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I believe nonverbal should be discussed more and how society has the negative backlash of not understanding and correctly interpreting the nonverbal messages that are being sent. I really enjoy learning about nonverbal communication and understanding it, and the concepts learned in class and through other classes I always involve and use when I try to read people in public and interpret their behavior and it totally helps me understand them so much better and more clearly because I have a well rounded background and global understanding of nonverbal messages.

question 2

The concepts I found most interesting was the path information takes throughout a company the hierachy structures and how organizations work from within. We all work for organizations but for me I never looked at how the message gets from the top to the bottom. And how that effects the quality of the message and the time frame it takes. also how direct communication is so cut off from the top man in the same company as the bottom people, which makes you think messages sent from the top to the bottom are not very direct and go through alot of different interpretations before they hit the bottom.

question 3

Mobile telephony was something that interested. I always joked around about being addicted to my phone and that it is a necessarily to have in my life. I never really believed it, then my cell phone was lost a few weeks ago and I completely freaked I didn’t know what to do I was so dependent on having it on my side constantly. We do not realize how much we really do on our phone until we don’t have it anymore. I have a blackberry and do many of my blogs for this class on it because I do not have the time to perform those tasks at home. Any function you can think of it happens with my phone from taking notes in class to making a phone call. The cell phone also creates another medium for messages for example text messages and how it is used as a medium. For example when you are not comfortable talking about an issue many people have text conversations over the same thing and both parties are a lot more comfortable talking like that.

question 2

I do not agree that it is the message but i agree it has a major part to do with the message. I believe that the content of a message should determine what medium it is broadcast ed through, because the medium I believe determines the effectiveness and persuasiveness of the message trying to be delivered. Television to be is a very open medium because it has both site and sound which makes it the most effective form of a medium because it hits two senses and doesn't have to worry about one dominating the other. For example radio can only be heard and posters and bulletins only seen which makes them less effective and things can be missed on them. On the other hand messages could be missed on TV as well because people might get carried away with what they see and not notice what they hear and vice verse.

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I have done this and thinking back on it. With friends in cyber space you tend to live more of a fantasy life and exaggerate situations. For example making things that happen to you worse then they really are or make things seem better then they really are. In another way it could serve as a friend you can speak more comfortably with because you dont really have to worry about a backlash or anything. A third issue I want to bring up is that with a cyberfriend you have exclusive text conversation and some people communicate more effectivly via text then in actual word. Which could serve as a easier transmitter of messages and make both parties more comfortable.

question 2

I believe it all has its time and pace for example cell phone calls don’t bother me unless they are in certain settings. For example at dinner in a restaurant and someone’s phone rings and worse they start talking on it like there is nothing wrong, that to me is rude and wrong, on the other hand in other settings its a lot more acceptable. In general devices going off don’t bother me but them being responded to are annoying depending on the situation. On people being put on hold I think it has to do with the importance of the conversation that is being had and how important the call coming in is. For example if you are just having a casual conversation and an important call comes in then I believe its ok to switch over but if you are having a important conversation and it’s the other way around then I would consider that rude.

question 3

The concept I found interesting was informational flow. This I believe cannot be properly understood until you are part of a organization. Because the image of information flowing down a distinct path doesn’t make sense unless you have been a part of it. Information, I always believed was free flowing and if you wanted to find it you could and it would come to you in any random order. After being part of an organization you can see that information comes through certain channels of for examples executives to managers to team leaders to your bottom line workers. Also this is both ways information going up and down the line. The path information takes was very interesting to me to read about because I was able to apply it to everyday situations at my work place.