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1. The document discusses different models of communication, including the informational model proposed by Shannon and Weaver which views communication as the transmission of information, and the constitutive model which sees communication as a complex process that shapes social realities. 2. It notes that the informational model is useful for basic message sending and receiving but reduces communication to a technical problem and fails to capture its complexities. 3. The constitutive approach recognizes that communication socially constructs meanings and interpretations between people and creates the understandings that shape our world through interactions like relationships and organizational culture.

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Business English Assignment

1. The document discusses different models of communication, including the informational model proposed by Shannon and Weaver which views communication as the transmission of information, and the constitutive model which sees communication as a complex process that shapes social realities. 2. It notes that the informational model is useful for basic message sending and receiving but reduces communication to a technical problem and fails to capture its complexities. 3. The constitutive approach recognizes that communication socially constructs meanings and interpretations between people and creates the understandings that shape our world through interactions like relationships and organizational culture.

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University Arturo Michelena

Faculty of Humanities, Letters and Arts


School of Modern Languages
Section 1T
Professor: Reyes, Luis.
Student: Melean, Marialicia.

< Assignment>

1. The purpose of education is not so much to learn things but to unlearn


things.

2. Senders, Receivers, Messages are part of the informational model of


communication.

3. The most widely used model of communication was proposed by Claude


Shannon and Warren Weaver.

4. What is the major drawback in the basic communications model: It was


intended for understanding computer processing.

5. When adopting this model to understand the complexities of communication we


are reducing our understanding to a mere technical problem.

6. It turns out that the same people interpret the same message: very
very differently.

7. The meaning of language changes: depending


upon the context that we’re in.

8. What we don't say, is usually more important than


what we do say.

9. What we do say is often less important than how


we say it.

10. These are consistently mentioned as one of the biggest difficulties in virtually
any aspect of our society: People aren’t getting the message.

11. As our communication systems get more complex we seem to have


more and more communication problems.

12. Communication is now seen as a very complex and dynamic process of


creating the understandings that shapes our world.
13. Communication is much more than the mere
transmission of information.

14. Under the constitutive view, communication is seen as very complex and
dynamic process of: creating the understandings, the meanings and the
interpretations that shape our world.
15. Friendships, relationships, organizational culture, professional and social
networks are good examples of how

16. Social realities do not exist in nature, we


created them through how we interact with each
other.

17. Model based on message transmission:


Informational model.

18. Model based on Social construction:


Constitutive approach to communication.

19. Informational view is used in daily basis for:


sending and receiving basic messages.

20. A "flat earth approach" is a perspective that seems true, but it falls short
of explaining the complexities of a particular situation.

21. Meaning negotiation and social construction is related to


the informational model of communication

22. The mere transmission of information is insufficient for accomplishing


your goal.

23. When we communicate with people, we need to focus much more on …


not

24. Communication is not just the mere transmission of information, but also a
dynamic process of socially creating and producing different realities that shape
our lives.

25. All things are permissible, not everything is beneficial.

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