Communication Theory Essentials: Group Decisions, Organizational Culture, and Aristotle’s Rhetoric
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making (Ch. 17)
Randy Hirokawa & Denis Gouran | Objective | Socio-psychological & Cybernetic Tradition
The authors are convinced that group interaction has a positive effect on the final decision.
- Hirokawa seeks quality solutions.
Communication serves as a social tool for group decision making to reach joint conclusions—a democracy where responsibility relies on the group.
The functional perspective specifies what communication must accomplish for joint
Read MoreDiscourse Analysis: Utterance, Mediation, and Genre Components
The Three Gates of Communication and Discourse Analysis
Gate 1: Utterance, Message, and Reception Dynamics
The utterance is the time when the sender is encoding a message and transmitting it. Utterance and reception become inseparable; they cannot exist without each other.
Discourse (or Speech) is the result of a particular utterance; it is determined, unique, and unrepeatable. However, the utterance may remain even if the issuer is no longer present.
The message is understood as “what was transmitted.
Read MoreMastering Professional & Personal Communication Templates
Crafting Informal Emails & Friendly Letters
Here are some versatile phrases for starting and concluding informal emails or friendly letters:
Opening an Informal Message
- “Hi [Name],”
- “I hope everything is going well on your end.”
- “I’m reaching out to…”
- “It’s been a while since we last caught up, and I wanted to drop you a quick message to see how things are going on your end.”
- “I’ve been meaning to write to you because [reason for writing, e.g., share some news, ask about something, etc.].”
Main
Read MoreEssential Journalism Principles and News Writing Techniques
Journalistic Skills & Critical Thinking
1. Sasha is covering the aftermath of a protest. Which of the following actions best shows her using reactive skills?
- When the police instigate violence, she changes the story to include information about police conduct in the area.
2. In a 24/7 news environment, critical thinking is…
- More important than ever.
3. The best way to find a “big picture” story is to…
- Look for patterns in stories written about a subject.
4. What is the effect of quality journalism
Read MoreOperating System Concepts: Memory, Concurrency, and Distributed Systems
Dynamic Memory Allocation Fundamentals
- Highly parallel applications are common.
- Dynamic memory allocation is ubiquitous.
- Serial memory allocators are inadequate for parallel systems.
Parallel Allocator Requirements
- Speed: As fast as a serial allocator on a single-processor system.
- Scalability: Performance scales linearly with the number of processors.
- False Sharing Avoidance: Does not introduce false sharing of cache lines.
- Low Fragmentation Ratio: Keep the ratio of allocated memory to application-allocated
C Programming Examples: Essential Algorithms
This document provides a collection of fundamental C programming examples, demonstrating common algorithms and data structure manipulations. Each section presents a self-contained C code snippet that you can compile and run to understand core programming concepts.
Prime Number Check
This C program determines if a given integer is a prime number. A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself.
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int num,