CMN 314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Formal Language
26 Aug 2016
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Oldest handbook on effective speech written in egypt 4500 years ago. Rhetoric, by aristotle composed during 3rd century b. c. e. still followed today. Conversations: unstructured moments of communication between two or more people on a particular topic. Public speaking requires a different method of delivery. Speaker: the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener. Message: whatever a speaker communicates to someone else. Channel: the means by which a message is communicated. Listener: the person who receives he speaker"s message. Frame of reference: the sum of a person"s knowledge, experience, goals, values and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference. Audience-centered: do everything with your audience in mind. Feedback: the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker. Interferences: anything that impedes the communication of a message internal or external. Situation: the time and place i which speech communication occurs.
