SDC Topic 1

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Encode

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To put an idea into language or gesture.

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Channel

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The means by which a message is communicated.

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Message

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Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else.

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Noise

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Anything that interferes with, distorts, or slows down the transmission of information.

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Receiver

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The person who receives the message.

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Decode

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To interpret or give meaning to a message.

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Linear Communication Model

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A characterization of communication as a one-way event in which a message flows from sender to receiver.

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Symbol

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Something that stands for something else.

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Transactional Communication Model

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A characterization of communication as the simultaneous sending and receiving of messages in an ongoing, irreversible process.

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Mediated Communication

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Communication that is carried out using some channel other than those used in face-to-face encounters.