Comm 1010 – Flashcard
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Communication age
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An age in which communication technology and media converge and deeply permeate daily life.
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Convergences
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Refers to the ways in which the many forms of technologically mediated and face-to-fafe communication overlap and intersect in out daily lives.
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Digital natives
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Digital technologies such as computers, cell phones, video games, and digital cameras already existed when they were born.
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Digital immigrants
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A term used to refer to people who have adopted and learned firsthand how communication technologies have become more and more prevalent in everyday life.
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Transmission
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Linear, one-way transfer of information.
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Interaction
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Two-way process of recirprocal action with feedback and fields of experience
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Transaction
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Connection through communication.
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Social construction
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Communication influences communicators
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Communication competence
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The ability to communicate in a personally effective yet socially appropriate manner
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Connecting
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Refers to the power of communication to link and relate us to people, groups, communities, social institutions, and cultures
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Engaging
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The act of sharing in the activities of the group.
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Communication
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All about connecting and engaging
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Communication activism
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Direct energetic action in support of needed social change for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.
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Public advocacy
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The process of communication with others about social issues with the goal of improving our world
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Reflexivity
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Paulo- freire Introduced the concept to help us better understand how we participate in social systems that may harm or help ourselves and others
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Critical literacy
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Form of information literacy that moves beyond the surface of the material provided to understand the motives and ideologies of the authors of a given text.
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Rhetoric
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The use of language strategically impress an effect upon the speakers audience
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Ancient greece
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The human capacity to engage in persuasion was the defining trait of civilization
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Socratic method
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Critical thinking
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Greek polis
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City state, is generally considered to be the progenitor of the modern nation state
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Plato
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Thought rhetoric was based on illusions. Find the absolute truth
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Aristotle
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Must prove why their position is the better one
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Perception
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The process of being aware of and understanding the world
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Selective perception
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When individuals filter what they see and hear to make it suit their own needs, biases, or expectations
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Interpersonal constructs
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George kelly's construct theory, bipolar dimensiond of judgment used to size up people or social situations.
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Outgoing vs. shy
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Interpersonal constructs
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Interpretation
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Giving meaning to information
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Scripts
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Organized sequences of action that define a well known situation
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Self concept
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Everything you think and know about yourself
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Self image
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Your mental picture of yourself
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Self esteem
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Your estimation of your self worth
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Prototype
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An image of the best example of a particular category
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Sterotype
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Generalizations made to an entire group of people or situations on the basis of the observed traits of one or a few members of the group
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Symbolic interaction
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Communication is the primary means by which we internalize and use social values to guide how we see ourselves, how we see others, and how we interact.
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Nonverbal communication
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All communication between people that does not involve words.
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65-93% of communication
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Nomverbal
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Verbal
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The sharing of information between individuals by using speech
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Functions of symbols
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Define, evaluate, organize perceptions, allow for self reflection
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Arbitrary
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They are not intrinsically connected to what they represent
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Ambiguous
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Their meanings are not clear cut or fixed
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Abstract
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They are not concrete or tangible
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Denotative meaning
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A words formal dictionary definition
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Connotative meaning
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Informal meanings associated with feelings and personal experiences
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Regulate rules
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Guide how individuals respond or behave in interactions
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Constitutive rules
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How our messages are interpreted
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Functions of nonverbal
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Repeat, accent, complement, regulate, and conflict
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Vocalics
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The study of the use of voice to express self
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Kinesics
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The study of body movement including both posture and gestures
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Proxemics
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The study of how people use space and distance to communicate
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Environment
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The surroundings that shape the communication context
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Chronemics
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The study of the ways in which time is used to structure interactions
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Haptics
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Study of touch
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Physical appearance
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Observable traits of the body and its accessories and extensions.
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10 steps of speech development process
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Audience analysis, topic selection, rough draft outline, research, support material, organize main points, introduction conclusion and transitions, outline and speaking notes, visual aids, practice
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Situational information
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Size, opinion of you, topic knowledge
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Demographic information
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Age, gender, race, economic status, religion
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Psychological Information
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Values, beliefs, attitudes
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Plagiarism
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a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
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Global plagiarism
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stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own
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Patchwork plagiarism
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stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own
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Text stealing
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When a person uses another person's words but does not give credit to the source
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Self plagiarism
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using something you previously had written and presenting it as new
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Communication apprehension
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anxiety or fear about communicating with others
