Chapters 1-3
Intro, Identities, Perceiving & Understanding
Intro, Identities, Perceiving & Understanding
A transactional process in which people generate meaning through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages in specific contexts, influenced by individual and social forces, and embedded in culture.
Human Communication
Brief and commonplace (intentional and unintentional) daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities that communicate hostile or negative slights toward any marginalized group.
Microagressions
An agreement between participants to engage in sexual activity.
Sexual Consent
Communication among a small number of people who share a common purpose or goal, who feel connected to each other, and who coordinate their behavior.
Small Group Communication
Communication that is used to influence the attitudes or behaviors of others; the art of persuasion.
The standards of right and wrong that one applies to messages that are sent and received.
Communication Ethics
The study of meaning.
Semantics
Understanding the world from another’s point of view.
Perspective Taking
A power structure in which some members exercise authority over others.
Hierarchy
Ethical/moral appeals; the rhetorical construction of character.
Ethos
Experiencing aversive or negative feelings toward a group as a whole or toward an individual because they belong to a particular group.
Prejudice
The use of language to express oneself artistically or creatively.
Imaginative
A feeling of disorientation and discomfort as a result of the lack of familiar environmental cues.
Culture Shock
Having someone you view was a friend or have been dating suddenly cease communicating with you without warning
Ghosting
Mediated communication intended for large audiences
Mass Media
The specific position or positions one holds in society
Social Role
Touch that is more intimate than social-polite touch and usually conveys warmth, closeness, and caring.
Friendship Touch
Listening style that focuses on the accuracy of the content and reflects a preference for error-free and well-organized speaking.
Critical Listening Style
Communication with subordinates.
Downward Communication
The process by which we consent to social constructions rather than having them imposed on us.
Hegemony
This is part of one’s self-concept and arises out of how one perceives and interprets reflected appraisals and social comparisons.
Self-esteem
Using nonverbal communication to exercise influence over other people.
Establishing Social Control
Conversations in which one criticizes, teases, rejects, or otherwise causes an emotional injury to another person.
Hurtful Messages
Theory that proposes that relationships develop through increases in self-disclosure.
Social Penetration Theory
The practice of engaging an online crowd or group for a common goal- often for information or problem solving.
Crowdsourcing