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Chapter 1 Definitions
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- 1Asynchronous Communicationcommunication that occurs when there's a time gap between when a message is sent and when it is recieved
- 2Channelthe medium through which a message passes from sender to reciever
- 3Communicationthe process of creating meaning through symbolic interaction
- 4Communication Competencethe ability to maintain a relationship on terms acceptable to all parties
- 5Coordinationinteraction in which participants interact smoothly, with a high degree of satisfaction but without necessarily understanding one another well
- 6Decodingthe process in which a receiver attaches meaning to a message
- 7Disinhibitionthe tendency to transmit messages without considering their consequences
- 8Dyada two-person unit
- 9Dyadic Communicationtwo-person communication
- 10Encodingthe process of putting thoughts into symbols most commonly words
- 11Environmentboth the physical setting in which communication occurs and the personal perspectives of the parties involved
- 12Feedbackthe discernible response of a receiver to a sender's message
- 13Flamingsending angry and/or insulting e-mails, text messages, and website postings
- 14Interpersonal Communicationcommunication in which the parties consider one another as unique individuals rather than as objects; characterized by minimal use of stereotyped labels, idiosyncratic social rules, and a high degree of information exchange
- 15Intrapersonal Communicationcommunication that occurs within a single person
- 16Linear Communication Modela characterization of communication as a one-way event in which a message flows from sender to receiver
- 17Mass Communicationthe transmission of messages to large, usually widespread audiences via broadcast means, print, multimedia, and other forms of media such as recordings and movies
- 18Mediated Communicationcommunication sent via a medium other than face-to-face interaction; can be both mass and personal
- 19Messagea sender's planned and unplanned words and nonverbal behaviors
- 20Noiseexternal, physiological, and psychological distractions that interfere with the accurate transmission and reception of a message
- 21Organizational Communicationcommunication that occurs among a structured collection of people in order to meet a need or pursue a goal
- 22Public Communicationcommunication that occurs when a group becomes too large for all members to contribute; characterized by an unequal amount of speaking and by limited verbal feedback
- 23Receiverone who notices and attends to a message
- 24Richnessa term used to describe the abundance of non-verbal cues that add clarity to a verbal message
- 25Senderthe originator of a message
- 26Small Group Communicationcommunication within a group of a size such that every member can participate actively with the other members
- 27Social Mediadigital communication channels used primarily for personal reasons, often to reach small groups of receivers
- 28Symbolan arbitrary sign used to represent a thing, person, idea, event, or relationship in ways that make communication possible
- 29Synchronous Communicationcommunication that occurs in real time
- 30Transactional Communication Modela characterization of communication as the simultaneous sending and receiving of messages in an ongoing, irreversible process
- 31Web 2.0a term used to describe how the Internet has evolved from a one-way medium into a "masspersonal" phenomenon