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Communication A process through which you send messages to and
receive messages from others
Transmit info


Technical media Used to amplify communication


Theory Predicts relationships of reality and how it happens


Model Representation of theorized relationships, can be
general or specific


Transmission model Shannon and weaver (1949)
Linear process
Sender ---> message --channel--> receiver ---> effect


Laswell (1948) Who ---> what ---> channel ---> whom ---> effect
Only effective if it reaches the end
Can have disruptions/noise at any step


David Berlo's SMCR model (1960) Sender --encodes--> message ----> channel --
decodes--> receiver
Transfer of message is unidirectional


Feedback loop Added to berlo's model


Types of nonverbal communication Signs, symbols, behavior

,Interpretation Depends on the decoding of the receiver of the
message
Due to many factors such as culture, age,
experiences


Polysemic Multiple meanings


Theory of Encoding and Decoding Consists of production, circulation, use, and
reproduction


Production Ideas encoded into message
based on sender's experiences/beliefs and the
sender's perceptions of the receivers
experiences/beliefs


Circulation Message made available to receiver


Use Attention, decoding, interpretation
Based on experiences, informed by assumptions
about sender's experiences


Reproduction Effects/consequences of use


Types of decoding Dominant, negotiated, oppositional


Dominant decoding Decode = encode
Agreement of sender and receiver


Negotiated decoding Shares some of dominant, but unique to receiver


Oppositional decoding Fundamentally different/opposing dominant


McAdams (1988) Through personal relationships, we find our most
profound experiences of security, anxiety, power and
impotence, and unity and separateness


Proxmire (vs. Berschield & Walster) 1. Scientists could not understand love
2. Even if they could, no one wanted to hear it

, Interpersonal relationships Unique, irreplaceable, and requires understanding a
partner's psychological makeup
Repeated interactions over time, influence one
another, unique interactions


Role relationships Impersonal, based on jobs and stereotypes of
people involved
Some interdependence, not psychologically or
behaviorally unique, replaceable


Miller (1976) Communication and relationships are dependent on
each other


Kelley (1956) Rewards and reciprocity


Rewards Positive outcomes of relationships


Reciprocity Behavior leads to similar response in another


Close relationship Enduring bonds, emotionally attached, personal
need fulfillment, irreplaceability
Interdependence becomes more enduring and
diverse


interpersonal communication exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages
between two people, regardless of their relationship
1. Impact each other
2. Inherently relational- behavior impacts relationship
3. Continuum - of impersonal and interpersonal
4. Messages due to choices mad
5. Inevitable and irreversible


relational communication Subset of interpersonal communication Focused on
expression and interpretation of messages in close
relationships, includes vital to mundane


Relationship Behavioral interdependence characterized by unique
interaction patterns

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