Communication Models

Which linear model focuses on the speaker, speech, occasion, audience, and effect?

• Shannon-Weaver Model

• Aristotle’s Model

• Berlo’s SMCR Mode

• Laswell’s Mod

Answer explanation

Aristotle's model is designed for persuasive public speaking, focusing on how the speaker influences the audience

In the Shannon-Weaver Model, what element refers to anything that disrupts the transmission of the message?

• Feedback

• Channel

• Noise

• Receiver

Berlo’s SMCR model emphasizes the importance of the sender’s skills, attitudes, knowledge, social system, and culture. Which component is this?

• Message

• Sender

• Noise

• Receiver

Which interactive model uses the concept of "field of experience" to explain how understanding is achieved?

• A. Schramm’s Model

• Laswell's Model

• Eugene White's Model

• Julia Wood’s Model

Answer explanation

Schramm's model shows that communication is effective when sender and receiver share overlapping fields of experience

Which transactional model highlights communication as a continuous, simultaneous process where both participants are senders and receivers?

• A. Schramm’s Model

• Laswell's Model

• Eugene White's Model

• Julia Wood’s Model

Answer explanation

Schramm's model shows that communication is effective when sender and receiver share overlapping fields of experience

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A linear model that answers the questions: Who says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect?

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An interactive model with eight stages: thinking, symbolizing, expressing, receiving, decoding, feedback, monitoring, thinking again.

A transactional model that incorporates noise, context, and the relationship between communicators.

An interactive model that features overlapping fields of experience.

A linear model that describes communication as Source → Message → Channel → Receiver.