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Date Posted: 10:51:46 08/26/02 Mon
Author: Cally Enochs
Subject: Re: Topic 3--According to McCroskey (p. 34), Communication is simply a tool---describe...
In reply to: Ken Harley 's message, "Topic 3--According to McCroskey (p. 34), Communication is simply a tool---describe..." on 15:41:20 08/21/02 Wed

>If communication is simply a tool, according to
>McCroskey, how do we feel when the tool is used to
>cause ill? What happens when we rhetorically
>communicate to cheat or hurt or take from someone
>else? Can we, through an understanding of
>communication, begin to craft our messages to others
>for conflict resolution instead of creating more
>conflict?

Communication can be effective or ineffective. To be a good communicator you must think through what you would like to communicate and what you would like the receiver to comprehend.

Communication that is not thought out in advance may allow the reciver to translate the message to different information than what you might want them to receive. A good example is in the response to the three worst email you have recieved. Someone said something about an interoffice email received using the word "bare", it is possible to use words that don't mean the same meaning in written communications, as well as using the wrong nonverbal language when communicating.

It is just as easy to send a "flaming" conversation as it is to send a "flaming" email. However a "flaming" conversation might occur on accident and easier, without thinking through what you are going to say.

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