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dyadic communication |
a form of communication between 2 peoplse as in a conversation |
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small group communication |
involves a small number of people who can see and speak directly with one another |
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mass communication |
occurs between a speaker and a large audience of unknown people who are usually not present with the speaker or they are part of such an immense crowd that there can be little or no interaction between the speaker and listener |
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public speaking |
a speaker delivers a message with a specific purpose to an audience of people who are present during the delivery of the speech |
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source |
sender; a person who creates the message |
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encoding |
the process of converting thoughts into words |
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reciever |
the recipient of the sources message |
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decoding |
the process of interpreting the message |
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feedback |
the audience's response to a message |
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message |
content of the communication process |
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channel |
the medium through which the speaker sends a message |
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noise |
any interference with the message |
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shared meaning |
mutual understanding of a message between speaker and audience. |
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rhetorical situation |
includes anything that influences the speaker, audience, speech or occasion |
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cannons of rhetoric |
invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery |
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ethnocentrism |
the belief that the ways of ones own culture are superior to another person's culture |
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first amendment |
freedom of speech |
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defamatory |
speech that can harm an individuals reputation |
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reckless disregard for the truth |
when u know what u are saying is false but u say it anyway |
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values |
most enduring judgements or standards of whats good or bad or important to us in life |
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dignity |
refers to feeling worthy, honored or respected as a person |
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integrity |
refers to incorruptability; the ability to avoid compromise for the sake of personal expediency |
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trustworthyness |
combo of honesty and dependibility |
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respect |
refers to adressing audience members as unique human beings and refraining from any forms of personal attack |
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responsibility |
evaluating the usefullness and appropriateness of the speech topic |
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fairness |
refers to making a genuine effort to see all sides of an issue and to be open minded |
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hate speech |
any offensive communication verbal or nonverbal |
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direct quotation |
statements made verbatim |
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paraphrase |
restatement of someone else's ideas, opinions, or theories in the speaker's own words |
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common knowledge |
info that is likely to be known by many people |
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listening |
conscious act of recognizing understanding and accurately interpreting the messages comminicated by others |
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selective perception |
people pay attention selectively to certain messages and ignore others |
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active listening |
listening that is focused or purposeful |
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listening distraction |
anything that competes for attention that we are trying to give to something else |
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defensive listening |
to intentionally not like what the speaker is going to say or that they know better |
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informative speech |
provides an audience with new info, incites or ways of thinking about a topic |
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public speaking anxiety |
fear or anxiety associated with either actual or anticipated communication to an audience as a speaker |
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pre-preparation anxiety |
early stage can have several negative consequences from reluctance to begin planning for their speech to being so preoccupied with anxiety that u miss vital info |
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visualization |
highly successful way to reduce nervousness |
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audience analysis |
process of gathering and analyzing info about listeners with the explicit aim of adapting your message to the info u uncover |
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atitudes |
reflect a predisposition to respond to people, ideas, objects or events |
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perpective taking |
critical in seeing things from your listeners point of view |
