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Chapter One: The World of Communication

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Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 6 InfoTrac College Edition InfoTrac College Edition

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Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 8 Why Study Communication?   Improve Skills   Become More Effective Communicator   Help Make Sense of Our Lives Understanding communication offers an “answer to the painful divisions between self and other, private, and public, and inner thought and outer world.” John Peters (2000) Understanding communication offers an “answer to the painful divisions between self and other, private, and public, and inner thought and outer world.” John Peters (2000)

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 9 Defining Communication “Systemic process in which people interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meaning.”

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 10   Process - Ongoing and Always in Motion   Systemic - Interrelated Parts Affecting One Another   Symbols - Abstract, Arbitrary, Ambiguous Representations Defining Communication

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 11   Levels of Meaning in Communication   Content Level   Relationship Level Defining Communication

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 12   Personal Values   See Selves through Eyes of Others   Foundations of Our Self-Concept   Affects Our Health Values of Communication

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 13   Relationship Values   Key Foundation in Relationships   Very Essence of Relationships   Keep Steady Pulse of Relationship Values of Communication

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 14   Professional Values   Important Where Talking and Listening are Primary   Human Resource Professionals Say Communication Critical Values of Communication Microsoft Image

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 15   Cultural Values   Important to Health of Society   Critical in a Democracy   Civic and Social Life Depend on Communication Abilities Values of Communication Microsoft Image

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 16   Linear Models of Communication

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 17   Linear   Interactive   Feedback Models of Communication

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 18   Linear   Interactive   Feedback   Transactional Models of Communication Models of Communication

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 19   Intrapersonal   Self-talk   Rehearsing Ways of Acting   Prompt Self   Interpersonal   Exists on a Continuum   I-Thou Breadth of Communication Field

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 20   Group Communication   Social Groups   Decision Making Committees   Work Teams Breadth of Communication Field Microsoft Image

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 21   Group Communication   Social Groups   Decision Making Committees   Work Teams   Mass Communication   Traditional   New Technologies Breadth of Communication Field Microsoft Image

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 22   Public Communication   Organizational Communication   Intercultural Communication Breadth of Communication Field

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 23   Symbolic Activities   Meaning   Critical Thinking   Ethics and Communication Unifying Themes in the Field Microsoft Image

Ch1: The World of Communication Copyright © 2006 Wadsworth 24   Research   Education   Media Production, Criticism, and Analysis   Training and Consulting   Human Relations and Management Careers in Communication

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