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A process in which people generate meaning through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages
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Human Communication
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The building blocks of communication events
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Messages
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Something that represents something else and conveys meaning
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Symbol
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Signs that represent a thing itself and always bear some resemblance to the object to which they refer
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Iconic Signs
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Indexical Signs
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Signs that reveal something beyond the thing itself
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The concrete meaning of the message and the meanings suggested by or associated with the message and the emotions triggered by it
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Content Meaning
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What a message conveys about the relationship between the parties
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Relationship Meaning
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The physical surroundings of a communication event
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Setting
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Th people interacting during communication
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Participants
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Transmitting ideas and emotions via signs and symbols
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Message Creation
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Taking ideas and converting them into messages
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Encoding
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Receiving a message and interpreting its meaning
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Decoding
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The means through which a message is transmitted
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Channel
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Any stimulus that can interfere with, or degrade, the quality of a message
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Noise
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The response to a message
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Feedback
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