02 Feb b. inoculation theory

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Unit 1 discussion

Do you perceive what I perceive?

For this discussion board we will focus on perception and identify and how they connect to communication. What influences your perception of the people around you? How do you think your own unique perception influences the way you communicate? Be sure to cite resource material to support your claims.

In responses to your classmates, analyze how your perceptions are the same and different than your peers.

Unit 2 discussion

Forget about mirrors; people are our real mirrors when it comes to knowing ourselves.

How did watching the video about stranger’s interpretations of each other influence your thoughts on self-identity (utilize the components of identity from chapter 3 to add credibility to your response)? What steps could you take personally to enhance your self-esteem and self-identity (cite information from the book to back your response)?

In responses to your classmates, let your peers know what you think about their identity based on what they have written for this discussion board.

Unit 3 discussion

Understanding what makes verbal and nonverbal communication work well

After reviewing the Free Hugs resources provided, first ask yourself what you liked about the verbal and nonverbal messages you saw and heard. Then consider how your interpretation of the video changed after reading about it. For this discussion, describe two situations in your own life (one verbal and one nonverbal) where you feel that you have communicated poorly. Refer to specific information given in the text, videos, and web pages to discuss how you could have enhanced your communication in the situations you described.

In response to your classmates, expand upon what others have written and offer advice (personal and from the text) that could help them improve their communication.

Unit 4 discussion

Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication

Based on theTEDx Talk video, this week’s readings, the cultural webpage, and your own personal experiences, explain the most effective way(s) to improve communication between cultures, specifically through interpersonal communication. How is intercultural and interpersonal communication influenced by social media? Defend your position by using references and personal examples.

In response to your classmates, explain how you perceive your peers’ responses based on your own cultural mindset.

Unit 5 discussion

Organizational Culture

For this discussion, describe day-to-day or normative examples of the organizational culture of a company that you have worked for (if you’ve never worked, research and choose a company that you would like to work at). Include the following in your discussion:

Do you think your organizational culture is a positive one? Why or why not?

Describe how you communicate daily in your organization.

What is the impact of your communication?

Analyze and respond to your peers’ personal communications and their impact on organizational culture.

Unit 6 discussion

Understanding Social Media

For this discussion, complete the following:

Choose a social media outlet (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat) that you use on a daily basis. Describe the role that it plays in your day-to-day life. Explain how important is it and why.

Then, based on theTedX Talk video, this week’s readings, and your own personal experiences, describe how you could make better use of this form of social media and how better using it could enhance your well-being.

In responses to your classmates, analyze your peer’s thoughts on how to better use social media, comment, and expand upon their ideas.

Unit 7 discussion

Speaking Styles

Using the speaker personality websites, compare the speaking personalities of the two informative speech presenters. What personality or combinations of personalities do you prefer more? Explain why.

In responses to your classmates, do you agree with their analysis of the speaker’s personalities? Identify and expand on any compelling examples given about what a speaker did that made their personality effective?

Unit 8 discussion

Analyzing a Persuasive Speech

In the speech you watched on artificial intelligence, what tools and techniques did Sam Harris use effectively to reach the audience? Were there some ways in which he was ineffective? Explain why you think his techniques or tools were effective or ineffective. You might focus your discussion on the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

Discuss why or why not the techniques mentioned by your classmates were audience centered.

Unit 1 Assignment What Would You Do?

For this assignment, you will use the National Communication Website (located in the Readings and Resources) to explore the field of Communication. What would you do as a Communication major? Address the following two items: What specialty area of communication most interests you? Explain why this area of communication is more interesting than other areas.

Unit 7.1 Assignment: Outline – Informative Speech

This project consists of two parts: a written outline and a presentation video. You will develop a detailed outline in preparation of your speech, then present an informative speech on the topic of your choice. Your outline will be submitted through this unit assignment link.

The intent and focus of your speech should be to inform the audience on a topic of your choosing. Keep in mind and incorporate all lectures and activities leading up to the presentation. Your presentation must be supported by a minimum of three credible sources – this excludes personal experience. Be sure to follow the provided outline attached.

