COMM 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Stress Management, George Gerbner, Date Rape
24 Feb 2018
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Communications: short for telecommunications, which involves the transmission of information through some sort of technology (radio, print, computer, television, etc. ) The process of using messages to generate meaning. This is a process, not a product (exchange, activity, set of behaviors) Transactional model of communication- drawing ( short answer question? ) Receiver: the person who receives the messages (the book calls this person the target) Message: a systematic arrangement of symbols used to create meanings in the mind of another person(s) Channel: is the means by which a message moves from the source to the receiver of the message. Feedback: the receiver"s verbal and nonverbal response to the source"s message. Can say the exact same things to different people but have it mean different things. Ex: on the relational level saying good job to specific people could be considered sarcasm, but at the content level you"re saying the same thing as if you were to actually mean it.
