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Intro to Communication_Chapter 1

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Human communication   A process in which people generate meaning through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages in specific context, influenced by individual and social forces, and embedded in culture.  
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Messages   the building blocks of communication events  
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Encoding   Taking ideas and converting them into messages  
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Decoding   Receiving a message and interpreting its meaning  
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Symbol   Something that represents something else and conveys meaning  
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Context meaning   The concrete meaning of the message, and the meanings suggested by or associated with the message and the emotions triggered by it.  
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Relationship meaning   What a message conveys about the relationship between the parties.  
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Setting   The physical surroundings of a communication event  
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Participants   The people interacting during communication  
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Channel   The means through which a message is transmitted  
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Noise   Any stimulus that can interfere with, or degrade, the quality of the message.  
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Feedback   The response to a message.  
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Synergetic Model of Communication   A transactional model based on the roles individual and societal forces, contexts, and culture play in the communication process.  
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Field of Experience   The education, life events, and cultural background that a communicator possesses.  
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Culture   Learned patterns of perceptions, values, and behaviors shared by a group of people.  
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Ethics   Standards of what is right and what is wrong, good and bad, moral and immoral.  
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Communication Ethics   The standards of right and wring that one applies to messages that are sent and received.  
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Absolute (absolutism)   Pertaining to the belief that there is a single correct moral standard that holds for everyone, everywhere, every time.  
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Relative (relativism)   Pertaining to the belief that moral behavior varies among individuals, groups, and cultures and across situations.  
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Transactional vs. Linear Model of Communication   Transactional (more complex): dual role as sender/receiver; communication is a process. Effects of "societal forces" Linear (simpler): information transferred; source centered  
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Homogenous   Alike  
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Components of human communication   Message creation (encoding, decoding, & symbolic) Meaning creation (context & relationship) Setting Participants Channels Noise Feedback  
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