CHAP 1: OVERVIEW OF COMM

Communication is a word that originated from the Latin word (a)   which means 'to make something common'.

According to Wood (2015), communication is a systemic process in which people interact through symbols. What does it mean by systemic?

• Ongoing and always in motion, moving ever forward and changing continually.

• Communication occurs within a system of interrelated parts that affect one another

• Communication starts even before a conversation & affects the overall conversation.

• Contains content level meaning & relationship level meaning

The transfer of meaning as stated by Gamble & Gamble, 2013 includes the elements of :

• Accidental

• Purposive

• Interactive

• Deliberate

How many types of communication is listed under our syllabus?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

The types of communication includes:

• intrapersonal comm

• metapersonal comm

• metacomm

• public comm

Interact with a limited number of of others, share information, develop ideas and make decisions, solve problems & offer support. This line best describes which type of communication?

• Mass comm

• Public comm

• Group comm

• Mass comm

Inform and persuade the members of an audience to hold certain attitudes, values, or beliefs so that they will think, believe, and act in a particular way. This line best describes which type of communication.

• Mass comm

• Machine assisted comm

• Group comm

• Public comm

How many principles of communication are included in the syllabus?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Which of the followings are part of the principles of communication?

• Has no opposite

• Affected by culture

• Influenced by ethics

• Assisted online

Our present communication experiences are shaped by our past and may affect the future. This line best describes which principle of communication?

• Comm is unrepeatable

• Comm is irreversible

• Comm is dynamic

• Comm is competence based