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Comm Theory - Intro

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theory   a set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work  
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communication   the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response  
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text   a record of a message that can be analyzed by others; book, film, photograph, or transcript  
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behavioral scientist   a scholar who applies the scientific method to describe, predict, and explain recurring forms of human behavior  
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rhetorician   a scholar who studies the ways in which symbolic forms can be used to identify with people, or to persuade them toward a certain point of view.  
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objective approach   the assumption that truth is singular and is accessible through unbiased sensory observation; committed to uncovering cause-and-effect relationships  
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interpretive approach   the linguistic work of assigning meaning or value to communicative texts; assumes that multiple meanings or truths are possible  
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humanistic scholarship   study of what it's like to be another person in a specific time and place; assumes there are few important panhuman similarities  
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epistemology   the study of the origin, nature, method, and limits of knowledge  
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determinism   the assumption that behavior is caused by heredity and environment  
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empirical evidence   data collected through direct observation  
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emancipation   liberation from any form of political, economic, racial, religious, or sexual oppression; empowerment  
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metatheory   theory about theory; the stated or inherent assumptions made when creating a theory  
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Occam's razor   rule of parsimony; given 2 plausible explanations for the same even, we should accept the simpler version  
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falsifiability   the requirement that a scientific theory be stated in such a way that it can be tested and disproved if it is indeed wrong  
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experiment   a research method that manipulates a variable in a tightly controlled situation in order to find out if it has the predicted effect  
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survey   a research method that uses questionnaires and structured interviews to collect self-reported data that reflects what respondents think, feel, or intend to do.  
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ethical imperative   grant others that occur in your construction the same autonomy you practice constructing them  
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self-referential imperative   include yourself as a constituent of your own construction  
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critical theorists   scholars who use theory to reveal unjust communication practices that create or perpetuate an imbalance of power  
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textual analysis   a research method that describes and interprets the characteristics of any text  
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ethnography   a method of participant observation designed to help a researcher experience a culture's complex web of meaning.  
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