Tuesday 18 March 2014

AS Communication and Culture Key Terms

Key Concepts 
 Code is a set of conventions or sub-codes currently in use to communicate meaning.
 When a sign has generated meaning, it is said to have achieved signification.

Communication is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, visuals, signals, writing, or behavior. It is the meaningful exchange of information between two or more living creatures.

Context Is where the situation within which communication takes place. 

Culture is a particular way of life which expresses certain meanings and values. 

Identity is how we understand our self (our self concept) is composed of two aspects  
 Self image - how we  PERCEIVE ourselves 
 Self esteem - how we evaluate ourselves

Power is the ability or capacity to perform or act effectively.

Representation is the act or an instance of representing or the state of being represented.
 so anything that represents, such as a verbal or pictorial portrait
or anything that is represented, such as an image brought clearly to mind


Value: the worth, importance, or usefulness of something to somebody. 


http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/communication-and-culture/a-level/communication-and-culture-2625


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