04:189:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paralanguage, Human Communication, Movable Type

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: Linardopoulos

Document Summary

Intro comm & info lecture 2 defining communication. Objectives: review syllabus, logistics, canvas checklist, upcoming assignments, defining communication". Defining communication: communications vs. communication, communication: the discipline or process of communication / what we study, communications: the tools we use. (ie: facebook, telephones, etc. ) What is communication: there are many different definitions of communication, dance and larson did study finding 126 different definitions of communication, to this day we still rely on this study that there are 126 different definitions. Communication branches and areas: two divisions of communication: the national and international - over 500 interest groups and divisions devoted to studying communication at different angles. Communication model: the basic model of communication / the transactional model, developed first by engineers - the effect of noise in electrical circuits, transformed for social science - noise model, noise variable is critical in the communication process. The components of the communication model: frame of reference: