COMM 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Siegfried Kracauer, Jackson Pollock, Theodor W. Adorno

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Manipulation of images such as photo editing: the simple idea of taking three dimensions and converting it into two dimensions does not portray the fullness of a situation. Simply looking at an image and not seeing the full context can mislead the meaning of the actual image. The need for an interdisciplinary definition of communication. We must try to define communication to understand that it has many parts; this allows us to characterize it as a multidisciplinary study. From there, we can use methods and insights of several established disciplines to approach it from different fields of study and schools of thought. Nca"s definition of communication: communication is the ongoing message exchange to generate meaning. John fiske"s definition of communication: communication is a field of inquiry, requiring the perspective of multiple disciplines. Smr, linear model of communication, + its limitations: