Comm Theory Exam 1

Designates the orginator of a message

The stimulus that the source transmits to the receiver

The means by which the message is conveyed from source to receiver

1.) aka repetition 2.) using more than one channel in conveying a message increases this as well as the accuracy of the message 3.) excessive this can be viewed as insulting

Decodes and interprets the message sent

Process of taking an already concieved idea and getting it ready for transmission

Process of taking the stimuli that have been received and giving those stimuli meaning through individual interpretation and perception

Any stimulus that inhibits the receiver's accurate reception of a given message classified as either physical, psychological, or semantic

Examples: airplane overhead car horns blowing blaring stereo system

When an individual is preoccupied and therefore misses or misinterprets the external message example: thinking about dinner during lecture

Occurs when individuals have different meanings for symbols and when those meanings are not mutually understood example: soda=pop or ice cream soda depending on where you are

Allows a source to have a means of assessing how a message is being decoded may be verbal, non-verbal, or both often called positive or negative

Occurs when humans manipulate symbols to stimulate meaning in other humans

1.) Symbolic process 2.) Involves Socially Shared Meaning 3.) Occurs in Context

Something that stands for another thing