Unit 2 quiz

Question 1

A noisy room is an example of what obstacle to listening?

Answers:

a. preoccupational distraction

b. message complexity

c. conversational distraction

d. diversionary distraction

e. environmental distraction

Question 2

Deciding to be mindful is the first step in listening and the foundation of all other steps.

Answers:

True

False

Question 3

Elliot is having trouble listening effectively in his political science class. The professor has been presenting information quickly while simultaneously flipping through an abundance of PowerPoint slides containing complex statistical data. Elliot doesn’t know where to focus his energies. This is an example of

Answers:

a. prejudgment.

b. message complexity.

c. preoccupation.

d. lack of mindfulness.

e. message overload.

Question 4

A neighbor asks Charles how the family is doing. There have been some family problems. Charles takes offense, thinking that the neighbor is prying into personal business. Charles is engaging in

Answers:

a. selective listening.

b. preoccupational listening.

c. relational listening.

d. informational listening.

e. defensive listening.

Question 5

While listening to her friend Bill, Judy occasionally says, “tell me more” or “that’s interesting; go on.” These are examples of what type of communication to demonstrate interest and attentiveness?

Answers:

a. mindful mnemonics

b. paraphrasing

c. monitoring

d. minimal encouragers

e. None of these answers are .

Question 6

When we listen to a friend’s worries, let a romantic partner tell us about problems, counsel a coworker, or talk with a parent about health concerns, we are engaging in

Answers:

a. listening to discriminate.

b. informational listening.

c. relational listening.

d. listening for pleasure.

e. critical listening.

Question 7

We spend more time listening than we do talking.

Selected Answer:

True

Answers:

True

False

Question 8

All of the following are part of the listening process EXCEPT

.

Answers:

a. interpreting.

b. remembering.

c. responding.

d. judging.

e. being mindful.

Question 9

When doctors listen with a stethoscope to diagnose heart functioning of chest congestion, they are engaging in which type of listening?

relational listening

Answers:

a. informational listening

b. critical listening

c. relational listening

d. listening to discriminate

e. listening for pleasure

Question 10

Listening to enrich our lives so that we can enjoy conversations and music while not concentrating on organizing and remembering is what type of listening?

Answers:

a. critical listening

b. listening to discriminate

c. listening for pleasure

d. relational listening

e. informational listening

Unit 3 quiz

Question 1

When you state that symbols are not intrinsically connected to what they represent, you are asserting which of the following statements?

Answers:

a. Symbols create meaning.

b. Symbols are ambiguous.

c. Symbols are powerful.

d. Symbols are arbitrary.

e. Symbols have multiple interpretations.

Question 2

Scholars estimate that nonverbal communication accounts for what percentage of the total meaning in interpersonal communication?

Answers:

a. between 35% and 50%

b. less than 25%

c. more than 65%

d. 100%

e. between 25% and 35%

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of paralanguage behavior?

Answers:

a. raising volume when speaking

b. pausing between words to emphasize certain words

c. lowering pitch

d. lowering volume when speaking

e. All of these answers are .

Question 4

Hypothetical thought, which allows you to contemplate a future with your partner, also sustains intimacy.

Answers:

True

False

Question 5

Chris just moved into a new apartment and spent the first day hanging pictures, putting out souvenirs of important times, and putting favorite objects on the bookshelves. Chris has relied on what form of nonverbal communication to personalize the new apartment?

Answers:

a. appearance

b. kinesics

c. paralinguistics

d. proxemics

e. artifacts

Question 6

Raul came to the United States from Mexico three months ago, and he is still having trouble understanding Americans’ tendency to rush all the time. He is also surprised when his teachers are irritated if he joins class several minutes after class has started. Raul’s confusion about Americans’ pace of life is based on which aspect of nonverbal behavior?

Answers:

a. kinesics

b. paralanguage

c. chronemics

d. artifacts

e. proxemics

Question 7

All of the following are true about symbolic abilities EXCEPT

Answers:

a. symbols evaluate.

b. symbols organize perceptions.

c. symbols define.

d. symbols are neutral.

e. symbols allow hypothetical thought.

