Intro To Communication Theory
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Social Media Processing | Online relationships aren't necessarily bad just take longer to form Sip vs. Gulp |
| Uncertainty Reduction Theory | Diminish uncertainty through self-disclosure and other forms of communication. |
| Social Penetration Theory | Relationship development is predictable non intimate - intimate breadth know a lot about and depth knowing on area deeply |
| Symbolic Interactionalism | People use symbols to create meaning and act upon that meaning to define their own reality. |
| Coordinated Management of Meaning | People create meaning through interaction with each other and act based on that meaning. |
| Expectancy Violations Theory | We have expectations on how others should behave. When those are violated we attach meaning to it and it shapes our view of the violator. |
| Small Groups - Decision making | Fulfill these for group decision making: Analyze problem - set goals -identify alternatives - decide and implement (pros + cons to it) |
| Cognitive Dissonance | Constructing a world-view and finding reassurance for that view. 1)Avoid opposing view-points 2)Seek reassurance after making a tough decision 3)Change private beliefs to match public behavior when there is minimal justification for an action. |
| Elaboration Likelihood | Elaboration is the key to persuasion. If your argument is strong and you can elaborate you will persuade. |
| Relational Dialectics | Relationships are dynamic tensions and competing pulls occur and communication helps to negotiate those. (relationships are interdependent) We use dialogue |
| Interactional theory | you cannot not communicate. systems constantly strive for equilibrium. |
| Rhetorical theory | Using communication to be persuasive. Ethos: Credibility (who?) Pathos: emotional appeals Logos: your rational evidence |
| Adaptive Structuration | Social rules guide behavior of groups reduce uncertainty and provide structure. Communication creates structure for organization and show that their is structure. |
| Organizational Culture | A system of shared values and a group of beliefs created by communication and upheld by symbols. |
| Dramatism | (Kenneth Burke) Central motive: to alleviate guilt because it causes discomfort. (act, scene, agent, agency, purpose) the critics tool to discover the speakers motives |
| Narrative Theory | We base our rationale on the art of telling understanding stories. Fidelity does it ring true? Coherence does it make sense? |
| Semiotics | Use of signs study of symbols to create meaning |
| Cultivation Theory | Media distorts reality - gives a false view of the world but this view is believed to be true by heavy - viewers. powerful because - pervasive, accessible, repetitive, cumulative "steady diet" |
| Agenda Setting | Media tells us: 1) what to think 2) how to think about it. sets the tone for what issues we should form opinions about and what opinions we should form. |
| Spiral of Silence | If your opinion is not popular. You Shut up. (and isolate yourself) hard-core - resist to cave in persist to express the anti-viewpoint. |
| Communication Accommodation | being able to adjust your communication for each situation. |
| Face-Negotiation Theory | Face: self image in the presence of others Face work - what you do to protect your face Failure events lose face. Face work process what you do recover face. |
| Standpoint theory | Social group we belong to shapes to way in which we view the world. |
| Gender Communication | (Deborah Tannen) report (men) - the more direct method talk to obtain info. (Doing) Rapport (women) - talk for the purpose of interacting with others. (talking) |
| Muted Group theory | women and men perceive the world differently... men tend to be dominant in societal communication. Language defined by men because they have been in power. |
| Competent Communicator | skill - need range adaptability self-monitoring empathy effectiveness appropriative in oder to achieve competence motivation knowledge skill |
| uses and gratification theory | people are not mindless victims of media. we seek specific gratification. active self-aware consumers of media. people use media to fulfill their own purposes. |
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