Purposive Communication: Multimodal Texts and Modes of Communication

Vocabulary flashcards covering multimodal texts, the five modes of communication, key dimensions of understanding, and referenced academic resources.

Face-to-Face Interactions

The traditional type of interaction to which historical communication was usually confined before technology provided diverse alternatives.

Advent of Technology

The development that brought about far more complex and diverse ways of communicating, interacting, and influencing others beyond traditional face-to-face limits.

Dimensions of Communication

The four specific factors—ages, races, religions, and regions—across which it is important to effectively understand and communicate ideas, values, and cultures.

Multimodal Texts

Texts characterized by the combination of five distinct modes of communication: linguistic, visual, gestural, audio, and spatial.

Linguistic Mode

The most common mode of communication, referring strictly to any sort of written or spoken text, which can be used in a variety of ways.

Visual Mode

The mode of communication that refers strictly to images and characters, such as marks, signs, and symbols, using elements like color, layout, style, size, and perspective.

Gestural Mode

The mode of communication centered entirely on movement and how humans interpret it, including facial expressions, hand gestures, body language, and physical interactions.

Spatial Mode

The mode of communication that refers directly to the organization of elements in a space and the physical closeness or proximity between people and objects.

Audio Mode

The mode of communication focusing entirely on sound and its auditory dimensions, including music, sound effects, ambient noises, silence, tone, volume, emphasis, and accent.

Digital Multimodal Texts

A broad category of multimodal texts that includes online platforms such as websites and blogs.

Print-Based Multimodal Texts

A broad category of multimodal texts that includes static paper media such as graphic novels, newspapers, and magazines.

Live Performance Multimodal Texts

A dynamic, real-time form of multimodal text utilized in settings such as theater, concerts, face-to-face conversations, and live performances.

Ambient Noises

Background or environmental sounds classified as an element under the audio mode of communication.

Silence

The explicit absence of sound, which is classified as an active component of the audio mode of communication.

Tone

The specific quality or inflection of a person's voice listed as an element of audio communication used to convey emotional cues.

A Course Module for Purposive Communication

A 2019 textbook published by Rex Book Store and authored by Lim, J. M. A., Blanco-Hamada, I., & Alata, E. J. P.

StudySmarter

The online platform with the web domain studysmarter.co.uk referenced for materials on graphology and multimodal texts.