4. Rich is watching the
Bears game on
television. He is really
into the game and
does not realize his wife
is yelling in other room.
She comes into the
living room and asks,
“When are you going
to finish painting the
basement?” Rich
replies, “Yes hun, I will
take out the trash
when the game is
over.”
5. Sara is looking
through her closet
for an outfit to wear
on her date. She
says to herself, “I
really have nothing
to wear.” No one
else was in the
room.
6. Jason is browsing
through Facebook
and he notices an
old friend from Jr.
High. He makes a
post on her bulletin
board that asks
what she has been
up to.
7. Tonya, having
not slept the
previous
evening, fell
asleep during
her professors
lecture on the
axioms of
communication.
8. 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.
14. Axiom 5
All communication is either
symmetrical or complimentary
15. You are a teacher and you have a student in your
Group Work
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.
16. Assignments for the Semester
• Discussion Leader
• Individual Reflections
• Research Abstract
• Advice Column
• Quizzes
17. For Thursday
• Read Chapter 1 – come to class with your
definition of Persuasion.
TODAY’S REFLECTION PROMPT
• Why is the study of communication important
to a developed and educated society?
