Possible research questions

How writing works in Communications?

How intercultural communication used in a work environment? 

How people use communication studies in life?

Textual Analysis

The impact of New media upon society is tremendous. The relationship between intercultural communication and new media is developing at a rapid pace. Scholars division of the relationship into three groups to adequately study it's impact upon society and various aspects of intercultural communication is developing at a steady pace.

Globalization allows communication to occur simultaneously with multiple persons. This is an effective way to communicate while maintaining individual messages as well. The use of New Media to compile and store enormous amounts of data through electronic communication is a cutting edge development. This development has changed the way society communicates. It has improved the efficiency and changed the way people and businesses communicate. The creation of the Internet has made the world a smaller place. The Internet has made it possible for people to use both visual and verbal communication across thousands of miles. New Media has been developed into virtual communities that bring human society together through virtual communication. The Internet provides the freedom to control information world-wide with minimal effort.

The Internet's impact on intercultural communications has changed the way that society communicates.  The new media creates a vast gap between traditional forms of communication (telephone, face to face) and new virtual communication (skype). The speed with which society communicates and the manner that information is processed is changing the way society views communication. The Internet has become and invaluable means of communication, however it does diminish the traditions that have shaped our society. We no longer communicate in sentences. We use twitter 140 characters or less. Writing letters and mailing them has changed by simply texting and faxing information. Christmas cards and invitations have been replaced by e-cards and e-vites. Children are not learning to write in cursive, they are using the keyboard instead of the pen and pencil.  The task now is for new media to combine with traditional media and form an alliance to make it possible for society to master the use of both forms of communication. The gap between New Media and Traditional Media must be bridged.

New Media does provide cultures the opportunities to explore ways to bridge the gaps. The task of developing a way to incorporate New Media and Traditional Media is monumental. The cultural element of human communications will be essential to the development process of providing a bridge to both avenues of communication. The human thought patterns, cultural context, and styles of expression are essential elements to the development of an avenue to bridge the gap. Social networking will be a motivating factor for the development of a way to combine the two forms of media. The ability to reach various groups of people through social media will help to establish a way to communicate through both traditional and new media.

The New-Media is an essential part of society and our culture. Traditional Media also has a place within our society and is a essential part of our culture. The old and the new must be fused to form a way for society to communicate effectively. As society evolves the inclusion of both the new and old is essential. Both forms of media need each other to successfully succeed.

The overall structure of this article was very well planned and thought out each section had a subtitle so you could focus on what bad specific section of the article was talking about. The author did a nice job of stating what the purpose of writing this article was. it show a great deal of examining the relationship between new media and intercultural communications in terms of a global context. The author points out in the conclusion of this article that this paper was written to argue that new-media not only provides space in which people of different cultures come from express themselves and their opinions and social relationships but also may challenge the existence of human communication in intercultural intercultural contacts. His argument was accomplish by pointing out the pros and cons to intercultural communication. Overall this research or targeted his audience to be specific towards communication studies researchers but it was also written so that the average person could be will to read it and relate to it. It was very successful in accomplishing what he needed to accomplish an address.

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Visual Analysts Paper

Communications is everywhere. Every occupation has some element of communications in this image depicts all the different types of areas of communications such as intercultural and rhetorical. It also represents different jobs that have it in there such as journalist and television. Any major that you go into has communications and it subjects like math and science shown here. This shows that there are communications within different subjects. Communication is part of society. This piece also shows what communication studies stands for. Communication studies is about integrating the different dimensions and discipline and seeing the overlapping. This word cloud on communication studies depicts how communication is the center of everything the audience for this could be anyone when someone look at this morning crowd maintenance see them position in the impact that communication studies has on other areas of studies.

An interesting part of this image is where the words are placed. This image of communication studies written in all capital letters and in bold and placement of center so that the audience knows what the main idea and the focus is. In the image then there are the different types of communications surrounding it. There are also different path that communication majors take after they completed their undergrad. Having different subjects in the image such as math sociology and biology, paired with the different elements of communication is the creator’s way of showing the connection between communication studies and the other subjects around in it.    

Another important element to the image is the choice of words that were used since there are so many different elements to communication studies it's interesting to see what specific terms in areas that were chosen by the creator. Some of the types of communication that were mentioned in the image are intercultural and rhetorical there are also words that are a resemblance of what communication studies represents. The choice of words such as public recognize dimension encompasses contact these are words that show people what communication studies does and what effects it has on society. Sometimes other universities and other locations preferred to communication studies by other names such as speech communications rhetorical studies communication sciences media studies communication arts mass communication and media ecology. It’s nice to see that the other names that communication studies also goes by. These are not just different areas of studies but also the different names that reflect communication studies.

