Quote: “Successful communication is a matter of inviting purpose - your goal, argument or message, and audience, to work in concert.” -Chapter 2 (Pg. 34)
The quote I chose for this blog post I believe has an overarching theme that can be picked apart and looked at in many different lights. Part of inviting purpose within communication is incorporating rhetorical elements within each message you send. As we read in chapter 2 of the text there are five canons of rhetoric: arrangement, invention, style, memory, and delivery. By utilizing these it helps both the sender and receiver of a message have more effective communication.
In class we went over a little bit of what the communication process looks like. There is a sender, reciever, and a message involved. However, there are many other aspects of communication such as noise, feedback, non-verbal, coding, and decoding processes that occur simultaneously to either help or hinder our messages. I think that the quote is interesting because it doesn’t mention these aspects but instead focuses on the goal, argument/message, and audience to create a purpose within communication.
When I think of communication I usually think of categorizing them into verbal and nonverbal. I think that there is a perception that ‘successful communication’ means strictly verbal communication. However, as see in our present day, technology has been ingrained into our societies and has become an integral part of our daily lives and that is evident when it comes to our communication as well. We are spoiled in choice when it comes to deciding how we communicate with one another. We have emails, texts, phone calls, social media posts, videos, audio messages, the list goes on and on. With all these different modes it comes to question whether our communication has actually become less purposeful. In one of the articles I found it stated how the increase of technology has lead to a greater volume of communication, however the length of communication has been drastically shortened. We are able to achieve a purpose in our communication so much with technology that it really has transformed our communication habits.
Although we have determined that we are able to communicate in new ways, the question arises whether communication can invite a purpose in other ways as well. In the Russo reading last week we saw her struggles with communication and the power lines that were webbed between different power structures. She spoke about how rather than communicating directly, active listening can be an integral part of the communication and that can also invite a purpose. In another article I found it stated how the key to effective communication is effective listening and then proceeded to list off tips for success.
Relating back to the quote, I think that inviting a purpose with our communication is important. Without purpose, then really what meaning do our words and actions hold? Although the quote I chose stated many important aspects of communication, I have come to realize just how many other aspects come into play that can also lead us to communicating successfully.
-Evan Fister, COMM 160
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