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Communications
Basic Oral Communications
Question | Answer |
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Channel | Medium through which a message passes from sender to receiver. |
communication | The process of creating meaning through symbolic interaction. |
communication competence | Ability to maintain a relationship on terms acceptable to all parties. |
coordination | interaction in which participants interact smoothly with a high degree of satisfaction but without necessarily understanding one another well. |
decoding | the process in which a receiver attaches meaning to a message. |
dyad | a two person unit |
dyadic communication | two-person communication |
encoding | the process of putting thoughts into symbols, most commonly words. |
environment | both the physical setting in which communication occurs and the personal perspectives of the parties involved. |
feedback | the discernible response of a receiver to a sender's message |
interpersonal communication | communication in which the parties consider one anothers as unique individuals rather than as objects. It is characterized by minimal use of sterotyped lables. unique, idosynchocratic social rols and a high degree of information exchanged. |
intrapersonal communication | communication that occurs within a single person. |
linear communication | a characterization of communication as a one way event in which a message flows from sender to receiver. |
mass communication | the transmission of messages to large, usually widespread audiences via broadcast means. |
medicated communication | communication sent via another medium other than face-to-face interaction. Can be both mass and personal. |
message | a sender's planned and unplanned words and non-verbal behaviors. |
noise | external physiological and psychological distractions that interfere with the accurate transmission of a message. |
public communication | communication that occurs when a group becomes too large for all the members to contribute. |
receiver | one who notices and attends to a message |
sender | the originator of a message |
small group communication | communication within a group of a size such that every member can participate actively with the other members. |
social media | communication channels that allow for mediated interactions between one person and a infinte number of receivers for the purpose of information exchange and social interaction. |
symbol | an arbitary sign used to represent a thing, person, idea or event. |
transactional communication model | a characterization of communication as the simultaneous sending and receiving of message in an ongoing irreversible process. |