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Basic Communication Concepts

Basic Communication Concepts. From Speech Communication to Communication Studies. Defining Communication. The process of creating (yes!) or sharing meaning in informal conversation, group interaction, or public speaking. [By definition, our academic discipline focuses on messages .].

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Basic Communication Concepts

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  1. Basic Communication Concepts From Speech Communication to Communication Studies

  2. Defining Communication • The process of creating (yes!) or sharing meaning in informal conversation, group interaction, or public speaking. [By definition, our academic discipline focuses on messages.]

  3. The Linear (Berlo) Model Message Source Receiver Channel

  4. The Interactive Model Message Source Receiver Channel Feedback

  5. The Transactional Model

  6. Communication Principles • Communication Has Purpose • Communication is Continuous (?) • Communication messages vary in conscious thought • Communication is relational • Communication is guided by culture • All com. has ethical implications

  7. Communication Functions • To meet social needs • To enhance and maintain ourselves • To develop relationships • To exchange information • To influence others

  8. Communication is symbolic • The difference between signs and symbols • Language as a symbolic system • Is there such a thing as “body language?” • More later on the topics of verbal and nonverbal communication

  9. Communication is multidimensional Cultural Social Psychological

  10. Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk

  11. Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk • Who were the earliest speech teachers?

  12. Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk • Who were the earliest speech teachers? • Who was the most influential speech teacher? What did he write?

  13. Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk • Who were the earliest speech teachers? • Who was the most influential speech teacher? What did he write? • What about the guy with the rocks?

  14. Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk • Who were the earliest speech teachers? • Who was the most influential speech teacher? What did he write? • What about the guy with the rocks? • Could anyone (even a scoundrel) be a great speaker?

  15. Speaking of Aristotle… • His divisions of ethos, logos & pathos • Credibility is composed of • Trustworthiness, or character • Authoritativeness, or competence • Charisma, or dynamism

  16. The “canons” of rhetoric • Invention • Disposition • Style • Delivery • Memory

  17. Kenneth Burke • The “dramatistic pentad” (forget this one) • The concept of Identification (remember this one…) • Speaker with audience • Audience with topic

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