Week 6: Krauss article 4 models of comms

Question 1

What are the 4 models of communication?

Answer 1

1. Encoder/decoder
2. Intentionalist
3. Perspective taking
4. Dialogic

Question 2

What does the encoder/decoder model of communication entail? (2)

Answer 2

1. based on information theory; codes going from source A to B are a way of reducing uncertainty
2. meaning of the message is important

Question 3

What are the 2 issues of the encoder/decoder model?

Answer 3

1. The same message can mean something different in a different context
2. Nonverbal behaviors are dependent of context and person and they’re not taken into account

Question 4

What does the intentionalist model of communication entail? (2)

Answer 4

1. Communication is about conveying intentions
2. Messages (in what form) are just a form or way of communicating intentions

Question 5

What is searle’s speech act theory within internationalist model of communication? (2)

Answer 5

different types of acts in every communication

1. Locutionayr = specific sentence
2. Illocuitonary = demaning/promising/doing
3. Perlocutionairy = achieve som sort of response from addresse

Question 6

withen intentionalist model of communication what is Grice’s cooperative principle? (4)

Answer 6

1. People shape messages to be meaningful to be understood
   - Quantity
   - Quality
   - Relevance

Question 7

What are the 2 issues of this model?

Answer 7

• Limited to account for the social nature of comms
• ## Who says info of our relationship does not affect the interpretation of intended meaning?

Question 8

What does the perspective taking model of communication entail? (3)

Answer 8

1. We all have different perspectives due to experiences and those experiences influence our understanding of comms
2. Focus on shared context that must be identified or created to produce and comprehend messages
3. Focus on the perspective taking by the speaker!

Question 9

What types of models are: encoder/decoder, intentionalist and perspective – versus – dialogic models and what is their difference (3)

Answer 9

1. they are literary models; individuals acts of production and comprehension
2. comms are developed face-to-face and that shapes communication
3. previous models about conveying info and this about a shared social world

Question 10

What is the dialogic model of conversation?

Answer 10

1. Communication is not combined outputs of 2 processors, but a joint accomplishment of participants to achieve a communicative goal
2. Information exchange as a means to create a shared social world