Communication Definitions
Definition of communication
What is the collaborative process of using messages to create and participate in social reality
Ad Hominem
What is an attack on a person rather than the information they are presenting on
Communication as Transmission
What is a message that goes/is sent out through a channel to a receiver; one way
Chronological Organization
What is an organizational strategy arranged in a prepared order of steps
Definition of schemas
What are filters/boxes in our mind that help us organize different things; mental shortcuts
Definition of logical fallacies
What are appealing mental traps that when used may discredit you as a credible and ethical speaker
Either or Argument
What is a statement that only offers two solutions when other solutions exist
Communication as Interaction
What is a message that is sent out to a receiver who takes in message and provides feedback; 2 channels
Spacial Organization
What is an organizational strategy prepared by location or physical relation
Stereotypes
What is generalizations about an entire group or situation that exist whether they are true or not
Definition of communication age
What is an age in which communication, technology, and media converge and permeate everyday life
Hasty Generalization
What is using one or two examples and generalizing them to a much larger concept
Communication as Transactional/Multidimensional
What is there are multiple dimensions in every message based on relationships
Cause and Effect Organization
What is an organizational strategy that addresses topic in terms of cause and its effect on another entity
Scripts
What is the organized way we interact in certain situations and with certain people
Definition of echo chamber
What is where beliefs and attitudes are solidified because they are the only ideas present
Red Herring
What is a way to get someone away from an argument by distracting with irrelevant information
Communication as Social Construction
What is the way we communicate and the ways we talk about and to each other matters
Topical Organization
What is an organizational strategy prepared according to subject matter
Prototypes
What is a shared or culturally understood mental representation of something
Definition of perception
What is the process of being aware and understanding the world
Non Sequitur Argument
What is using a statement or conclusion that is unrelated to the point(s) being presented
Two types of dimensions in communication as transactional (List/Define)
What is:
-Content: The "hi how are you?"; Basic level interaction
-Relational: The way we respond based on our relationship with the person we are interacting with
Monroe's Motivated Sequence
What is an organizational pattern for persuasive presentations
Interpersonal Constructs
What is a polar opposite sorting system; decision tree (this or that)