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CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed Why is communication important? Essential to your personal and professional success Nature of Communication Unavoidable Strategic Relational Instrumental Identity management How we desire to present ourselves How is communication irreversible? Once, we said it, we said it How is communication a process? A message isn't sent or received in isolation What is the basic communication model? Interaction model What does the interaction model include? Sender, channel, noise, feedback Sender person who transmits the message Channel method used to deliver the message Noise factors that interfere with the message Feedback receivers response to the message Transactional model/competent model Expands by recognizing additional types of contexts that affect communication (social, relational, cultural) Social context refers to the social norms that guide communication choices in certain situations Relational context refers to your relationship with those that you are communicating with/audience Cultural context refers to the learned behaviors of a specific culture Three reasons why we communicate Express affiliation, maintain relationships, influence others Express affiliation The feeling of connectedness we have with other people. Expressing our association with someone by expressing liking, love, respect as well as dislike, hatred or disrespect. How do we express affiliation? Can be expressed verbally, nonverbally, or mediated Maintain relationships What we do and say affects others and what others say and do affects us Influence others Most communication is influential in one way or another and some is intentional Communication Apprehension Someone's fear or anxiety associated with real or anticipated communication. Varies person to person, context to context. Characteristics of Effective Communication Strategic, professional, adaptable Being strategic purposeful , Audience-oriented ,Persuasive Being professional Appropriate to the situation/context, Clear and concise, Ethical Being adaptable Culturally sensitive, Collaborative What does verbal communication consist of? Words and verbal fillers Verbal fillers Things like mmmmm Language System of symbols (words) that we use to think about and communicate How is language symbolic? words are symbols that represent people, ideas or things and agreed upon by a language using community