CMN 1160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Amber Alert, Mass Society

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Aliaa Dakroury

Document Summary

Message source transmitter signal receiver destination noise. Who the sender of the message, whoever initiates communication. On which channel the media used the send the message to its intended audience. To whom the message"s intended audience, the receiver. With what effect the intended effect of the message. Noise anything that hinders the interpretation of a message. [can be physical, social, psychological, or cultural; and causes the audience to respond differently from how the sender intended] A local news station [who] sends out an amber alert [says what] to the community [to whom]. They hear the message on the tv and radio [on which channel] and keep an eye out for the suspect [intended effect]. Unfortunately, description of the perpetrator is vague [noise]. Social construction of reality argues that people who share a culture share an ongoing correspondence of meaning. Scholars argue that communication practices change through a circular".