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Definitions of communication
NCA
Yours?
Symbol usage
System
Message
Interaction
Contexts
Channel
Media
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channel
Slide 4:
channel
Areas of Communication :
Areas of Communication Organizational
Interpersonal
Rhetoric
Intercultural
Others?
Health
Mass media?Journalism? PR?
Speech/Argumentation
Why Do I Care? :
Why Do I Care? Job-related benefits
You want to be part of the field!
Basic aspect of living things, especially humans
Tools to improve
Relationships
Self
Movements in Communication :
Movements in Communication Rhetoric
Public address
Philosophy
University of Chicago
Social science
Anthropology, psychology, sociology
Range of perspectives on communication today
Structuralism
Post-structuralism
Models of Communication :
Models of Communication Linear
Interactive
Transactional
Activity :
Activity On a sheet of paper, answer the following questions:
How do we engage in these types of communication?
What dictates which type of communication occurs?