Communicate!
Communicate!
7 Foundations of Speech Communication terms
All definitions from the textbook as we go through it.
- canned plan
- a “mental library” of scripts each of us draws from to create messages based on what worked in the past
- communication
- the process through which we express, interpret, and coordinate messages with others
- decoding
- the process of interpreting another’s message
- encoding
- the process of putting our thoughts and feelings into words and nonverbal behaviors
- feedback
- responses to messages
- messages
- the verbal utterances, visual images, and nonverbal behaviors used to convey thoughts and feelings
- script
- an actual text of what to say and do in a specific situation