Ch 3
This is the part of the self-concept that is based on membership in groups
What is social identity?
The process by which communicators influence each other's perceptions
What is negotiation?
Communicators occupy different ones of these, which are fields of experience that help them make sense of each others' behaviors
What are environments?
A lie told with the purest of intentions
What is a benevolent lie?
Using mediated communication in ways that form connections with large audiences is called this
What is masspersonal communication?
These are subtle displays of disdain and disrespect
What are microaggressions?
A stimulus in need of sense-making
What is a first-order reality?
It is the medium through which a message is exchanged
What is a channel?
This is the name for the face we wear when trying to impress someone
What is a front?
This type of communication is characterized by the lag between sending and receiving a message
What is asynchronous?
People from this type of culture like communicating with lots of words
What is low-context?
The third step in the perception process, which is attaching meaning to sense data
What is interpretation?
Along with social and practical, these two types of needs are satisfied by communication
What are identity and physical?
Used to describe levels of self-disclosure in terms of breadth and depth
What is the social penetration model?
Including a smiling face emoji may serve to add some of this to an otherwise emotion-neutral text message
What is richness?
Challenging an authority figure is more likely considered to be acceptable in a culture with this type of dynamic
What is low-power distance?
The tendency to organize impressions that support an opinion
What is confirmation bias?
An example of this would be that a dog is barking and you simply can't hear what your sister is saying
What is external noise?
The employment of strategies to influence how others view us
What is impression management?
According to this British anthropologist, we are capable of sustaining no more than 150 meaningful relationships
Who is Robin Dunbar?
Ethnocentrism
What is the belief that one's culture is superior to others?
A 3-part process for keeping assumptions in check and sharing interpretations
What is perception checking?
These two factors distinguish communication competence
What are appropriateness and effectiveness?
Someone whose evaluations of us are especially influential
What is significant other?
An example of this would be making a reckless post to Instagram
What is disinhibition?