Standard Model of Communication
Holistic attempt to account for the major attributes that are at work in most communication interactions.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Standard Model of Communication | Holistic attempt to account for the major attributes that are at work in most communication interactions. |
| Sender | Person or institution that initiate a communication interaction |
| Message | Form of symbolic representation that contains information or an inquiry from the sender to another party. |
| Channels | Diverse forms and media in which messages travel |
| Receiver | Person or institutions for which the sender prepares a message from whom the sender expects a response |
| Encoding | Work that a sender does to a message to put it into a format appropriate from communication in a particular situation |
| Decoding | Work receivers do to translate the speakers encoding into a format they can interpret and understand. |
| Feedback | Verbal and nonverbal signals a receiver provides a sender in the course of communication |
| Noise | Anything that interferes with the successful transmission of a message. |
| Intrapersonal | Communication with yourself |
| Interpersonal | Communication with two or three other people |
| Mass | Communication through media, to many |
| Group | Communication to a team or group, typically with the same goal |
| Organizational | Communication that takes place within large institutions and their members |
| Public | Communication that takes place between a speaker and an audience |
| Minor Goals | Small targeted tasks that the speaker hopes to achieve over the course of a speech in order to improve it's effectiveness. |
| Primary Goals | Single, focused, overarching achievements the speaker hopes to attain with their audience by the end of the speech in order to be successful |
| Persuade | Encourage the audience to think about an issue or see the world in a way advocated by the speaker |
| Thesis statement | Single, declarative sentence in which the speaker makes the central, overarching argument of their entire speech |
| Free expression | An exercise of the human right to share ideas and opinions with others without interference from governments or other forms of authority |
| Free Speech Exceptions | Few circumstances in which the U.S does not protect the right to free expression |
| Incitement | Speech that advocates the use of force in a lawless and immediate way |
| Defamation | A knowingly false statement made in public that harms the reputation of another person or entity |
| Slander | Defamation that occurs in speech |
| Libel | Defamation that occurs in print or visual media |
| Hate Speech | Speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national orientation, disability, or other traits. |