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Definition of Communication
Communication is the imparting, conveying, or exchanging of information via spoken words/sounds, writing, or signs.
Features of Communication
Communication is a process Communication consists of creating and responding to messages Communication involves adapting to people and the environment
Communication Modes
Visual Messages (sight) Tactile Messages (touch) Olfactory and Gustatory messages (smell and taste) Auditory Messages (sound)
3 Dimensions of Relationships
Trust Intimacy Power
What is Rhetoric?
The study of effective language use The art of expressive speech The science of persuasion The use of symbols to persuade or inform A discipline that explores how messages influence people
Rhetorical Communication is
An intentional, source-created message with specific goals toward the audience
3 Dimensions of Rhetoric
Human beings create messages Symbols are the medium for rhetoric Its goal is to persuade (influence) others
Proof
Inartistic proof Artistic proof
Ethos, logos, pathos
What is Performance?
Broad Definition Narrow Definition
Burkes Pentad
Act-what happens Agent-by whom Agency-how Scene-where and when Purpose-why