Intro to PS

Chapter 1

Intrapersonal Communication

Communicating with yourself, reminding yourself of things

Interpersonal Communication

1 on 1 Communication

Small Group Communication

Communication between small groups like committees or study groups

Mass Communication

When one source communicates to any large group of random people listening in

Public Speaking

Delivering a message to a large audience of known people

Code a message

Speakers (senders) encode a message, audience (receivers) decode the message

Context of a Speech

Time, location, and circumstances surrounding the speech

Physical Noise

Environmental sound

Psychological Noise

Fears, doubts

Physiological Noise

Hunger, fatigue, illness

Social Noise

Attitudes, biases, prejudices

Structural Noise

Distractions or misinterpretting messages received

Pathos

Listener’s emotions

Ethos

Speaker’s character

Logos

Listener’s ability to reason