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communication between two people, as in conversation
Dyadic Communication
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communication involving a small number of people who can see and speak directly with one another, as in a business meeting
Small Group Communication
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communication that occurs between a peaker and a large audience of unknown people
Mass Communication
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a type of communication in which a speaker delivers a message with a specific purpose to an audience of people who are present during the delivery of the speech
Public Speaking
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the person who creates a message, also called a sender
Source
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the process of organizing a message, choosing words and sentence structure, and verbalizing the message
Encoding
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the recipient of a source's message
Receiver
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the process of interpreting a message
Decoding
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audience response to a message
Feedback
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the content of the communication process- thoughts and ideas put into meaningful expressions
Message
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the medium through which the speaker sends a message, such as sound waves, air waves, and so forth
Channel
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anything that interferes with the communication process between, a speaker and audience so that the message cannot be understood
Noise
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the mutual understanding fo a message between speaker and audience
Shared Meaning
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the situation that created the need for a speech; influences the speaker, the audience, or the occasion, and affects the message of the speech
Context
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the circumstances that call for a public response; in broadest terms, consideration of the audience, occasion, and overall speech situation when planning a speech
Rhetorical Situation
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focused on the needs, attitudes, and values of the audience
Audience-Centered
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a term with multiple meanings, all of which relate to aspects of human communication and encompass the art of public speaking
Rhetoric
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in ancient Greece, a public square or marketplace
Agora
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in ancient Rome, a public space in which people gathered to deliberate about the issues of the day
Forum
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a classical approach to speech making in which the speaker divides a speech into five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery
Canons of Rhetoric
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the specific word choice, sentence structure, and rhetorical devices (techniques of language) that speakers use to express their ideas
Style
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the vocal and nonverbal behavior that a speaker uses in a public speech
Delivery
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any space (physical or virtual) in which people gather to voice their ideas about public issues
Public Forum
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