1. Overview of Communication

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

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

4. Basic Concepts
Message -
Meta-message -
Meta-communication -

5. Linear Model

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

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

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

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

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

11. Begins 1900…

12. 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

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

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

15. Organizational Communication
Clearly defined hierarchy?

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

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

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