Models of Communication

Question 1

What are the types of models of communication?

Answer 1

• linear
• interactive/convergent
• transactional

Question 2

What is LINEAR communication?

Answer 2

sequential, one-sided, moves in one direction, no feedback

Question 3

What are the linear models?

Answer 3

• aristotelian
• laswell
• shannon & weaver
• berlo’s

Question 4

What is the ARISTOTELIAN MODEL?

Answer 4

• speaker
• message
• listener

Question 5

What does the Aristotelian model focus on?

Answer 5

speaker’s persuasive ability

Question 6

Who made the Aristotelian model?

Answer 6

Aristotle, Greek philosopher

Question 7

What are Aristotle’s 3 MODES OF PERSUASION?

Answer 7

ethos, logos, pathos

Question 8

What is ETHOS about?

Answer 8

credibility and ethics of the speaker

Question 9

What is LOGOS about?

Answer 9

logical appeal of the message

Question 10

What is PATHOS about?

Answer 10

appealing to the audience’s emotions

Question 11

What is an example of the Aristotelian model?

Answer 11

presidential candidate speech

Question 12

What is the LASWELL model?

Answer 12

communicator, message, medium, receiver, effect

Question 13

What questions does the Laswell model ask?

Answer 13

who, says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect

Question 14

Who made the Laswell model?

Answer 14

Harold Laswell (1948)

Question 15

What does the Laswell model focus on?

Answer 15

channel

Question 16

What is an example of the Laswell model?

Answer 16

governor announcing cancelled classes

Question 17

What is the SHANNON AND WEAVER model?

Answer 17

• info source
• transmitter
• channel + noise
• receiver
• destination

Question 18

What is the Shannon and Weaver model also known as?

Answer 18

telephone model

Question 19

The Shannon and Weaver model is a refined version of…

Answer 19

Laswell model

Question 20

What does the Shannon and Weaver model focus on?

Answer 20

noise

Question 21

What is the fourth type of noise?

Answer 21

semantic, when speaker and listener have different meaning systems

Question 22

What is an example of the Shannon and Weaver model?

Answer 22

phone signal interrupting call

Question 23

What is BERLO’S MODEL?

Answer 23

- source
[encodes]
- message
- channel
[decodes]
- receiver

Question 24

What is the Berlo’s model also known as?

Answer 24

SMCR model

Question 25

Who made Berlo's model?

Answer 25

David Berlo (1960)

Question 26

What is Berlo's model based off of?

Answer 26

Shannon and Weaver model

Question 27

What is unique about Berlo's model?

Answer 27

use of the 5 senses for decoding amessage

Question 28

What aspects are under Berlo's model's source and receiver?

Answer 28

- communication skills - attitudes - knowledge - social system - culture

Question 29

What aspects are under Berlo's model's message?

Answer 29

- content - elements - treatment - structure - code

Question 30

What aspects are under Berlo's model's channel?

Answer 30

5 senses

Question 31

What is an example of Berlo's model?

Answer 31

television advertisement

Question 32

What are INTERACTIVE/CONVERGENT models?

Answer 32

two-way interaction, exchange of ideas one at a time

Question 33

What are the interactive models?

Answer 33

- schramm | - white

Question 34

What is SCHRAMM's model?

Answer 34

venn diagram with field of common experience int he middle

Question 35

Who made Schramm's model?

Answer 35

Wilbur Schramm (1955)

Question 36

What does Schramm's model focus on?

Answer 36

field of experience

Question 37

What do the communicators in Schramm's model do?

Answer 37

take on the roles of encoder, interpreter, and decoder

Question 38

What significance does field of experience have in Schramm's model?

Answer 38

field of experience influences interpretation of the message

Question 39

What is an example of Schramm's model?

Answer 39

teacher discussing learning material with another teacher, and with her students

Question 40

What is WHITE's model?

Answer 40

- thinking - symbolizing - expressing - transmitting - receiving - decoding - feedback - monitoring

Question 41

Who made White's model?

Answer 41

Eugene White

Question 42

What does White's model do uniquely?

Answer 42

recognizes feedback as apart of the communication process

Question 43

How would you describe White's model?

Answer 43

sequential and cyclical

Question 44

What does White's model fail to do?

Answer 44

consider the active role of the receiver

Question 45

What is TRANSACTIONAL communication?

Answer 45

senders and receivers can interact at the same time therefore it illustrates the dynamic and simultaneous nature of communication

Question 46

What is the most accurate representation of the communication process?

Answer 46

transcational

Question 47

What are the transactional models?

Answer 47

- wood's transactional model of communication | - speech communication transactional model

Question 48

What is WOOD'S TRANSACTIONAL MODEL OF COMMUNICATION?

Answer 48

similar to schramm's venn diagram, includes noise and time

Question 49

What does Wood's transactional model tell us about communication?

Answer 49

it's a dynamic process that continually changes over time depending on previous interactions

Question 50

What does it mean for senders and receivers to be communicators?

Answer 50

both have active roles

Question 51

What does Wood's transactional model represent

Answer 51

a normal conversation

Question 52

What does Wood's transactional model focus on?

Answer 52

time

Question 53

What is the SPEECH COMMUNICATION TRANSACTIONAL model?

Answer 53

cyclical version of berlo's model

Question 54

What does the speech transactional model represent?

Answer 54

public communication

Question 55

What does the speech transactional model have that's unique from the other models?

Answer 55

situation and context

Question 56

What is a SITUATION in terms of communication?

Answer 56

physical environment and social context