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COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION. A process involving the sorting, selecting, and sharing of symbols to help a receiver elicit from his or her own mind a meaning similar to that in the mind of the sender. Intrapersonal Interpersonal Small Group Public Speaking Mass Mediated. One person Two people

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COMMUNICATION

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  1. COMMUNICATION • A process involving the sorting, selecting, and sharing of symbols to help a receiver elicit from his or her own mind a meaning similar to that in the mind of the sender.

  2. Intrapersonal Interpersonal Small Group Public Speaking Mass Mediated One person Two people Three to ? One to many One to many One to one/group Six Types ofHuman Communication

  3. EPS CYCLE • Elite small group usually class based • Popular/Mass everyone the same • Specialized many choices • EPS Merrill and Lowenstein

  4. EPS Cycle • Media progression cycle • 3rd world vs USA • Media Literacy role of the consumer

  5. Mass Communication A process whereby professional communicators use technological devices to share messages over great distances to influence large audiences.

  6. Noise Source Channel Receiver Message Context Feedback Model of the Communication Process

  7. NOISE • Channel static/picture loss • Semantic misunderstood meaning • Psychological internal factors • Selective exposure • perception/retention look for reinforcement

  8. $$$$$$$$ • Over 200 billion yearly in US profits • Make money • Inform people • Entertain people • Persuade people

  9. Media Consumption • 1,408 daily newspapers • 6,700 weekly newspapers • 20,000 magazines • 13,000 radio stations • 2,200 broadcast tv stations • 580 cable networks • 2,700 book publishers • 7 major movie studios (plus small ones) • 39,000 movie screens

  10. Media Literacy • Cognitive • Emotional • Aesthetic • Moral

  11. Cognitive Dimension • Ability to access, use medium • Ability to process information contained in messages

  12. Emotional Dimension • Feelings/reactions to messages • Can go over the threshold of tolerance

  13. Aesthetic Dimension • Understanding media creation processes • Critiquing quality of messages

  14. Moral Dimension • What attitudes, values, beliefs are being transmitted?

  15. Seven Truths • The media are essential components of our lives • There are no mainstream media • Everything from the margin moves to the center • Nothing’s new: Everything has happened in the past and will happen again • News Media are always scary • Activism and analysis are not the same thing • There is no “they”

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