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In terms of
defining communication, there are three points of critical conceptual
differentiation:
Level of observation, intentionality, and normative judgment
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The
advantage of organizing theories of communication in terms of contexts of
levels, (interpersonal, group, organizational, mass) is that it reinforces the
tendency to think of these levels of communication as types that are different
from one another.
FALSE
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It is
inappropriate to think of the field of communication as a social science; after
all, not much of what we know to be commination theory is derived from the
social sciences.
FALSE
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The real
growth in professional communication, as we know today, came:
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In the past,
communication professionals tended to think of their audiences as being
relatively active. Nowadays, the research that has been conducted confirms that
audiences are indeed active: largely, individuals show active consideration of
their choices, they are self-aware, they are conscious consumers.
FALSE
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Play Theory
suggests that play behavior is a normal part of human communication, and that
media provides an important opportunity for individuals to be playful.
TRUE
-
Brain research now shows that children and adults are
substantially more conscious while engaged in television viewing than we had
previously thought.
FALSE
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Theories are a form of discourse. More precisely, theories are
discourse about discourse, or metadiscourse.
FALSE
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Theories are a form of discourse. More precisely, theories are
discourse about discourse, or metadiscourse.
TRUE
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Theories can be and ought to be evaluated. In an effort to do so,
the authors have identified 6 criteria to evaluate theory.
- Theoretical scope, appropriateness, heuristic
- value, validity, parsimony, and openness.
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The critical tradition is well exemplified by
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One theory we have studied makes two premises: first, that people
know which opinions are prevalent and which are not; second, that people adjust
their expressions of opinions to these perceptions. This theory is called:
Public Opinion and the Spiral of Silence.
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The title of Lance Strate’s talk last week was
On the Binding Biases of Time
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In terms of defining
communication, there are several points of critical conceptual differentiation.
- Level of observation, intentionality, normative
- judgment
-
The disadvantage of organizing
theories of communication in terms of contexts of levels is that it
- reinforces the tendency to think of these levels
- of communication as types that are different from one another.
-
In class discussions, we note
that the real growth in professional communication, as we know it today, came
in the eyars immediately following World War 1.
False
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The idea that media are a social
institution is
theoretical.
-
In the past, communication
professional tended to think of their audiences as being relatively active.
Nowadays, the research that has been conducted confirms that audiences show
- more
- passivity than we once had thought was there
.
-
In the 1960s, it was typical for
academics and communication practitioners to envision Americans as being part
of a mass society. It is much more difficult to make the same claim today that
Americans are part of a mass society.
True
-
The theory that media structure
issues/realities for the public is commonly known as
agenda-setting function.
-
Play theory suggests that
- that play behavior is a normal part of human
- communication, that media provides and important opportunity for individuals to
- be playful, that play is a kind of behavior that prepares us for other
- experiences.
-
Theories are rarely if ever, a
form of discourse.
False
-
The
Agenda-Setting Function is a three-part process consisting of:
media, public, and government agenda.
-
A very real possibility and one
that has many social observers concerned, is that the continuing movement from
mass society to communities could eventually result in the devolution of
society.
True
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Argumentative individuals are by
definition assertive, although not all assertive people are argumentative.
True
-
Consistency theories are based on
the assumption of
homeostasis.
-
According to Goffman, a frame is
a basic organization pattern used to define the strip.
True
-
addresses the way we infer the cause of
behavior—both our own and others.
Attribution theory
-
According to Langer, the central
problem of philosophy and of communication is
- symbols
- because they underlie all human knowing and understanding.
-
Affiliation
- seems
- to correlate positively with uncertainty reduction.
-
If two people have a relationship
in which they have the same degree of authority and power (throughout various
aspects of their relationship), this can be referred to as a balanced
relationship.
False
-
Parents in consensual families
tend to be traditional in their marital orientation.
True
-
From the standpoint of social
penetration theories, it is assumed that the function of communication is
environmental control.
True
-
The perception of an individual’s
position in a group is a function of three dimensions: suggestions, opinions,
and information.
False
-
A bona fide group is a naturally
occurring group. In this sense, all groups, unless they are artificially
created in a laboratory, are bona fide, because all groups are part of a larger
system.
True
-
Functional theories of group
communication view the process as an instrument by which groups make decisions,
emphasizing the connection between the quality of communication and the quality
of the group’s output.
True
-
Group cohesiveness can be both a
positive and negative feature for individuals within the group as well as those
individuals outside of it.
True
-
In class we noted that the single
most important variable in establishing influence in a group is visibility.
True
-
Theories of organizational culture
emphasize the ways people orient themselves around specific group rules that
are found in virtually all organizations.
False
-
Organizational culture is
something that is made through everyday interaction with the organization: not
just task work, but all kinds of communication.
True
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