Basic Communication Concepts From Speech Communication to Communication Studies

Defining Communication  The process of creating (yes!) or sharing meaning in informal conversation, group interaction, or public speaking. [By definition, our academic discipline focuses on messages.]

The Linear (Berlo) Model Source Receiver Message Channel

The Interactive Model Source Receiver Message Channel Feedback

The Transactional Model

Communication Principles  Communication Has Purpose  Communication is Continuous (?)  Communication messages vary in conscious thought  Communication is relational  Communication is guided by culture  All com. has ethical implications

Communication Functions  To meet social needs  To enhance and maintain ourselves  To develop relationships  To exchange information  To influence others

Communication is symbolic  The difference between signs and symbols  Language as a symbolic system  Is there such a thing as “body language?”  More later on the topics of verbal and nonverbal communication

Communication is multidimensional Cultural Social Psychological

Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk

 Who were the earliest speech teachers?

Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk  Who were the earliest speech teachers?  Who was the most influential speech teacher? What did he write?

Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk  Who were the earliest speech teachers?  Who was the most influential speech teacher? What did he write?  What about the guy with the rocks?

Ye Olde Primordial Slime Talk  Who were the earliest speech teachers?  Who was the most influential speech teacher? What did he write?  What about the guy with the rocks?  Could anyone (even a scoundrel) be a great speaker?

Speaking of Aristotle…  His divisions of ethos, logos & pathos  Credibility is composed of  Trustworthiness, or character  Authoritativeness, or competence  Charisma, or dynamism

The “canons” of rhetoric  Invention  Disposition  Style  Delivery  Memory

Kenneth Burke  The “dramatistic pentad” (forget this one)  The concept of Identification (remember this one…)  Speaker with audience  Audience with topic