Comm201 Exam Questions With Correct
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Define communication - AnswerProcess of managing messages in a specific context for the
purpose of creating meaning. Theory and practice of everyday interaction.
Define process - Answer•Ongoing, continuous in motion, and changing. Interrelated st...
Define communication - Answer✔Process of managing messages in a specific context for the
purpose of creating meaning. Theory and practice of everyday interaction.
Define process - Answer✔•Ongoing, continuous in motion, and changing. Interrelated steps,
action, or operations designed to achieve a desired outcome.
What is the three types of models of communication. in order - Answer✔Linear-
Sender>Message> Receiver
Interactive-Feedback is added to model.
Transactional-Most advanced model.
Noise - Answer✔•Noise is anything that interferes with the intended meaning of communication.
Noises may distort understanding.
Feedback: - Answer✔Feedback is a response to a message. It may be verbal or nonverbal, and it
may be intentional or unintentional.
Decoding: - Answer✔Interpreting messages.
Relational level of meaning: - Answer✔•Expresses the connection between communicators.
Content level of meaning: - Answer✔Literal meanings of messages.
History of Communication Field(Liberal Education (late 1800s and early 1900s) -
Answer✔Effective communication is central to liberal education
History of Communication Field(Broadening the Field) - Answer✔1950's saw emergence of
quantitative methods to research communication
History of Communication Field(Communication, Power, and Empowerment) - Answer✔Focus
on how communication shapes and is shaped by the historical, social, and political contexts of
the day. Began to study social movements (civil rights and women's liberation)
How old is the Study of Communication: - Answer✔more than 2,500 years to ancient Greece
Classical Roots and Democratic Life - Answer✔Rhetoric: the study and theories of
communication.
Aristotle's three methods of effective persuasion: - Answer✔Ethos: Speaker credibility
(trustworthy, expertise, charisma)
Pathos: Listener's emotions
Logos: Logic and reasoning
Quantitative research (Surveys, Experiments) - Answer✔Quantitative: Research method used to
gather information in numerical form(measurement instead of interpretation)
Qualitative Research (Ethnography, Textual analysis, Historical Research) -
Answer✔Qualitative: Research method used to study how people interpret and give meaning to
their experiences (interpretation over measurement)
Critical Research - Answer✔Critical methods identify and challenge communication practices
that are harmful to individuals and social groups
Rhetorical Criticism: - Answer✔•the process of examining a text to see how it works
communicatively
Intrapersonal Communication - Answer✔is communication with ourselves ("self-talk")
Interpersonal Communication - Answer✔focuses on communication between people, how
communication creates and sustains relationships, and about challenges to maintaining intimacy.
Group and Team Communication - Answer✔includes interaction in task, social, and personal
groups and teams (roles, leadership, and conflict).
Public Communication - Answer✔includes both public speaking and criticism of public address
(argumentation and political communication).
Organizational Communication - Answer✔•focuses on communication skills that affect work life
and organizational culture (Interviewing, Listening, Leadership, Decision making).
Organization culture - Answer✔Understanding an organization's identity and codes of thought
and action that members of that organization share (it personality).
Mass Communication: - Answer✔influence of mediated messages on society (TV, radio,
internet, books, movies)
Intercultural Communication: - Answer✔•How cultures shape individuals' ways of
communicating how individuals communication reflects and changes cultural values and
understandings
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