Question 8

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Which is the most abstract term in the following words?

Answers:

a. large animal

b. animal

c. Bessie, our cow

d. farm animal

e. bovine

Question 9

We follow communication rules even when we are not consciously aware of them.

Answers:

True

False

Question 10

Edward Hall found that in the United States, we interact with social acquaintances from a distance of

Answers:

a. 18 inches to 4 feet.

b. 4 feet to 12 feet.

c. 0-18 inches.

d. over 20 feet.

e. 12 feet to 20 feet.

Unit 4 quiz

Question 1

The three greatest influences on initial attraction in romantic relationships are

Answers:

a. confidence, self-concept, and proximity.

b. physical attractiveness, self-confidence, and proximity.

c. self-concept, proximity, and similarity.

d. outspokenness, physical attractiveness, and self-concept.

e. self-confidence, candor, and physical attractiveness.

Question 2

When we begin to recognize the cultural basis for practices that diverge from our own, we are reflecting which response to diversity?

Answers:

a. understanding

b. participation

c. respect

d. acceptance

e. tolerance

Question 3

All relationships have rules that guide how partners communicate. Rules are important for which of the following reasons?

Answers:

a. They control what places to go.

b. They guide how partners interpret each other’s communication.

c. They define who we are as people.

d. They define what is expected.

e. They both guide how partners interpret each other’s communication as well as define what is expected.

Question 4

Which dimension of cultural variation refers to the extent to which a culture values aggressiveness, competitiveness, looking out for yourself, and dominating others and nature?

Answers:

a. masculinity/femininity

b. individualism/collectivism

c. power distance

d. uncertainty avoidance

e. long-term/short-term orientation

Question 5

When people begin to see themselves as friends, social norms and roles become less important.

Answers:

True

False

Question 6

Dana and Mally, romantic partners, really enjoy spending time together and miss each other when they are not together. However, Dana really likes spending time alone doing her art, and Mally misses reading her novels now that she and Dana are a couple and she has less time to herself. They enjoy their couple time, but they also like being alone. Dana and Mally are struggling with which relational dialectic?

Answers:

a. closedness/openness

b. commitment/love

c. autonomy/connection

d. spontaneity/routine

e. novelty/predictability

Question 7

Thrift, industriousness, and respect for elders/ancestors are valued in cultures with

Answers:

a. power distance.

b. masculinity.

c. femininity

d. a short-term orientation.

e. a long-term orientation.

Question 8

Dejon is very connected to his family and values harmony and group interdependence. Dejon comes from a culture that would be considered?

Answers:

a. masculine

b. feminine

c. collectivistic

d. understanding

e. individualistic

Question 9

The use of one’s own culture and its practices as the standard for interpreting the values, beliefs, and norms of another culture is known as

Answers:

a. assimilation.

b. cultural relativism.

c. egocentrism.

d. ethnocentrism.

e. moral relativism.

Question 10

The three broad stages of romantic relationships include

Answers:

a. escalation, navigation, and deterioration.

b. evolution, dyadic, and navigation.

c. evolution, navigation, and dyadic deterioration.

d. dyadic, navigation, and deterioration.

e. escalation, evolution, deterioration.

Unit 5 quiz

Question 1

Gerri was a new teacher and soon became friends with Julia, who had been a teacher at the school for several years. In the course of their conversation, Julia told Gerri about the principal and what she could expect. This is an example of

Answers:

a. an organizational story.

b. a personal story.

c. a communication network.

d. a collegial story.

e. a corporate story.

Question 2

For people to be considered a “group,” the members must see themselves experiencing which of the following?

Answers:

a. intradependence

b. co-dependence

c. dependence

d. interdependence

e. independence

Question 3

Diego and his supervisor have coffee together every Monday. This is an example of a

Answers:

a. ritualistic rule.

b. corporate expectation.

c. ritual.

d. communication network.

e. rite.

Question 4

Cohesion and participation are related to each other in which of the following ways?

