CMN 3109 MIDTERM TEST WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Three axioms of theory (1) - ANSWER an attempt to explain our experience
of the world
three axioms of theory (2) - ANSWER if the explanation theory offers doesn't
match our experience, it's bad theory
three axioms of theory (3) - ANSWER we must refine our explanation to
replace bad theory with better theory
what is theory - ANSWER an explanation of our experience of the world
theory (carey) - ANSWER we can see communication as transmission or
ritual, the model we choose influences how we explain communication
theory (craig) - ANSWER we don't choose between transmission and ritual,
instead we identify where different traditions agree and disagree
transmission model - ANSWER picturing communication as a transfer of
meaning by a source sending a message through a channel to a receiver,
giving information to others
communication as transmission - ANSWER carrier pigeons, sos, sonar
ritual model - ANSWER directed not toward the extension of messages in
space but toward the maintenance of society in time, not the act of imparting
information but the representation of shared beliefs
ritual uses of communication - ANSWER newspapers, nonverbal choices, class
, production of reality - ANSWER reality is brought into existence by
communication by the construction, apprehension, and utilization of
symbolic form
maintenance of reality - ANSWER we must maintain what we have produced,
there are always new generations coming along for whom our productions
are incipiently problematic
repair of reality - ANSWER reality must be repaired for it consistently breaks
down, people get lost physically and spiritually, communications helps
rebuild that
transformation of reality - ANSWER we must toss away our authoritative
representations of reality and begin to build the world anew
what does carey mean by theory - ANSWER theory is a model (both of and
for)
what does carey mean by communication - ANSWER theory prompts us to
see certain things about communication but not others
model of and model for - ANSWER in one mode communication models tell
us what the process is, in their second model they produce the behaviour
they have described
talking about talking - ANSWER communication is not only something we do
but something we refer to reflexively in ways that are practically intertwined
with our doing of it
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Three axioms of theory (1) - ANSWER an attempt to explain our experience
of the world
three axioms of theory (2) - ANSWER if the explanation theory offers doesn't
match our experience, it's bad theory
three axioms of theory (3) - ANSWER we must refine our explanation to
replace bad theory with better theory
what is theory - ANSWER an explanation of our experience of the world
theory (carey) - ANSWER we can see communication as transmission or
ritual, the model we choose influences how we explain communication
theory (craig) - ANSWER we don't choose between transmission and ritual,
instead we identify where different traditions agree and disagree
transmission model - ANSWER picturing communication as a transfer of
meaning by a source sending a message through a channel to a receiver,
giving information to others
communication as transmission - ANSWER carrier pigeons, sos, sonar
ritual model - ANSWER directed not toward the extension of messages in
space but toward the maintenance of society in time, not the act of imparting
information but the representation of shared beliefs
ritual uses of communication - ANSWER newspapers, nonverbal choices, class
, production of reality - ANSWER reality is brought into existence by
communication by the construction, apprehension, and utilization of
symbolic form
maintenance of reality - ANSWER we must maintain what we have produced,
there are always new generations coming along for whom our productions
are incipiently problematic
repair of reality - ANSWER reality must be repaired for it consistently breaks
down, people get lost physically and spiritually, communications helps
rebuild that
transformation of reality - ANSWER we must toss away our authoritative
representations of reality and begin to build the world anew
what does carey mean by theory - ANSWER theory is a model (both of and
for)
what does carey mean by communication - ANSWER theory prompts us to
see certain things about communication but not others
model of and model for - ANSWER in one mode communication models tell
us what the process is, in their second model they produce the behaviour
they have described
talking about talking - ANSWER communication is not only something we do
but something we refer to reflexively in ways that are practically intertwined
with our doing of it
