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Miller Ch.1

Terms in this set (12)

communication process
desire to study and understand communication
transactional
includes the important role of feedback. however, goes further in seeing communication as a process in which there is constant mutual influence of communication participants
sign
consisting of two linked parts - signifier and signified.
symbol
hold an arbitrary (not natural) relationship to what is symbolized, and a symbol has no inherent meaning
intrapersonal communication
communication can occur within one individual
intentionality
"you cannot not communicate", meaning is inherent in all human behavior
source perspective
source must have a "receiver-based intention" (either conscious or unconscious) in order for communication to occur
receiver perspective
any behavior that is received (either active attention or incidentally) counts as communication
message perspective
communication is defined as "those behaviors that could reasonably function as messages within a given speech community"; if a behavior is commonly encoded deliberately and interpreted as meaningful by receivers or observers, it does not matter if performed unconsciously or unintentionally
symptomatic behavior
ex.) let out uncontrollable yawn to communicate exhaustion
verbal behavior
ex.) tell friend you are tired to communicate exhaustion
analogic behavior
ex.) fake yawn to communicate exhaustion
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