people have different meaning with different words and phrases; when arrangement of words confuses the meaning

Question 10

Mechanical noise

Answer 10

Problem with a machine that is being used to assist communication

Examples
TV set w/ pixilation, pen running out of ink, static filled radio

Question 11

Environmental noise

Answer 11

External to communication

Examples - noise at a restaurant; noise increases message fidelity goes down