ASU COM 100 Q&A Bundle

The practice of understanding, designing, implementing, and evaluating successful communication campaigns within a framework of public service. Used to inform, persuade, build relationships and to encourage open dialogue in the public interest Public Communication Communication taking place to mult...

Diaspora (Increased opportunities for intercultural contact) The movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland Peacebuilding (Improved intergroup relations) Working toward stability in a region to prevent conflicts from escalating into war Intercultu...

Communicating with one's manager is an example of _________ communicationupward Communication competence is the balance of what?Task effectiveness/ relational appropriateness Organizational CommunicationSet of interactions for long term groups with a similar goal 2 important properties of organi...

Communication message is a discrete unit of communication intended by the source for consumption by some recipient or group of recipients communication channel A communication channel refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed mediu...

Synergetic Model Shows the model in which messages are sent and received What part does context play in communication? Context helps people know when and how to communicate. The nature of symbols: What is a symbol and how does it work? Something that represents something else and conveys meaning ...

Actions Our perceptions largely determine our understanding and our ____ Identities Influence Identities influence and are influenced by perception Perception Process of selection, organization, and interpretation We tend to base stimuli on: Aspects of our own identities, Features of another pers...

Language Constructing Reality -creates our perceptions -example of the sun/advertising Contextual, Interactional, Instrumental Contextual- what does it mean to say Interactional- creates identities and relationships instrumental- helps us do things -concrete and abstract language CoL: Phonology so...

Messages the building blocks of communication events Encoding taking ideas and converting them into messages Decoding receiving a message and interpret the meaning Symbol something that represents something else and conveys meaning Content meaning the concrete meaning of a message and is suggest...

Pete has been studying intercultural communication for several years. He just returned from a two-year sojourn from a foreign country and really finds it easy to communicate successfully without straining to be competent. What stage of competence is he most likely experiencing? unconscious competenc...

Expectancy Violation Theory we form expectations based on social norms -positive violation INCREASE attraction -negative violation DECREASE attraction Collectivist Orientation stresses the needs of the group Individualistic Orientation stresses the needs of the individual - values autonomy and in...

Fixed mindset intelligence and talent are fixed at birth growth mindset intelligence and talent can go up or down Context refers to Setting, the occasion, who is present Communication Context + message = meaning Communication competence is the balance of Task effectiveness, relational appropriat...

small group "communication among a small # of people who share a common purpose or goal, who feel connected to each other, and who coordinate their behavior" Primary groups provide us with belonging and affection Secondary groups meet to solve problems or complete tasks small group cohesion the...

According to research, _____ may be based in part on the way others smell. personal body image sexual attraction friendship identity Sexual Attraction Which of the following statements about perception is correct? Our perceptions have little impact on how others view themselves. A positive se...

Human communication A transactional process in which people generate meaning through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages in specific contexts, influenced by individual and societal forces and embedded in culture. Messages the building blocks of communication events Encoding taking ideas ...