Chapter 10 & 11

Chapter 10: Questions for Discussion and Further Research

1.) Jakobson's six constitutive factors involved in verbal communication:
Context: either verbal or capable of being verbalized, the part that is viewed or written
Message: communication containing information/context
Addresser: the person who is sending the communication
Addressee: the person who is receiving the communication
Contact: a physical channel in which the message is to travel through between the 2 people
Code: a system of communication

2.) Emotive is expressive when referential is denotative or specific.

3.) There is definitely a difference between a message and a meaning. A message contains a meaning, so, for example, when I send an e-mail it is considered a message but what I am actually trying to say in the message is the meaning.

4.) People have different meanings for codes so it can be confusing to somebody who understands a code one way and they're talking to someone who understands the same code in a different way.

Chapter 11: Questions for Discussion and Further Research

1.) A formula is a fundamental true statement. It is different from a model because models can be shown graphically and are abstract.

2.) The Laswell formula is pretty much the structure and basics of the Jakobson model. It asks, "Who? Says what? In which channel? To whom? and With what effect?".

3.) Some communications have attacked it because it has certain desired effects and persuassions. Also, they're not sure about how powerful the effects are.

4.) Phatic communication is used to express emotions and not communicate information. An exmaple could maybe be like a guy whistling at a girl.