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23 Cards in this Set
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Theory
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a body of statements that present a clear rounded and systematic view of a subject
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Attitude
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an approach to inquiry that poises itself for implementation of the scientific method
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Noise
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anything that interferes with the communication process. Can be physical, psychological or semantic
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Artifacts
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objects that communicate, such as clothing, glasses, jewelry, cars, art, objects, etc... Meaning is assigned by the perceiver.
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Indexing
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recognizing that person 1 is not the same as person 2
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Entropy
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the amount of chaos, randomness, turbulence or degree of uncertainty
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Inartistic Proofs
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aspects of a situation or qualities of the speaker not directly speaker controlled; the facts of the case such as time, location, weapon
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abstraction
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the process of leaving out details in perceiving, thinking about and labeling objects and events. General semantics goes beyond the representational approach
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Multi-ordinal
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a word can mean a number of things to different people
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Cybernetics
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involves control and self-regulation via communication with an emphasis on feedback
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Mystification
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average people "bond" with noted figures. Strong sense of ID and bonding is fundamental to advertising and modeling. Modeling is one of four ways that people learn
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Non-Allness
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the map never represents all of the territory. No statement says all there is about an event.
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Proxemics
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The study of how space affects the communication channel
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channel
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the means through which the message is transmitted or conveyed. This involves any, possibly all of the five human senses and includes broadcast media and print journalism as well as the vocal mechanism
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Information
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information reduces uncertainty. It involves data, process, channel, and/or outcomes/uses
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Para-language (Vocalics)
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How elements of the voice, such as rate, pitch, volume, tone, etc. They are used to communicate sarcasm, ulterior messages...
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Kinesics
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the study of how body language (focal expressions, posture, gestures) affects the communication process
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uncertainty reduction
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people seek information to reduce uncertainty. They may also create uncertainty by the information they transmit
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Taxonomy
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a list of related concepts
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Peripheral routing
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occurs when non-elaboration or non-critical thinking occurs and the listener is influenced by elements extraneous to the argument itself
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self-reflexivness
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we abstract from abstractions infinitely. The reporter can report on the report of a fire.
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Haptics
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Touch; an important element in interpersonal communication. It is a type of nonverbal communication.
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non-identity
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A is not A. The map is not the territory it represents.
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