Intro To Communication Theory--
Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Group Decision Making ANS✔✔ involves: logic of arguments, agenda
setting, solution evaluations, group member's relationships
You enact ______ through _______ ANS✔✔ culture, communication
Assumptions are made on: ANS✔✔ meaning, power, relationships, gender,
race, culture
Communication as Action ANS✔✔ a sender sending messages
Communication as Interaction ANS✔✔ says communication is only an
exchange of information between two or more individuals
Communication as Transaction ANS✔✔ Construction of shared meanings or
understandings between individuals (the interaction results in more than the
exchange of literal messages) *something magical and extra happens*
Constitutive approach to communication ANS✔✔ pays close attention to the
fact that communication can create things that weren't there before
, Issues in Communication ANS✔✔ Meaning, representation and
presentation, what is taken for granted in the use of symbols, intentionality
Symbol ANS✔✔ object or idea whose meaning is more complicated than it
looks, arbitrary representations
Sign ANS✔✔ has a casual connection to something, consequences of
something specific, i.e. smoke is a sign of fire
Iconic symbols ANS✔✔ look like what they represent, i.e. men's and
women's restroom signs
Language ANS✔✔ symbol
Meaning ANS✔✔ when communicators "go beyond" one item to another
Representation ANS✔✔ conveying information and facts
Presentation ANS✔✔ your take on events and facts (opinion or spin)
Frames ANS✔✔ basic forms of knowledge that provide a definition of a
scenario, draws boundries around conversations
Intentionality ANS✔✔ assuming behavior is conscious and deliberate
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