Communication Studies A100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Interpersonal Communication, O. J. Simpson Murder Case
14 May 2020
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Technology creates a blurring of these different styles. Facebook creates interpersonal communication, however also a form of mass communication: poking a friend: interpersonal, posting a photo: mass for everyone to see. Cell phone: can access web on your phone: mass, call a friend: interpersonal. People often see the same things, but have different perceptions. The complex process by which people receive and select and organize and interpret the sensory stimulations that they have. Interpret them into some meaningful and coherent thought. Begins with the functioning of the five senses. Reception: relatively automatic/mechanical, what comes to our senses. Analysis: more active and involves focusing, organizing, and interpreting. Selection in perception (potential essay question: what influences perception?) Factors within ourselves: past learning experiences, phobias. Westerners can influence reactions and relations in the future: culture, cultural differences lead east asians to think differently from. Pay greater attention to context and relationships.
