Communication vocabulary

Question 1

other-oriented

Answer 1

To be aware of the thoughts, needs, experiences, personality, emotions, motives,desires,culture, and goals of your communication partners while still maintaining your own integrity.

Question 2

communication

Answer 2

process of acting on information

Question 3

human communication

Answer 3

Process of making sense out of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal messages.

Question 4

interpersonal communication

Answer 4

a distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships.

Question 5

impersonal communication

Answer 5

Process that occurs when we treat others as objects or respond to their roles rather than to who they are as unique persons.

Question 6

mass communication

Answer 6

Process that occurs when one person issues the same message to many people at once; the creator of the message is usually not physically present, and listeners have virtually no opportunity to respond immediately to the speaker

Question 7

public communication

Answer 7

Process that occurs when a speaker addresses and audience.

Question 8

small group communication

Answer 8

Process that occurs when a group of three to fifteen people meet to interact with a common purpose and mutually influence one another.

Question 9

“I-It”

Answer 9

An impersonal relationship in which the other person is viewed as an “It” rather than as an authentic, genuine person.

Question 10

“I-Thou”

Answer 10

Occurs when you interact with another person as a unique, authentic individual rather than as an object or and “It”.

Question 11

intrapersonal communication

Answer 11

Communication with yourself; thinking

Question 12

relationship

Answer 12

Connection established when one person communicates with another.

Question 13

Elements of the communication process

Answer 13

source: Originator of a thought or emotion, who puts it into a code that can be understood by a receiver
Encode: To translate ideas, feelings, and thoughts into code
Decode: To interpret ideas, feelings, and thoughts that have been translated in to a code
Message:Written, spoken, and unspoken elements of communication to which people assign meaning

Question 14

Elements of communication process 2

Answer 14

Channel: pathway through which messages are sent
Receiver: Person who decodes a message and attempt to make sense of what the source has encoded
Noise: Anything literal or psychological that interferes with accurate reception of a message
Feedback: response to message
Context: Physical or psychological environment for communication

Question 15

systems theory

Answer 15

Theory that describes the interconnected elements of a system in which a change in one element affects all of the other elements.

Question 16

episode

Answer 16

Sequence of interactions between individuals, during which the message of one person influences the message of another.

Question 17

symbol

Answer 17

Word, sound, or visual image that represents something else, such as a thought, concept, or object.

Question 18

rule

Answer 18

followable prescription that indicates what behavior is obligated, preferred, or prohibited in certain contexts.

Question 19

content

Answer 19

Information, ideas, or suggested actions that a speaker wishes to share

Question 20

relationship dimension

Answer 20

The implied aspect of a communication message, which conveys information about emotions, attitudes, power, and control.

Question 21

Metacommunication

Answer 21

Verbal or nonverbal communication about communication.

Question 22

social media

Answer 22

a variety of technological applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram that serve as channels to help people connect to one another

Question 23

electronically mediated communication (EMC)

Answer 23

Communication via a medium such as the internet.

Question 24

asynchronous message

Answer 24

A message that is not read, heard, or seen exactly when it is sent; there is a time delay between the sending of the message and it’s receipt.

Question 25

synchronous message

Answer 25

A message that is sent and received simultaneously.

Question 26

social presence

Answer 26

The feeling that communicators have of engaging in unmediated, face-to-face interactions even though messages are being sent electronically

Question 27

cues-filtered-out theory

Answer 27

Theory that suggests that communication of emotions is restricted when people send messages to others via text messages because nonverbal cues such as facial expression,gestures, and tone of voice are filtered.

Question 28

media richness theory

Answer 28

Theory that identifies the richness of a communication medium based on the amount of feedback it allow, the number of cues receivers can interpret, the variety of language it allows and the potential for emotional expression

Question 29

Social information-processing theory

Answer 29

Theory that suggests people can communicate relational and emotional messages via the internet, although such messages take longer to express without nonverbal cues.