Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Message
A message is a set of verbal or nonverbal
symbols that represent a person’s particular state.
For instance,
Uncle Sam-------the United States
Case Study
The Wild Boy of Aveyron
Questions
1.Under what circumstances does a human consider self as a “human” (cultural animal)? 2. How important are cultural influences on human identity?
the message will be.
Like Alice following the white rabbit, thousands of immigrants to the U.S. are trapped in the confusing and allpowerful legal net of recently enacted harsh laws.
Feedback
Feedback tells the source how the receiver has interpreted each message. Feedback can be both positive and negative.
Dialogue
A: Do you know what time it is ? B: Coffee would keep me awake.
9494--------------yes (Internet)
It’s better to give than to receive. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Gifts are fundamental element of culture and our lives as social creatures. They are also an important part of our business relationships.
Channel
A channel is the physical means by which a message moves between people. Forms include both verbal and nonverbal channels of communication.
face-to-face, radio, TV, Internet, telephone, books, etc.
Systemic
Communication always occurs in context. Place Occasion Time Number of participants
Communicative Situation
In the office, Debbie overhears A saying to someone in the hall. A: Not only do I not have time to see you now; in a hundred years I wouldn’t find the time.
COMMUNICATION
Is this dialogue a successful communication?
This conversation is between an overseas visitor and a Chinese and his interpreter. Chinese: 欢迎来到中国。 Interpreter: Welcome to China. Visitor: Thank you. Your wife is pretty. Interpreter: 谢谢！你妻子很漂亮。
Chinese: 哪里！哪里！
Interpreter: Where? Where?
Visitor (shocked): Well! Everywhere.
Communication
Basic Elements of Communication 1. Source / encoder 2. Message 3. Channel 4. Receiver/ decoder 5. Feedback
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Source / encoder
ⅰ.This is a person with both a need and a desire to
communicate.
ⅱ.The source must encode, or create, a message.
ⅲ.The source also determines what the purpose of
Receiver/ decoder
The person who attends to the source’s message is the receiver.
The act of interpreting messages is called decoding.
It is important to remember that receivers make immediate decisions about what they will respond to in a given situation.
B is in A’s house for a visit.
Characteristics of Communication Dynamic
Systemic Symbolic Cognitive
Dynamic
Communication is like a motion picture. A word is immediately replaced with another word or action.
Debbie peers down the hall and see A smiling and talking to a friend.
Symbolic
Sound Languages Body movements
Numbers: 4 6 7 8 9 13
Cognitive
Everything humans know, think, value, feel, and do is learned through participation in a sociocultural system.