COM2740 Florida State University -COM2740 Exam 1 with answers

COM2740 Florida State University -COM2740 Exam 1 with answers What is Communication? - correct answer Any process in which people, through the use of symbols, verbally and/or nonverbally, consciously or not consciously, intentionally or unintentionally, generate meanings (info, ideas, feelings, and perceptions) within and across various contexts, cultures, and media Communication Model - correct answer sender, receiver, message, symbols, channels, feedback, noise, setting What is the Semantic Triangle? - correct answer A way Comm scholars diagram how we attach meanings to words What are the parts of the Semantic Triangle? - correct answer a referent (the thing you're referring to), the thought (your concept of it), and the symbol (the assignment of letters to create a word for it) How much information do we encounter in society?Online? Books? Etc - correct answer -Hollywood releases more than 700 hours of feature of films each year -Youtube users upload more than 100 hours of video every minute -Google has cataloged 13.4 billion web pages, which is only 1% of all web pages -Half of all scientists who have ever lived are alive today and producing information -Musicians have more than doubled over the last 4 decades -Number of artists has tripled -Number of authors has quintupled -Ordinary people create the largest amount of information What areas are growing in regards to media exposure? - correct answer Social Media (37% Annually on Computers: 63% on Phones)