Why is communication a transactional process?
What will be an ideal response?
Communication is a transactional process because the people involved in the act
of communicating are actively and simultaneously sending as well as receiving
information. In addition, participants view their communication as intentional and the
transfer of information between them takes place within a particular situation bound by
relationship and culture.
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a. Likelihood effect b. Ego-involvement c. Assimilation effect d. Contrast effect
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to the A) speaker. B) audience. C) occasion. D) speech. E) Greeks.
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A) becoming B) doing C) active D) social
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A. boundary spanner. B. group initiator. C. problem-solver. D. group norm.