Answers:

a. Cohesion improves the quality of participation.

b. Participation is promoted by cohesion.

c. Cohesion is promoted by high participation and participation is promoted by cohesion.

d. Cohesion is promoted by high participation.

e. Cohesion decreases the quality of participation.

Question 5

The term used to describe the ways of thinking, acting, and understanding work that are shared by members of an organization and reflect an organization’s distinct identity is called

Answers:

a. organizational rituals.

b. organizational rites.

c. organizational hierarchy.

d. organizational structure.

e. organizational culture.

Question 6

In response to a suggestion made by Juan, Melanie says, “I agree with Juan’s suggestion about how we should proceed. Thanks for keeping us on track, Juan.” Melanie made which type of contribution?

Answers:

a. dynamic

b. procedural

c. egocentric

d. climate

e. task

Question 7

The term used to define what is expected of individuals because of their specific positions in an organization is called their

Answers:

a. organizational expectation.

b. job description.

c. employment expectation.

d. performance expectation.

e. role.

Question 8

The two most significant potential disadvantages of group discussion are

Answers:

a. the time required and excessive cohesion.

b. the time required and lack of leadership.

c. lack of leadership and excessive cohesion.

d. conformity pressures and lack of leadership.

e. conformity pressures and time required.

Question 9

In which of the following ways is a team distinct from a group?

Answers:

a. Teams have smaller sizes and tend to be more thorough.

b. Teams work faster and do not develop groupthink.

c. Teams have greater thoroughness and work faster.

d. Teams consist of individuals who are interdependent yet have degrees of similarity among members.

e. Teams have different and complementary resources and a strong sense of collective identity.

Question 10

Training workshops help organizations to manage change. This would be an example of

Answers:

a. a formal communication network.

b. a renewal rite.

c. a policy.

d. a ritual.

e. an enhancement rite.

Unit 6 quiz

Question 1

The theory that claims that television promotes a worldview that is inaccurate but that viewers nonetheless assume reflects real life is the

Answers:

a. critical theory.

b. cultivation theory.

c. agenda setting theory.

d. attribution theory.

e. uses and gratifications theory.

Question 2

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How do mass media and social media differ?

Answers:

a. Social media is digitalized.

b. Mass media cultivate convergence, but social media do not.

c. Mass media have nearly instant speed while social media do not.

d. Mass media are easier to manipulate than social media.

e. All of these choices are examples of how mass and social media differ.

Question 3

Lana says she enjoys using Facebook because it helps her connect to her friends from high school who are at other colleges, her cousins who live in New Mexico, and new people she meets on campus. Lana’s reason for using Facebook is that it

Answers:

a. allows for diffusion.

b. cultivates convergence.

c. is easily manipulated.

d. offers instant speed.

e. provides resonance.

Question 4

All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT

a. television.

b. instagrams.

c. magazines.

d. radio.

e. the Web.

Question 5

The process by which mass communication stabilizes and homogenizes social perspectives is known as

Answers:

a. resonance.

b. mainstreaming.

c. indemnification.

d. inoculation.

e. stabilization.

Question 6

The term that refers to the gap between people who have access to media and those who have little to no access is

Answers:

a. digital divide.

b. gatekeeping.

c. cultivation.

d. media literacy.

e. puffery.

Question 7

The three implications of digitization are

Answers:

a. creation of digital divide, nearly instant speed, and ease of manipulation.

b. convergence, nearly instant speed, and ease of manipulation.

c. convergence, mainstreaming, and resonance.

d. resonance, gatekeeping, and nearly instant speed.

e. mainstreaming, convergence, and ease of manipulation.

Question 8

A person or group that decides which messages pass through the media and which do not are called

Answers:

a. editors.

b. media managers.

c. content trappers.

d. flow consultants.

e. gatekeepers.

Question 9

Social media include all of the following EXCEPT

Answers:

a. tweets.

b. texts.

c. ebooks.

d. instagrams.

e. emails.

Question 10

If you watch an action movie because you are bored and want some excitement, which of the following theories applies?

Answers:

a. cultivation theory

b. inoculation theory

c. agenda setting theory

d. uses and gratifications theory

e. critical theory