Introduction to Communication Course Book 1: The BasicsIntroduces history and basics of human communication, covering the communication process, functions of communication, language and communication, non-verbal communication, interpersonal communication, listening, public speaking, and mass communication. |
Contents
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION | 1 |
THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS | 11 |
FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION | 24 |
COMMUNICATION AND PERCEPTION | 33 |
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION | 46 |
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | 57 |
LISTENING | 68 |
Common terms and phrases
able abstract words ACTIVITY advertisers Africa agenda-setting theory assertive attention attitudes audience chronemics communica communication process concept conveys culture Define describe develop discussion effective emotional emphasise evaluate example experience explain feedback feelings functions Gamble & Gamble human communication I-it relationship ideas identify important individual influence instance interaction Intercultural competence interpersonal communication interpersonal needs interpersonal relationships interpret Johari window kinesics language leader leadership listening process mass communication mass media meaning munication networks newspapers nication noise nonverbal communication nonverbal cues nonverbal messages nonverbal signs opinions oral presentations organisation Packard paralanguage participants perception person persuasive problem proxemics public speaking purpose quadrant radio recipient reference response role Sapir-Whorf hypothesis selective attention self-disclosure situation skills small groups small-group communication social society someone South Africa speaker speech spiral of silence style suggestions talk television theory tion topic types unit verbal and nonverbal Verderber 1990 writing York