Chapter 1

Noise

Anything that interferes with the transmission and reception of a message

Masspersonal communication

Communication involving the use of a traditionally mass communication channel for interpersonal interactions, or vice versa.

The explicit, dictionary definition of a message is referred to as...

Content dimension

True or False: Cognitive complexity is the term describing the process of paying close attention to one's behavior

False

Environment (or context)

Fields of experience that helps communicators make sensor of other's behavior

Transactional Communication

The dynamic process in which communicators create meaning together through interaction

True or false: Communication is the process in which messages are generated to create meanings

True

True or false: Feedback is the listener's verbal and/or nonverbal response to messages received from the speaker

True

Communication

Using messages to generate meanings

Feedback

a response to a previous message, can be verbal or nonverbal

hyper-personal communication

an acceleration of the discussion of personal topics and relational development

An emailed love letter not having the same impact as a handwritten one is related to the ______ of the message

channel

Asynchronous communication

communication such as email in which the message and the response do not occur at the same time

synchronous communication

communication that occurs in real time

Lean

describes a message that carries less info due to a lack of non-verbal cues

rich

describes a message that is abundant in non-verbal cues that adds clarity to a message

relational dimension

expressions of how you feel about the other person

Interpersonal Communication

interaction distinguished by the qualities of uniqueness, interdependence, self disclosure, and intrinsic rewards

multimodality

the ability and willingness to use multiple channels of communication

Communication competence

the ability to achieve goals in a manner both effective and appropriate

cognitive complexity

the ability to construct a variety of different frameworks for viewing an issue

content dimension

the information being explicitly discussed (pass the salt, I'm tired, etc.)

self-monitoring

the process of paying close attention to one's own behavior and using these observations to shape it

disinhibition

the tendency to transmit messages without considering their consequences

social media

the term that describes all communication channels that allow community based input, interaction, sharing, and collaboration

Channel

the way a message is delivered; face to face, email, text, phone, letter, etc.