COM 2500 Midterm video lesson questions

Communication ultimately is aimed at this objective

Achieving a specific purpose decided in advance

The following would be an example of "psychological noise"

An audience only processing part of the message because they can't stand the speaker

"Information" was understood by Shannon and Weaver as

Anything that reduces uncertainty

A "sign"

Anything that represents something else

The following could be an example of social context

Beleifs on campus regarding COVID-19 safety rules

When we say that a communication act involved two primary participants, we are referring to ___ communication

Bilateral

The sensory route by which the source's thought content gets to the receiver is the

Channel

The sensory route communication takes from one point to another is called the

Channel

___ is defined as "the process of generating meaning by sending and receiving ... symbols and signs that are influenced by multiple contexts."

Communication

The following are characteristics of the interactional model of communication (Select all that apply)

Communication as exchanging meaning Two-way communication Both parties have equal roles

The sending and receiving of messages implies the following inherent character of communication

Communication is a social activity

All of the conditions that surround and influence an instance of communication activity constitute

Context

Everything that surrounds and influences an instance of communication is its

Context

When we say that we cannot share meaning as communicators separate from the surrounding conditions impacting the communication, we are referring to communication as

Contextual

The process of making sense of a message in order to understand the thought content is called

Decoding

Shannon and Weaver were especially interested in

Developing theory to explain long-distance electric media

Putting thoughts into a form that can be communicated and understood is called

Encoding

The following are all dimensions of context involved in the transactional model "except"

Except material context (includes cultural, social, physical and psychological and relational context

Sending and receiving messages is essentially an ___ of meaning between participants

Exchange

A communication act is a singular, static thing (T or F)

False

If i am encoding a message to someone, I cannot also decode a message from sdneon at that moment

False

Any communication between a source and a receiver will have a clearly defined start and stop point

False - the process of communication has indeterminate start and stop points ... what led the source to start communicating in the first place? How will both source and receiver respond to the communication after the immediate interaction is over?

Signs are always verbal representations of meaning

False, remember signs c an be nonverbal, too -- images, sounds, facial expressions and gestures

The original source of a message only ever engages in encoding (T or f)

False, remember, if the reciever sends feedback, the original source becomes a receiver who decodes the message -- that is, at least, if they're trying to communicate effectively.

Any messages sent from the receiver of a message back to the source of that message is called

Feedback

The following would be examples of private cues (Select all that apply)

Your knowledge of my reputation as a teacher My memory of what you told me about your internship experience

Consider this video a lesson as a communication act. The following would be an example of the psychological context of this act

Your motivation to do well in this course

The transmission model presumes that communication is primarily driven by the message source, making it

asymmetric

The practical art of persuasion, especially developed in classical Greece and Rome, is known as

rhetoric

Using the correct definition, the following occupation is a communications professional

A broadband internet technician

The transmission model's assumption that the audience is passive is complicated by

The importance of message decoding

The actual term "communications" refers most directly to

The physical technology of media communication channels

Consider this video lesson as a communicative act. The following would be an example of the situational context of this act

The prescience of this lesson i an introduction to communication course

Consider the video lesson as a communicative act. The following would be an example of the physical context of this act

The sound quality of your speakers

The following can be all contextual variables (Check all that apply)

The surrounding environment and occasion The shared culture of the communicators The vocab and rules of language Mutually shared history

What makes a "symbol" a special sort of sign is that

They always have multiple meanings

Communication within an in-person classroom might best be analyzed using which model

Transactional

Context plays an important role in which models (Select all that apply)

Transactional model Interactional model

Communication through an e-mail might best be analyzed using which model

Transmission

In this model, when the receiver encodes and sends feedback, they become a source, and the original source becomes a receiver (T orF)

True

Sharing meaning requires that communicators have mutual common ground on which to base their understanding (T or F)

True

The meanings created by the communicators can change the contexts around them (T or F)

True

These four contexts influence how communicators create meaning between them (T or F)

True

What kinds of things that might establish the basis of shared meaning include

A common language Shared history and cultural knowledge Shared values and priorities Mutually agreeable norms and rules

The following would be an example of "environmental noise"

A cramped set-up of audience chairs too close together distracts listeners

Shannon and Weaver understood communication primarily as

A flow of information

The transmission model best explains the following example of communication

A live TV Broadcast

The following would be an example of "physiological noise"

A speaker struggling due to a scratchy throat

The following aspects of communication apply to both the interactional and the transactional models (Select all that apply)

Two equal participants Both participants send and receive messages

The transmission model presumes that communication moves in one direction, making it

Unilateral

The primary outcome of communication, according to the transactional model is

The co-creating of shared meaning by participants

Shannon and Weaver's theory was developed in the

1940s

The "rhetoric canons" developed by ancient rhetoricians include all the following except

Include all the following except visual aids. (Includes style, invention, arrangement, and delivery)

Communication during a phone call might be best analyzed using which model

Interactional

The second example of the model in this video reveals the following limitation

It doesn't account for how an audience can answer back

The following characteristics apply to the transmission model of communication (Select all that apply)

It involved a one-way flow of information The source of the message is a primary importance

So, while the transmission model can be described as ___, the interactional model can be described as ___

Linear, circular

However, in those professional contexts, "communications" really refers to

Managing the individual and groups of messages that are sent through specific channels

A technology that functions as a channel is called a

Medium

The content being transmitted from one point to the other is a

Message

The encoded content being sent from source to receiver )the thoughts, feelings, etc. intended to be shared) constitutes the

Message

Contexts affects how communication works because the elements of context influences (Select all that apply)

The communicators The social interaction between the communicators What signs can mean

The following areas of study and practice are "not" included in the field of "communications" with an s (Select all that apply)

The formation and function of organizational systems and cultures The impacts of mass media on social and cultural norms The dynamics of intimate personal relationships The function of rhetoric and persuasion in public advocacy The problem-solving work of small groups

The following could be an example of physical or psychological context

My current mood

Anything that disrupts the transmission of a message is called

Noise

The following are characteristics of the transmission model of communication (Select all that apply)

One-way communication Source has dominant role Communication as information flow

The following could be an example of cultural context

Our identity as Mizzou fans

The following could be an example of relational context

Our student/professor connection in the classroom

In this model, the role of the audience is primarily

Passive

Elements in the surrounding environment and situation that influence how communicators make meaning are called

Public cues

The following would be examples of public cues (Select all that apply)

Rows of desks facing the front of the room The syllabus for our class

The following would be examples of behavioral cues (Select all that apply)

Smiling at my students during a lecture Your nodding and wring a note down after I make a point

"Meaning" is determined by

Something's essential nature

The starting point of communication in the transmission model is the

Source

When we consider the steps that are taken in a communicative act, we consider the actions (select all that apply)

Source of the message Receiver of the message

"Encoding" is done by the __ "Decoding" is done by the

Source, Receiver

Many students and practitioners refer to "communications" when they're talking about

Strategies for marketing, adverstising and PR

When we say that the important roles and influences in the communication act are evenly shared, we are referring to ___ communication

Symmetric