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What is Communication?
How do we Communicate?
What is a Skill?
Language Skills
Types of Communication
Styles of Communication
The Communication Cycle
Communication in Workplace
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Week 1
Theories of Communication
Discourse/
Dialogue Phoneme Phone=Sound
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Definition of Theory
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Characteristics of Theory
Theory is an abstraction
Theory is a construction
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Goals of Theory
Explanation
Understanding
Prediction
Social change
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The TWO STEP FLOW theory
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The TWO STEP FLOW theory
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The CONCENTRIC CIRCLE theory
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The CONCENTRIC CIRCLE theory
great thinkers to
great disciples to
great disseminators to
lesser disseminators to
the active audience to
the inert
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IDEA
Source: www.csus.edu
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The DIFFUSION OF THE INTERNET
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4. CONVERGENCE theory
4. Convergence theory:
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5. SPIRAL OF SILENCE theory
She argued that people tend to remain silent when they feel that
their views are in the minority
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Why mapping communication thoeries?
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Goals of communication
Goals of communication
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Four Typical Communication Goals
There are four typical communication goals:
Informing
Persuading
Motivating
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Four Typical Communication Goals
Informing:
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Four Typical Communication Goals
Persuading:
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Four Typical Communication Goals
Motivating:
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Four Typical Communication Goals
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The Publics of Public Relations
The Publics of Public Relations
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The Publics of Public Relations
clerks
supervisors
managers
stockholders
and the board of directors
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The Publics of Public Relations
The press
Government
Educators
Customers
Suppliers
The community
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The Functions of Public Relations
The Functions of PRs
News releases
Speeches
Brochures
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The Functions of PRs
Researching:
Beliefs
Values
Attitudes
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The Functions of PRs
Marketing communication:
Creating brochures
Sales literature
Promotions
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The Functions of PRs
Community relations:
Messages
Images
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The Functions of PRs
Consumer relations:
Written
Verbal
communications
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SUMMARY
Theories of Communication
Two step Flow Theory
Concentric Circle
Convergence theory
Spiral of Silence Theory
The goals of communication
the function of RPSS
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Practice of Public Relations by Dr.
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