Purdue COM 102

Griffin's definition of communicaion - correct answer relational process of creating a message that elicits a response Paradox of COM - correct answer communication is worthy of study but we've been doing it our whole lives so why study? National COM association says graduates should be able to do - correct answer how people use messages across different channels Burleson's definition of a message - correct answer messages are sets of behavioral expressions, typically consisting...

Be familiar with the "paradox" of studying communication theory - correct answer Communication is important (worthy of study) but we all have years of first-hand experience communicating (no need to study). Paradox is a tension between two ideas that conflict. We communicate so we don't need to study it, but it's important to study. Griffin's definition of communication - correct answer "Communication is the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response." ...

Judee Burgoons definition of theory - correct answer a theory is a set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work Griffins definition of communication - correct answer communication is the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response study of communication involves - correct answer PRODUCTION of messages, MESSAGES themselves, EFFECTS of the messages, the MEDIUM of a message Images of theory - correct answer NET to grasp elusive c...

How has Burgoon changed her thinking about "arousal" in Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT)? - correct answer Don't measure physiological arousal, measure NON-VERBAL behavior. Because non-verbal behavior is a symptom of physiological arousal and is much easier to measure. After her work on EVT, what was Burgoon trying to establish in her "key study" on physiological arousal that was discussed in lecture? - correct answer rate arousal: Coders rated people carrying on conversations in terms of ...

How has Burgoon changed her thinking about "arousal" in Expectancy Violation Theory? - correct answer She said people felt physiologically (heartbeat etc) aroused when their expectations were violated. Lack of evidence. Later, this was changed to the "orienting response" or mental alertness which focuses attention on the violator. Still lack of evidence/research. later becomes side effect rather than central concept. Privacy Management Theory - correct answer - a theory explaining how peo...

How has Burgoon changed her thinking about "arousal" in Expectancy Violation Theory? - correct answer She said people felt aroused when their expectations were violated. Later, this was changed to the "orienting response" or mental alertness which focuses attention on the violator. Now she views it as a link between EV and communication outcome. Concept of arousal is central to the theory, later becomes side effect rather than central concept. After her work on EVT, what was Burgoon trying...

How does Sandra Petronio define privacy? - correct answer Feeling that one has the right to OWN private information. Why does Sandra call it "disclosure of private information" over "self-disclosure" - correct answer 1. Sometimes it's not about us. (about friends or family) 2. Self-disclosure has a positive connotation while "disclosure of private information" has a neutral connotation 3. Self-disclosure is associated with intimate relationships like SPT 4. Focuses on content of inform...

task function (GDM) - correct answer people in your group keeping you on track. willing to sacrifice the relationship to successfully accomplish the task. relationship function (GDM) - correct answer more oriented in terms of keeping harmony in the group. The four functions of effective group decision-making - correct answer Analysis of problem Goal setting Identification of alternatives (routes of success) Evolution of the positives and negatives --Eventually lead to a wise de...

What is the "agenda-setting hypothesis"? - correct answer When the mass media has the ability to transfer the salience of issues on their news agenda to the public agenda Be familiar with the communitarian ethics of Cliff Christian - correct answer he likes free speech but not the whole first amendment, he believes in communitarian ethics which means its one's moral responsibility to promote community, mutuality, and persons-in-relation who live simultaneously for others and for themselve...

• What is it specifically that the theory of media cultivation is focused on predicting and explaining? - correct answer o Attitudes, beliefs and cognitions • What communication MEDIUM is the theory of media cultivation primarily focused on? - correct answer o Television Three major parts of media cultivation theory (3 prongs): institutional process analysis - correct answer behind the scenes of media organizations is an effort to understand what policies or practices might be th...