The word choice used to put this image together were chosen by the usage of       adjectives combining these adjectives together creates a universal definition of what communication studies is the word variety is placed in the image to demonstrate a versatility of communication studies as well as occupation. The word cloud has all the different words in different sizes finds and colors and arrangements some words are placed on top of each other others are large and bold and others are shrunken incise this technique is to add to the appeal of the image to the audience this image can be perceived as having different dimensions to it communication studies also contains various dimensions to it. In communication studies everything is connected to each other it contains different occupations as well as disciplines to one another on a personal level and a professional level the colors game selected for this image uses all neutral colors. This symbolizes that communication is and that is a neutral element to life. 

The overall message of this image is that communication studies is inclusive this is the definition of communication studies and an abstract manner. By overlapping a variety of disciplines in occupations to show how they are all interconnected. The image includes examples such as psychology and rhetorical public and biology. The image has communication studies as the core of which all other disciplines are based upon this image demonstrates how different disciplines use communication. For example the math and sciences use symbols as a way to communicate their message. Broadcasting and actors focus on the content of communication. Communication studies does not have a set definition because each discipline has its own different definition in use is image is showing that communication encompasses all the various definitions and perceptions of how people view communication studies.

Work Cited

Communication Studies. N.d. Photograph. Google Images. Can Stock Photo. Web. 9 Feb. 2014. <www.canstockphoto.com>.

Visual Communication

Communications is everywhere. Every occupation has some element of communications in this image depicts all the different types of areas of communications such as intercultural and rhetorical. It also represents different jobs that have it in there such as journalist and television. Any major that you go into has communications and it subjects like math and science shown here.This shows that there are communications within different subjects. Communication is part of society. This piece also shows what communication studies stands for. Communication studies is about integrating the different dimensions and discipline and seeing the overlapping.

Rhtoical Analysis Thought peice

One time that I used rhetorical analysis was last year in English 150. We 

were working on our portfolios and we had to write vision pieces for them. The first 

one we did was art. We had to find a price of art on campus and write about it. Some 

of the things we had to talk about was the background of the artist and why Iowa 

state chose to have this piece on campus. I chose to write about the Iowa State 

Whirlwind in front of the MU. My interpretation of this piece was that it represented 

the life of a college student. I thought the little figurines at the top were the ties at the 

artist had with iowa state and everything that goes on at the MU and in campus. At 

the bottom of the sculpture there is a statement that says, " Going to college should 

pick a person you and set him or her down in a new place with new ideas and deeper 

understanding of the world." My interpretation of this statement was that college 

gives you a chance to become a well rounded person.

The second vision piece I had to write was about music. We had to pick a 

love song and explain why we felt like it was the greatest love song ever written. I 

chose to about write about Whitney Huston song I will always love you. I felt like 

the emotional elements of the song made it so powerful. When Whitney Huston sings 

the lyrics you hear the richness in her voice and you really feel what she is singing. I 

felt like it was the greatest song ever written was because it felt like she is singing 

directly to you.I guess over the year I've done some rhetorical analysis but never 

really knew it. I always thought I was writing to give my interpretation and my view 

point on things.

Assumptions about Angie

1.          Angie is outspoken

         Evidence: when you have a thought about something you just say it and you don't know back.

2.          You are an outdoors person

         Evidence: you said you were from Montana and like to be in nature plus you wear a sweatshirt that resembles outdoors.

3.          You are a people person

         Evidence: you have a personality that is very inviting to people you also have a do activities that make us talk to each other.

Reflection of Summery

I thought that writing this summary was very similar to the summaries I had written in the past. My approach to writing this summary was to read material first. Then point out was the authors main points are. Then I tried to figure out what parts of the supporting information will be useful to me.

I think the hardest part of this assignment was the actual reading of the article because these articles are not targeted for us to read as college students. they are more targeted for their colleagues in their field. These articles have several parts to them. Each part has subparts in it. In my article I had small summaries of the of the key concepts so it wasn't really a flow to it. While reading the articles it was hard for me to stay engaged even though I was reading something that was in my area and that I would like to specialize in the way the article was written in the language that was used made it difficult to understand. I think the easiest part of this whole assignment was the actual writing itself, after I read through the article and picked out what parts to use everything else just came together.

I really wish I had a stronger background in intercultural communications before I read this article. Right now I have a working knowledge of briefly interpersonal and small group communications. I do have a general idea of what intercultural communications entails but not enough to fully understand how research is done to study it and what elements are used to study it. I think having a full knowledge of your discipline and what you want to specialize in really helps understand what you're reading and summarizing.

Overall I think I learn how to summarize better I think the readings that were assigned to us before we got started on this assignment really help as preparation for how to read and understand research articles. I also think that the peer-reviewed help a lot sometimes having someone who does not understand you or your writing style gives the best feedback. Learning how to do peer-reviewed in a non-confrontational manner works really well. I really learned how to receive feedback better without being so defensive.