COM 203 Chapter 1 The Communication Process: Perception, Meaning, & Identity

Generalized other

the way other people see you

Communication is power because it allows us to create and control our identities and realities. It also:

•Makes us human as our primary means of social interaction. • •Allows for the exchange of information. • •Helps us build and maintain relationships. • •Gives us power to influence or persuade others. • •Allows us to build cultures.

language

Very important part of communication, separates us from other animals; allows us to share our experiences, and is a major vehicle through which we document knowledge.

Significant other

influential people in the different situations in which you find yourself

Communication

shared meaning making, a critical component to how we develop as human beings. It allows us to construct and control our environments.

Perception

Being aware of and creating meaning from the world around us.

Representational communication

Conveying the facts or information objectively.

Mainstream Culture

Dominant culture Example: American Culture

Culture

Language, ethnicities, laws, geography, food, traditions, beliefs, gender, education, media, and many more factors can help shape a culture. What makes a culture truly a culture are the people who share that culture and share the experiences within it. CULTURE is a world made meaningful; it is socially constructed and maintained through communication. It can limit, liberate, unite, or divide us.

Symbolic Interaction

People give meanings to symbols and then behave according to those meanings.

Interactional model

Sender and Receiver become "interpreters" - both encode and decode messages, simultaneously. Messages are interpreted according to individual experiences and shared experiences. Both interpreters negotiate meaning in the message. Linear and interactional models represent the transmissional view of communication.

Presentational communication

Someone's version of the facts or information.

Bounded or co-cultures

The smaller cultures which exist within the mainstream culture. They can be defined in many ways such as interests, gender, or race. Examples: Asian Americans, Women, Baseball players

Transactional Model

This model views the communication process as changing the communicators. Communicators walk away from the exchange different people. This makes the transactional approach constitutive because something now exists that did not exist before the communication.

frame analysis

a specific set of expectations we use to make sense of the specific social situation we may find ourselves in at the time. Frame Analysis consists of using social cues or frames to understand our role in a given situation or context. Example: What is your role within the context of a room furnished with desks, a whiteboard, and a professor?

The three Communication models

linear, interactional, transactional

Ritual view of Communication

links communication to community, fellowship and the representations of shared beliefs within a society. (Holidays)

Linear Model

source >>>>Message>>>>>Receiver <<<<<<<< Feedback<<<<<<<<<<