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Using The Social Dilemma Transcript this lesson tries to understand the influences Social Media has on the community and what should we do about it. This lesson attempts to catalog the evidence presented and validate the main arguments. Updated Oct, 2023
Updated March 1, 2023 – A Lesson on the Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson book – The Pragmatics of Human Communication. Adds new thinking about Information and Cognitive Science to this seminal and highly influential work.
The Ritual Model of communication suggests we communicate, not just to pass information, but more importantly, as a way to maintain our communities. The Ritual Model of Communication suggests that connecting with others is “sometimes” more important than what we might connect about. Updated Sept. 2023
Communication Quotes No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. — Mark Twain To effectively communicate, we...
Agnotology Described In 1979, a secret memo from the tobacco industry was revealed to the public. Called the Smoking and Health Proposal, and written a decade earlier by the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, it revealed many of the tactics employed by big...
This Lesson describes the basic Functions of Communication: Getting what you want, getting someone else to do something, entertainment, and learning. (Updated Oct 2022)
The theory was first put forth by Goffman, under the title of Frame Analysis (link to PDF of article). He put forth that people interpret what is going on around their world through their primary framework. This framework is regarded as primary as it is taken for...
Foundations of Communication Communication Models Over time, communication scholars have increasingly expanded our understanding of the communication process through the use of three models: 1.Linear Model - The oldest, most simplified model 2.Interactional Model - A...
Communication History The history of communication begins before Humans. But, let's start with humans anyway. Let's just start with the concept of "Symbols." For the purposes of this discussion, communication is defined as the movement of some intent from a sender...
Description of the Transmission Model of Communication, with a focus on Claude Shannon. Discussions of the components, architecture, constraints, and applications of the Transmission Model of Communication. And, how it has led to the development of the Fractal Model of Communication. Updated March 2023.
I consider Claude Shannon one of my most important influences. Along with Alan Turing and F. A. Hayek. So, when I came across a post about Shannon's Problem Solving Algorithm, I had to read it. The post is Claude Shannon: How a Genius Solves Problems. In the post...
Fractal Thinking Perfectly Fits Communication Theory. The Three Ages of the History of Communication Models The history of communication models can be divided into three "Ages:" Age 1 - Linear Communication ModelsIt starts with Aristotle and goes through...
There are 5 things we should do in 2016 to make our community better! We should listen more and preach less. We should build more opportunities to learn from each other,. We should tap into our seniors to provide them an opportunity to be more productive. We should...
As we move through life, how we communicate is one of the most important skills for success. However, while many recognize the importance of communications, few spend any time understanding what makes a good communicator. Here are 5 keys to Effective...
The two most important things we always need to learn to be successful are: 1) how to use the tools available to us, and 2) how to use our minds to best use the tools. And the important reality is that while the tools we need to learn to be successful change all the...
Here are 5 ways Technology Can and Should be used to improve education. Technology has always been a powerful tool in learning. The earliest learning technology, writing, transformed learning from just the memorization of stories told by a few near-by elders, to the...
Prior to the domestication of the electron, we had to go to "bricks and mortar" buildings and campuses to learn. But, today, you don't have to leave your desk to have virtually unlimited learning options available to you. Unfortunately, our existing industrialized...