Lecture 1.2 what is communication student notes
- 1. What is communication? Lecture 1.2 University of Alberta ALES 204 Nancy Bray 1
- 2. Housekeeping Items Labs start on Monday, January 14 Textbook rentals - e-book through publishers 2
- 3. Lecture Outline 1. Definition of communication 2. Models of communication 3. Myths of communication 3
- 4. Course Map Analyze a communicative situation Plan an approach Identify strengths and weakness of your approach Context Rhetorical Purpose Channel Interpersonal Informative Oral Small Groups Persuasive Written Public Mass Communication Visual Online Define communication and understand a model of communication Describe the role that culture, hierarchy, perception, language, non-verbal behaviour, and generation play in communication 4
- 5. 1. Definition of communication 5
- 6. Example Chandler and the pizza delivery woman (Friends, Season 5, Episode 19) 6
- 7. Define communication 1. Where is communication successful in this clip? 2. Where is communication not successful? 3. How would you define communication based on this clip? 7
- 8. Why a definition? 8
- 10. More definitions 10
- 11. More definitions 11
- 12. More definitions 12
- 13. Communication studies scattered 126 definitions of communication (Dance, 1972) 249 distinct communication theories (Anderson, 1996) 7 textbooks shared only 7% of their content (Anderson, 1996) 7 communication traditions -- emerging clarity (Craig, 1999) 13
- 14. Definition of communication 14
- 15. 2. Models of communication 15
- 17. 1. People
- 18. 2. Message
- 19. 3. Channels
- 20. 4. Noise
- 22. 6. Feedback
- 23. 7. Effect
- 24. Gamble & Gamble’s model of communication
- 25. The Matrix Scene: Morpheus proposal
- 26. Apply the Gamble & Gamble model Who is sender? Who is the receiver? What is their shared field of experience? What is the message? What is the channel? What is the noise? What is the feedback? What type? What is the context/environment?
- 27. Strengths of the G&G model
- 28. Weaknesses of the G&G model
- 30. Meeting of helixes Model of a conversation or contact
- 31. Model of communication in relationships Growing together, then growing apart
- 32. 3. Myths of communication 32
- 33. 5 myths of communication Source: Kory Floyd, Communication Matters 33
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- 39. Reading Read Course Guidebook (eClass) Read Chapter 1 Read Chapter 2 by Monday 39
- 40. Discussion forum Do you know a particularly effective communicator? Can the Gamble and Gamble model of communication help you understa 40
- 41. Why this image? Can you figure out what this image has to do with communication? 41
- 42. Photo Credits Slide 1 & 2 - The Tower of Babel by Peter Bruegel the Elder. From Wikicommons Slide 3 - Meister der Weltenchronik. From Wikicommons Slide 4 - Jupiter (Zeus) from Wikicommons Slide 11 - From Wikicommons 42