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What is the primary purpose of communication models?
What is the primary purpose of communication models?
- To provide a systematic way of transmitting electrical signals
- To convey the underlying determinants of communicative behavior
- To create idealized and abstract representations of objects or events (correct)
- To freeze dynamic processes into static pictures
According to Mortensen, what is the key to the usefulness of a model?
According to Mortensen, what is the key to the usefulness of a model?
- The elimination of certain details to focus on essential factors
- The degree to which it conforms to underlying determinants of communicative behavior (correct)
- The arbitrary nature of the model
- The ability to convey dynamic processes accurately
What did Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver model for Bell Laboratories?
What did Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver model for Bell Laboratories?
- Dynamic interactive processes
- Idealized and abstract forms
- Transmission of electrical signals (correct)
- Underlying determinants of communicative behavior
What did the first major model for communication, designed by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver, aim to guide?
What did the first major model for communication, designed by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver, aim to guide?
What did Mortensen describe as the act of abstracting in the context of communication models?
What did Mortensen describe as the act of abstracting in the context of communication models?
How did the text describe communication models?
How did the text describe communication models?
Which concept was introduced by Shannon in the receiver to correct differences between transmitted and received signals?
Which concept was introduced by Shannon in the receiver to correct differences between transmitted and received signals?
What were the three primary parts of the initial model designed by Shannon and Weaver to mirror the functioning of radio and telephone technologies?
What were the three primary parts of the initial model designed by Shannon and Weaver to mirror the functioning of radio and telephone technologies?
What did Shannon and Weaver recognize as static that interferes with listening to a telephone conversation?
What did Shannon and Weaver recognize as static that interferes with listening to a telephone conversation?
In the transmission model or standard view of communication, what is sent from a sender/encoder to a receiver/decoder?
In the transmission model or standard view of communication, what is sent from a sender/encoder to a receiver/decoder?
According to Shannon and Weaver, what are the three levels of problems for communication within their theory?
According to Shannon and Weaver, what are the three levels of problems for communication within their theory?
What has the Shannon–Weaver model of communication been called due to its simple literal transmission of information?
What has the Shannon–Weaver model of communication been called due to its simple literal transmission of information?
Which term was widely adopted into social science fields such as education, organizational analysis, and psychology?
Which term was widely adopted into social science fields such as education, organizational analysis, and psychology?
What did the model developed by Shannon and Weaver aim to improve initially?
What did the model developed by Shannon and Weaver aim to improve initially?
What did Fiske refer to as 'widely accepted as one of the main seeds out of which Communication Studies has grown'?
What did Fiske refer to as 'widely accepted as one of the main seeds out of which Communication Studies has grown'?
Who structured this communication model based on elements like an information source, a transmitter, a channel, a receiver, and a destination?
Who structured this communication model based on elements like an information source, a transmitter, a channel, a receiver, and a destination?
