Posted: March 12th, 2023

You be the Judge

From Gamble and Gamble (2006): Imagine the following situation. You have a campus job working nights from 6:00pm to midnight in the campus computer lab. It is late and you are alone. You feel particularly uncomfortable because there has been an increase in campus crime and students have been warned to travel in pairs. You are relieved when 12:00am comes and you can leave for home. As you close and begin to lock the door to the computer lab, you hear someone yell, “Wait! Don’t lock the door!” A person runs down the hall towards you and pleads with you to let them into the computer lab so that they can complete a class project that is due the next day. In the haste to get to the lab the person tells you that they forgot their id. You do not recognize the student. Do you trust what they are telling you? Do you let them in and why?

How would the decision you make change (if at all) if the student was female or male? Had a baby face? Was elderly? Was African American, White, Asian or Arab? Poorly dressed? Well dressed? Was wearing a lab coat? Had tattoos? Had body piercings?

Share your reflections while focusing on the concepts of stereotypes and the meaning of communication codes.

1. Explicitly address the selected prompt.

2. Be a maximum length of four (4) pages (12 point font, Times New Roman or Calibri, double-spaced). If you are pursuing the group option, the maximum number of pages is 6 (six). The works cited and title pages do not count towards that limit.

3. Written with clarity and grace (style, structure and mechanics).

4. Incorporate theory and/or scholarly research for at least one of the communication concepts that we have covered in the course (e.g. interpersonal, non-verbal communication).

5. Cite (in text and in the reference list) at least two scholarly sources outside the materials used in the course with an acceptable/established citation format to support your postion.

6. Written in MLA format

Scholarly vs. Non-Scholarly Sources:

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Textbook ISBN: 978 - 1- 5249 - 7695 - 8 (If needed)

Introduction to Communication and Information Processes 04:189:101

Agenda

• Defining ‘communication’ • Communication codes • Basic communication model • Academic Integrity

DEFINING COMMUNICATION

communication vs. Communications

What is Communication?

• 126 definitions of communication (Dance & Larson)

– Information passed from one place to

another

What is Communication?

• 126 definitions of communication (Dance &

Larson) – Information passed from one place to

another – Procedures by which one mind affects

another What is Communication?

• 126 definitions of communication (Dance & Larson) – Information passed from one place to

another – Procedures by which one mind affects

another – Transmission of information, ideas, emotions

& skills via symbols

What is Communication? • 126 definitions of communication (Dance &

Larson) – Information passed from one place to another – Procedures by which one mind affects

another – Transmission of information, ideas,

emotions & skills via symbols – Transmission of a message from a source

to a receiver with conscious intent to affect the latter’s behavior

Textbook Definition of Communication

•Human communication is the process through which individuals in relationships, groups, organizations, and societies [respond to and create messages and] create and use information to relate to the environment and one another.

Source: https://dreamagainststream.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/evolution-of-communication/

Communication Branches and Areas

• Interpersonal • Group • Mass • Public Address • Organizational • Non-Verbal • Health • Family • Political • Public Relations • Instructional Development

Encoding

Encoding

Decoding

Decoding

Person A

Person B

Environment

Environment

Frame of Reference

(

Code

; channel)

(Feedback)

External noise

Internal noise

Internal noise

Noise

(Code; channel)

Frame of Reference

Stimulus; Motivation Stimulus; Motivation

Communication Model

Frame of Reference: No identical frames of reference

Communication fallacy

Moving up & down, messages become: --Leveled --Condensed --Assimilated --Embellished

Related principles . . .

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HO TO

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Through five levels of management . . .

Downward Communication

Through five levels of management . . .

Downward Communication

Figure 1.3

Through five levels of management . . . Downward Communication Figure 1.3 Through five levels of management . . . Downward Communication Figure 1.3 Through five levels of management . . . Downward Communication Figure 1.3 Through five levels of management . . . Downward Communication Encoding Decoding Person A Frame of Reference

Code

Frame of Reference

Stimulus; Motivation

Stimulus; Motivation

Communication Model

Decoding Encoding Person B

Code . . .

Code

Communication Code

Includes. . .

Language (verbal)

--tone, pitch, volume

--eye contact, facial expressions, posture, etc.

--spoken or written words

Paralanguage (vocal) Nonverbal (visual)

Vocal & Visual Code

69%

Verbal Code 31%

Encoding Decoding Person A Frame of Reference (Code; channel) (Code; channel) Frame of Reference Stimulus; Motivation Stimulus; Motivation Communication Model Decoding Encoding Person B

Channel . . .

Importance of message Needs and abilities of receiver Feedback requirements Need for permanent record Cost Formality desired

Consider how “rich” your channel needs to be . . .

Communicating meaning and emotion

Emoticons used to add meaning and emotion to messages . . .

Communicating emotions

Encoding Decoding Person A Frame of Reference (Feedback) (Code; channel) (Code; channel) Frame of Reference Stimulus; Motivation Stimulus; Motivation Communication Model Decoding Encoding Person B

Feedback . . .

Encoding Decoding Person A Environment Environment Frame of Reference (Feedback) (Code; channel) (Code; channel) Frame of Reference Stimulus; Motivation Stimulus; Motivation Communication Model Decoding Encoding Person B

Environment . . .

Encoding Decoding Person A Environment Environment Frame of Reference (Feedback) (Code; channel) (Code; channel) Frame of Reference Stimulus; Motivation Stimulus; Motivation Communication Model Decoding Encoding Person B External noise Internal noise Internal noise Noise

Noise (internal and external) . . .

Email-2015

Characteristics of Communication-All of the Below

• Process-based

• Complex

• Interactive

• Dynamic

• Vital Life Skill

NACE (2019)

Tree Swing and Communication

Plagiarism-what?

Plagiarism, Cheating and Related Terms

• 80% of undergraduate students in the US admit to cheating at least once!

• 90% of the students believe that cheaters are neither caught or appropriately disciplined.

RU Academic Integrity Policy-6.2020 Types of Violations

Highlights of Academic Integrity Policy

• Standard of Proof- Preponderance of Evidence (51%) • Streamlined process for adjudicating all incidents (all Rutgers

schools under the same policy) • Three Level Structure for Violations • Faculty have more flexibility to adjudicate first time violations • University hearings only for the most serious cases

Violation Levels

Adjudication on AIP

• Notification

• Investigation

• Resolution

• (

Appeal

)

Appeal

Academic Integrity Issues in COM 101

Other violations

• Introduction to Communication and Information Processes
Agenda
• Defining Communication
What is Communication? What is Communication? What is Communication? What is Communication? Textbook Definition of Communication Source: https://dreamagainststream.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/evolution-of-communication/
• Slide Number 10
Communication Branches and Areas
• Slide Number 12
• Frame of Reference:
• Slide Number 14
Downward Communication Downward Communication Downward Communication Downward Communication Downward Communication Downward Communication
• Slide Number 21
Communication Code
• Slide Number 23
• Slide Number 24
• Communicating meaning and emotion
Communicating emotions
• Slide Number 27
• Slide Number 28
• Slide Number 29
Email-2015 Characteristics of Communication-All of the Below NACE (2019) Tree Swing and Communication Plagiarism-what? Plagiarism, Cheating and Related Terms
• RU Academic Integrity Policy-6.2020 �Types of Violations
Highlights of Academic Integrity Policy Violation Levels Adjudication on AIP Appeal
• Slide Number 41
Academic Integrity Issues in COM 101 Other violations