C N A 2 1 0 – S P R I N G 2 0 1 1

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

What is Communication?Introduction to Communication Studies

2 Minute Paper What counts as communication?

The field of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and

media. The field promotes the effective and ethical practice of human communication.

Six Axioms of Human

Communication

Axiom 1

Communication is between two or more people

Axiom 2

One Cannot Not Communicate

Axiom 3

Humans communicate both verbally and nonverbally

Axiom 4

Communication is both the

content and the relationship

Axiom 5The nature of

meaning relies on how we define the

starting point

Axiom 6

All communication is either convergent or divergent

You are a teacher and you have a student in your office. This student is the son of a friend of yours.

He was caught plagiarizing a paper. You call up your friend to discuss his son and he yells at you and claims that you are picking on his son. You try to explain the situation and how you caught him, but the father is not listening and continues to yell.

Group Work

Assignments for the Semester

- Final Project- Position Papers- Presentation- Quizzes- Reading Objectives- Participation Folders

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For Thursday

• Reading Objectives for Chapter 1• Come to class with a list of your top

three preferences for presentations.– Look at dates as well as content