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1. Process through which people use messages to generate meanings within and across contexts,
cultures, channels, and media. ________
2. Package of information. ______
3. An exchange or series of messages. ______
4. A variety of situations. ______
5. The sensory dimension along which communicators transmit information. _______
6. Demonstrates communication as a one-way process from start to finish. _______
7. Factors that impact how a message is received. _______
8. Individual who generates information to be communicated. _______
9. People for whom a message is intended. _______
10. A view of communication that considers feedback and fields of experience. ______
11. Verbal and nonverbal messages used by receivers to indicate reactions to communication.
_______
12. Your set of attitudes, values, and beliefs that are brought to a communication event. _______
13. Views communication as multidirectional.
14. Communication goals that are designed to make a communicator be perceived in a particular
way. _______
15. Practical goals you want to achieve through communication. _______
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16. Communication used to build, maintain, or terminate bonds with others. _______
17. Practical goals you want to achieve through communication. _______
18. Communication using a technological device. _______
19. Communication between two people in which messages exchanged significantly influence their
relationship. _______
20. Communication involving three or more interdependent persons who share a common identity.
_______
21. Process of preparing and delivering a message to an audience to achieve a specific purpose.
_______
22. The range of tools communicators use to transmit information. _______
23. Communication that is closely matched to expectations of how people should communicate.
_______
24. Communication that achieves your goals. _______
25. Communication that is appropriate, effective, and ethical. _______
26. Moral principles that guide your behavior. _______
27. The translation of communication knowledge into repeatable behaviors. _______
28. The process of observing our own communication and the norms of the situation in order to
make appropriate communication choices.
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