Overview of Communication

Axioms of Communication Meanings  Requires Tends Cannot “not” communicate

Defined Info transfer Person  Using Considered “successful” if Communication Info transfer Person  Using Considered “successful” if

Basic Concepts Message - Meta-message - Meta-communication -

Linear Model

Interactional Model NOISE Sender & Receiver Receiver & Sender Communication Field of Experience Field of Experience NOISE

Shared Field of Experience Transactional Model NOISE Communication Sender & Receiver Receiver & Sender Shared Field of Experience Field of Experience Field of Experience Communication NOISE

Transactional/Interpersonal Model Feedback is Behav. is Comm Relational comm unique

Defining Communication Communication - Social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish & interpret meaning in their environment

Value of Comm Theory Improved Appreciation for richness of Application to your

Begins 1900…

environments where comm. takes place Contexts environments where comm. takes place Backdrops for analyzing Seven Contexts Intrapersonal* Interpersonal Small Group Organizational Public/Rhetorical Mass Intercultural

Interpersonal Communication Relationships: beginning, maintenance, dissolution Sub-contexts: family, friendships, long-term marriages, workplace, etc.

Small Group Communication Task groups (not friendship and family) Disagreement - what constitutes small group? Foci - Networking & role behavior

Organizational Communication Clearly defined hierarchy?

Public Communication/Rhetoric Aristotle’s rhetoric Research shift: textual  themes & issues Focus: Communication apprehension

Mass Communication Mass media (newspapers, radio, computers, TV, Internet) Context includes both channel & audience Mediated comm. – separate sphere?

Intercultural Communication Comm. b/w individuals with different cultural backgrounds Differences can be at any level