Module 2

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Across
  1. 2. theory, was developed to address how drama is part of everyday life and not just a stage act.
  2. 3. interactionism theory, looks at how social realities exist in the context of human experience, and how symbolic interactions, or people engaging in communication processes reveal the construction of reality and the nature of the people in it
  3. 6. of silence theory, bridges all three paradigms as scholars break apart components of messages to study their impacts and decoding practices by groups of oppressed or silenced individuals.
  4. 8. theories, designed to critique something deeper about society in general based on communication practices
  5. 9. messages sent between producers and wide audiences and consumer groups
  6. 11. theories, focuses on the text of a message
  7. 12. of knowledge, examines how knowledge, meaning, and power have historically been constructed through rhetorical communication processes
  8. 13. interaction theory, examines how symbols from different cultures and different communication contexts interact
  9. 16. all parties communicating at the same time
  10. 19. analysis, can tell us about patterns of communication behaviors and what types of people are likely to communicate in what ways
  11. 20. messages sent between individuals or groups of people in defined institutional, communal, familial, and intimate relationships
  12. 21. communication, examines how communication constructs a symbolic reality through cultural images and codes, and how this also allows for societal transformations
  13. 22. theory, tells us about personality traits by analyzing communication behaviors
  14. 23. what people perceive as reality
Down
  1. 1. theories, focus on the texture of a message
  2. 4. ethnography, examines phenomena and cultural events as they reveal power and oppression as a way of understanding cultures
  3. 5. using words or symbols to communicate
  4. 7. how we know and understand the world around us, and how that is reflected in our perception of reality and sense of self
  5. 10. how we investigate the world and the various ontological and epistemological perceptions of reality
  6. 12. parties communicating at different times or with gaps between messages
  7. 14. using gestures, facial expressions, body language, and cultural suppositions to communicate
  8. 15. theory, helps us understand the way that cultural myths inform individual communicators’ actions
  9. 17. effects, looks at the intended and unintended behavioral impacts of a message
  10. 18. convergence theory, examines how groups of people share common fantasies that reveal how they become a cohesive group