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Seven Traditions of Communication Theory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This tradition explains that communication is mediated by signs and symbols.

a)

critical

b)

semiotic

c)

cybernetic

d)

socio-cultural

2.

He is the author of the seven traditions of communication theory.

a)

Robert Craig

b)

Harold Lasswell

c)

David Berlo

d)

Claude Shannon

3.

In the five canons of rhetoric, it the embodiment of symbols in physical form.

a)

Arrangement

b)

Invention

c)

Delivery

d)

Style

4.

In semiotic tradition, semiosis is the relationship among the object, person and ______.

a)

language

b)

signs

c)

interaction

d)

relationship

5.

This area of study in semiotic tradition focused on what the signs stand for.

a)

Syntactics

b)

Pragmatics

c)

Semantics

6.

This tradition explains that communication is the experience of self and others through discourse.

a)

Cybernetic

b)

Phenomenology

c)

Critical

d)

Semiotic

7.

There are three schools of thought in phenomenological tradition, what school concerns on the life world as it is lived?

a)

Classical

b)

Perception

c)

Hermeneutic

8.

This tradition explains that communication is a system of parts that influence one another.

a)

semiotic

b)

cybernetic

c)

critical

d)

socio-psychological

9.

In this tradition, theorist are interested in uncovering oppressive social conditions.

a)

rhetoric

b)

cybernetic

c)

critical

d)

semiotic

10.

There are three branches in socio-psychological tradition, what branch explains that people's way of thinking are based on inborn neurobiological influences?

a)

Behavioral

b)

Cognitive

c)

Biological

11.

In socio-psychological tradition, this is important as people have influence to one another.

a)

Personality

b)

Experience

c)

Knowledge

d)

Culture

12.

This tradition explains that communication is glued to a society.

a)

Semiotic

b)

Rhetoric

c)

Cybernetic

d)

Socio-cultural

13.

This tradition explains that communication is a process in which all assumptions can be challenged.

a)

rhetoric

b)

critical

c)

cybernetic

d)

semiotic

14.

In socio-cultural, as people talk, they reproduce _______.

a)

Culture

b)

relationship

c)

friends

d)

interaction

15.

This tradition explains that communication is a form of art.

a)

critical

b)

cybernetic

c)

rhetoric

d)

semiotic