Impact of Mediated Messages on Communication Climate
Learning Objectives:
• Assess the impact of mediated communication on communication climate.
• Identify ways that mediated communication can contribute to building a negative and positive communication climate.
Instructions:
• Answer the prompts below in as much detail as possible and/or that you feel comfortable.
• For prompts 1, 3, 4, and 5, write your answers in complete sentences.
• For prompt 2, your answer can be written in bullet points or complete sentences.
• Proper use of grammar, spelling, word choice, capitalization, and punctuation are expected.
• Space has been provided below each prompt to allow use of this document to respond. You may also write your responses in a new document if preferred.
o The dashes below each prompt indicate where responses should go.
o Be sure to edit the header to insert your name and date where indicated.
• Upload the completed assignment to Blackboard by 11/20, 11:59pm.
1. Describe how the use of mediated forms of communication channels contributes to the communication climate of your relationships.
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2. Compile a list of the ways that you currently use or could begin to use mediated messages to recognize, acknowledge, and endorse others.
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3. Give examples of how mediated messages have contributed to defensive spirals in your relationships.
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4. Give examples of how mediated messages have contributed helped minimize defensive spirals in your relationships.
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5. Your text describes ways we can respond nondefensively to criticism. In which mediated contexts could you most effectively use this skills?
