Exam 1: Connecting Process and Principles in the 21st Century

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What demographic information supports the idea that multicultural communication has become increasingly important?

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Which component of communication encodes the meaning into a message?

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Briefly define ethics. Relate the study of ethics to communication.

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-Ethics refers to an individual's system of moral principles.
-People have been removed from political office, lost their jobs, or been publicly chastised for violating ethical standards and codes. Such behaviors often involve unethical acts related to communication. Financiers have received prison terms for participating in insider trading-using illegally obtained information to make money on the stock market. Sharing such information constitutes an illegal act of communication. Another unethical behavior is telling lies, whether done to hurt someone else or to protect or enhance one's own position. Though politicians spring to mind as typical offenders in this category, the problem is more widespread: for instance, enhancing one's résumé to increase the chances of being hired or "borrowing" a friend's old term paper or speech to pass a course. Finally, plagiarism is the use of another person's information, language, or ideas without citing the originator and making it appear the user is the originator.
-Ethical communicators speak responsibly and give credit to any sources contributing to their messages. An ethical communicator does not plagiarize and does not deceive. An important distinction to make is that unethical communication may constitute effective communication, but it is not virtuous.

In our daily lives, the most essential aspect of communication is its ability to __________.

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Compare public communication and mass communication. Discuss their differences, and provide an example of each type that you have experienced.

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Tamara and her husband disagree about having children: he wants them and she doesn't. But Tamara is sure that if they just talk about it, the conflict can be easily resolved. In this situation, Tamara seems to believe which myth about communication?

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Define communication competence. Provide at least one personal example showing how you have benefitted from it.

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The text cautions that when sending an email, you must verify that all the recipients are supposed to receive your message. This is because all communication is __________.

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What advantage does using social media offer to competent communicators?

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The communication occurring in a political rally or religious service is a type of __________.

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A likely benefit of enhancing your communication competence is the ability to __________.

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When Sebastian tells his boss that he won't be in tomorrow because he has jury duty, he fidgets and can't look her in the eye. Sebastian's nonverbal behaviors are part of __________.

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Parul just had a lengthy argument with her brother. In this communication transaction, Parul is __________.

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As competent communicators, we must keep in mind that meanings are in __________.

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The range of behaviors we choose from when connecting with others is referred to as our communication __________.

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When a message is received by someone other than the specific targeted receiver(s), we say that this communication is __________.

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After her friend texted her and said, "We need to talk," Erin began analyzing and interpreting what the message meant. This process is known as __________.

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Communication allows us to share and create meaning through human symbolic interaction. Discuss human symbolic interaction and why it is central to the study of communication.

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Before school, Max reminds his son to take his lunch money off the counter and put it in his backpack. This is an example of what type of communication?

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List and briefly define the eight basic components of communication identified in the text.

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