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Communication Mosaics Chapter 01 - A First Look at Communication

This chapter introduces communication by discussing the benefits of studying it, defining it, and presenting models of the communication process. It explores linear, interactive, and transactional models. The chapter concludes by discussing careers in communication fields like research, education, mass media, and management.

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Communication Mosaics Chapter 01 - A First Look at Communication

This chapter introduces communication by discussing the benefits of studying it, defining it, and presenting models of the communication process. It explores linear, interactive, and transactional models. The chapter concludes by discussing careers in communication fields like research, education, mass media, and management.

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A First Look At

Communication
Chapter One

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter
1
Focus Questions
• What are the benefits of studying
communication?

• How is communication defined?

• What communication processes and skills


are relevant in all contexts?

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 2
1
Focus Questions
• How do different models represent the
process of human communication?

• What careers are open to people with


strong backgrounds in communication?

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 3
1
Introduction to the Author
• Fascinated by the field

• A communication scholar
for more than 30 years

• Sees communication as
both science and art

• Believes communication is
central to personal identity
Communication
Mosaics
and cultural life
Chapter 4
1
Introduction to the Book
• Communication is intricate
– Basic processes
– Skills
– Public speaking
– Team interaction

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 5
1
Introduction to the Book
• Book divided into three parts
– Introduction of discipline
– Six basic communication elements
– Seven communication contexts

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 6
1
The Values of Studying
Communication
• Personal life

• Personal relationships

• Professional life

• Civic life

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 7
1
Defining Communication
• Process

• System
– Openness
– Homeostasis

• Symbols

• Meanings
– Content
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Mosaics
– Relationship
Chapter 8
1
Linear Model of
Communication

• Linear
– Howard Laswell
– Shannon & Weaver

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 9
1
Interactive Model
• Wilbur Schramm
• Builds on linear model
– Include feedback

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 10
1
Transactional Model
• Captures the dynamism of human
communication
• Portrays communication as changing over
time.

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 11
1
Careers in Communication
• Research

• Education

• Mass Communication

• Training & Consulting

• Human Relations & Management


Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 12
1
Summary
• Introduction to the author
• Introduction to the book
• Values of studying communication
• Defining communication

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 13
1
Summary
• Linear model of communication
• Interactive models
• Transactional model
• Careers in communication

Communication
Mosaics

Chapter 14
1

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