BCOM 1300 Exam 1 Questions with complete solution 2023

BCOM 1300 Exam 1 Questions with complete solution 2023Eight essential components of communication Source Message Channel Receiver Feedback Environment Context Interference Source The source imagines, creates, and sends the message Message stimulus or meaning produced by the source for the receiver or audience - The message also consists of the way you say it- in a speech, with your tone of voice, your body language, and your appearance - In a report, with your writing style, punctuation, and the headings and formatting you choose Channel the way in which a message or messages travel between source and receiver - Spoken channels include face-to-face conversations, speeches, telephone conversations and voice mail messages, radio - Written channels include letters, memorandums, purchase orders, invoices, newspaper and magazine articles, blogs, e-mail, text messages, tweets, and so forth Receiver receives the message from the source, analyzing and interpreting the message in ways both intended and unintended by the source Feedback composed of messages the receiver sends back to the source - Verbal or nonverbal, all these feedback signals allow the source to see how well, how accurately (or how poorly and inaccurately) the message was received Environment atmosphere, physical and psychological, where you send and receive messages Context involves the setting, scene, and the expectations of individuals involved - Context is all about what people expect from each other, and we often create those expectations out of environmental cues Interference anything that blocks or changes the source's intended meaning Noise/Interference whatever distracts from or interferes from the sender's intended meaning of a message internal noise Distractions that are occurring internally to receiver Ex: not listening to a lecture because I am tired and her soothing voice is lulling me to sleep External Noise distractions that occur around the communication event Ex: Lawnmower going off while on the phone Two types of internal noise physiological and psychological 2 types of external noise environmental and linguistic physiological noise Anything that distracts the reader physically Ex: really tired and unable to listen psychological noise Things going on emotionally or mentally that distract you from getting the message Ex: worried about a upcoming test, had a recent breakup--> that will make it hard to focus Environmental Noise The environment around you distracts or interrupts the message Ex: fire alarm going off during a meeting Linguistic Noise Related to accents or words Ex: Jargon can be a form of noise