CMN 137 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Participant Observation, Environmental Noise
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Source receiver: you don"t only send out information, you also take in information. Encoding-decoding: process of constructing a message (verbal vs nonverbal message) Channels: make choices about how we talk to others, ex: face to face channel (air is the medium, telephone/computer, something that carry the messages. Noise: noise is by definition is bad (background environmental noise, physically sick, noise can take a more physical form (stereotypes) it will interfere with your ability to communicate effectively. Indicates people"s ability and effectiveness to communicate with others. Human vs computer interaction (can also be communication) animal vs humans. How do you fit culture into the communication model: Live in different encoding-decoding (way you"re brought up, cultural orientation, cultural values) Culture can be part of the context (feel obligated to act/communicate in a certain way) As human beings, we share similar tendencies and needs.
