UNDERSTANDING
COMMUNICATION
Comm20023 Introduction to Communication and Media
BACR 1-2 / AY 2019-2020
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Communication is also…
■ Perception - understanding
– an active process of selecting,
organizing and interpreting
people objects, events,
situations and activities
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Perception
■ We notice
– what stands out;
– what matters to us/is
interesting
– changes
– by talking to ourselves
Perception
■ We organize by
– Prototypes-clearest example of
someone or something
– Constructs-mental yardsticks in
measuring people/situations
– Stereotypes-generalizations about
people/situations
– Scripts- guide to action
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Perception
■ We interpret by
– Attributions-explanations of why
things happen and why people act
as they do
– Self-serving bias-explanations that
serve as interest
Skillful perceiving
enhances communication
■Avoid mind reading
■Check perception with
others
■Distinguish facts from
inferences
■Monitor self-biases
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Communication is also…
■ Listening/Responding by
– Being mindful
– Physically receiving (i.e., hear, see,
read)
– Understanding
– Remembering
Preoccupations
■ Message
Overload Prejudgments
■ Message Lack of effort
Complexity Not recognizing
■ Environmental diverse listening
distractions styles
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References
■ Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net/chrissyustaris/history-of-
philippine-mass-media
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GROUP WORK
Suggested Outline:
■ Definition/Coverage/Scope
■ Origins/History (world & in the Philippines)
■ Audience (groups of population in the Philippines that
use this medium)
■ Current Developments (how medium advanced with
technology and how it contributed to development of
human communication and mass communication)
■ Prospects/Future of the Medium
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■ Baran, Stanley J. (2006). Introduction to mass communication: Media literacy and culture.
4th ed. McGraw-Hill Companies.
■ Fang, Irving (1997). A History of Mass Communication: Six Information Revolutions. Boston:
Butterworth-Heinemann. 280 pp.
■ Wilson, J. &S.L.R. Wilson. (1998). Mass Media Mass Culture An Introduction. 4th ed.
McGraw-Hill Inc.
■ Lee, L.T. (n.d.). History and Development of Mass Communications. Retrieved from
http://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c04/e6-33-02-01.pdf
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