UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST ACTUAL

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UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST ACTUAL

EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED

ANSWERS WITH EXAMPLES (VERIFIED ANSWERS )

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Communication Studies as a Social Science - ANSWER- follows social rules; focuses on the experience of everyday life

lives are filled with communication that follows the norms

What are norms? - ANSWER- rules of what behavior is acceptable in a given situation

What are three different types of norms? - ANSWER- folkways mores taboos

What are folkways? - ANSWER- social rules to which people generally conform but receive little pressure to do so

ex: wear matching socks 1 / 4

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What are mores? - ANSWER- breaking them brings a bigger deal

ex: lack of clothing of adults

What are taboos? - ANSWER- so strongly held that doesn't need to be written in law

ex: incest, necrophilia

Categories of Pick-up lines - ANSWER- 1. friendly

ex: do you have room in life for a new friend?

• offbeat
• random icebreaker line

• humorous
• attempting with humor

• altar
• not so cliche 2 / 4

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ex: you look just like my third husband.

• seductive
• demonstrates both romantic and sexual
• dramatic but not dirty
• should stir but not shock

Model of Communication - ANSWER- models and visual representation

• break it down to components

What is SEMCDR? - ANSWER- source encoder message channel decoder receiver

What is source? - ANSWER- idea or person

• original idea which is to be communicated
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What is encoder? - ANSWER- reason/thinking

• takes original idea/thoughts and puts them into a form someone

else will understand

What is decoding? - ANSWER- taking things into idea (hearing/reading)

• interprets encoded message and takes action

What is receiver? - ANSWER- decides what action to take

What is message? - ANSWER- break down into 3 aspects:

code content treatment

- use code (symbol system): language

What is message code? - ANSWER- facial expressions, clothes, music, shape

What is message content? - ANSWER- what part of the message is being communicated

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