Communication Terms and Concepts
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Communication
is the process of simultaneously sending and receiving symbolic messages
between individuals. (Valenzan 18)
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Communicator (Sender/receiver) - the participants
in communication. Typically the roles reverse regularly.
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Message - a single
uninterrupted utterance. Verbal or nonverbal
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Code - a system suitable for
creating/carrying messages through a specific medium (e.g. Morse Code, HTLM,
a spoken language like English, emoticons, etc.)
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Medium (face-to-face,
television, web, phone, etc.) - the form or technology of transmission
— determines the kind of code used.
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Channel (verbal, nonverbal,
105.9FM, etc.) - The specific mechanism (“pipeline”) within a medium used to transmit the message.
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Noise - interference with message —
external (physical), internal (mental) or semantic
(misunderstanding/reaction)
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Environment (part of context) - that which surrounds
and provides a basis for the meaning of a message:
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Physical
(surroundings)
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Temporal (point in time)
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Relational (the existing relationship between communicators - friends,
strangers, etc.)
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Cultural (language, customs and the behavior community the communicator(s) come
from)
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Feedback - checks the effects of
messages
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positive feedback - "keep doing what
you’re doing"
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negative
feedback - change what you’re doing.
Works Cited
Valenzano, Joseph and Stephen Braden. CThe
Speaker: The Traqdition and Practice of Public Speaking.
Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press, 2012. Print
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