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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
SAKAIhttps://online.wsc.edu/portal
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