Comm 2500 Midterm questions well
answered
Basic Definition of Communication - correct answer ✔✔the process of generating meaning by
sending and receiving symbols and signs that are influenced by multiple contexts
Process - correct answer ✔✔a series of interrelated steps that lead to a result
Meaning - correct answer ✔✔that which is to be understood; the product of expression.
Meaning is shared between people through common ground
Meaning is determined by - correct answer ✔✔something's essential nature
Communication ultimately is aimed at this objective - correct answer ✔✔achieving a specific
purpose decided in advance
Sharing meaning requires that communicators have mutual common ground on which to base
their understanding - correct answer ✔✔true
The kinds of things that might establish the basis of shared meaning include: - correct answer
✔✔A common language, shared history and cultural knowledge, shared values and priorities,
mutually agreeable norms and rules
Sending/Recieving - correct answer ✔✔communication is an exchange between parties...it is
inherently social
, The sending and receiving of messages implies the following inherent character of
communication - correct answer ✔✔communication is a social activity
Sending and receiving messages is essentially an _____ of meaning between participants -
correct answer ✔✔exchange
Signs - correct answer ✔✔something that expresses the meaning of something else
Symbol - correct answer ✔✔a sign that means based on social convention
A sign (from a communication standpoint) is - correct answer ✔✔anything that represents
something else
signs are always verbal representation of meaning - correct answer ✔✔false
What makes a symbol a special sort of sign is that - correct answer ✔✔they always have
multiple meanings
Context - correct answer ✔✔the surrounding of circumstances of a condition or event that
influence its meaning...because they influence the social interaction and the meanings of signs
Contextual Influences - correct answer ✔✔language: vocabulary, rules and conventions, cultural
knowledge, media codes
Everything that surrounds and influences and instance of communication is its - correct answer
✔✔context
answered
Basic Definition of Communication - correct answer ✔✔the process of generating meaning by
sending and receiving symbols and signs that are influenced by multiple contexts
Process - correct answer ✔✔a series of interrelated steps that lead to a result
Meaning - correct answer ✔✔that which is to be understood; the product of expression.
Meaning is shared between people through common ground
Meaning is determined by - correct answer ✔✔something's essential nature
Communication ultimately is aimed at this objective - correct answer ✔✔achieving a specific
purpose decided in advance
Sharing meaning requires that communicators have mutual common ground on which to base
their understanding - correct answer ✔✔true
The kinds of things that might establish the basis of shared meaning include: - correct answer
✔✔A common language, shared history and cultural knowledge, shared values and priorities,
mutually agreeable norms and rules
Sending/Recieving - correct answer ✔✔communication is an exchange between parties...it is
inherently social
, The sending and receiving of messages implies the following inherent character of
communication - correct answer ✔✔communication is a social activity
Sending and receiving messages is essentially an _____ of meaning between participants -
correct answer ✔✔exchange
Signs - correct answer ✔✔something that expresses the meaning of something else
Symbol - correct answer ✔✔a sign that means based on social convention
A sign (from a communication standpoint) is - correct answer ✔✔anything that represents
something else
signs are always verbal representation of meaning - correct answer ✔✔false
What makes a symbol a special sort of sign is that - correct answer ✔✔they always have
multiple meanings
Context - correct answer ✔✔the surrounding of circumstances of a condition or event that
influence its meaning...because they influence the social interaction and the meanings of signs
Contextual Influences - correct answer ✔✔language: vocabulary, rules and conventions, cultural
knowledge, media codes
Everything that surrounds and influences and instance of communication is its - correct answer
✔✔context
