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Shannon and Weaver Model
Berlo Model
Context
Frame of
Reference
Frames of
Reference
Transactional Model of Communication
Speaker
Decodes
Listeners
Encode
Listeners
Decode
Noise
Speaker
Encodes
Noise
Feedback
Message
Linear – “bowling”
Interactive – “ping-pong”
Transactional – “charades”
COM1005 - Kowalik 3
The Meaning and Purpose of Human Communication
Chapter 1
Jewish concentration camp survivor
WWII
Karl – SS German soldier◦ „beg forgiveness”
Wiesenthal silently leaves the room
Both men struggled to communicate
1. Co-create cultures - ways of life
2. Be stewards of creation – symbolic reality
3. Co-create life - giving communities
4. Become God-listening communicators
Four Types of Relationships◦ Collaborating with God
◦ Communicating with neighbors
◦ Having a dialogue with creation
◦ Communicating with ourselves
God is our primary co-creator in communication◦ “If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking
the very words of God.” I Peter 4:11
Expand God‟s original creation
Mimic Creator◦ Fashion culture in our image
Good or bad?
◦ Reflect state of our souls
God spoke this world out of nothing
(ex nihilo)
We cannot create something out of nothing.◦ Language depends on what has gone before.
God's Chisel◦ Ephesians 2:10 – “We are God‟s workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Values – what we believe
Practices – what we do
Artifacts – what we make
How do you celebrate a birthday?
Co-create culture
Values –◦ what we believe
Practices –◦ what we do
Artifacts –◦ the physical things we
make
Co-create culture
Define reality under God
Echo God‟s reality, not our own
Use symbols to define reality◦ Scientists attempt to define the physical world.◦ Laminin◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4
Human capacity to say “yes” or “no”
Define things around us
Define our self-identity – others‟ identities
Meta-communication ◦ Communicate about communication
Define Reality - symbol
God‟s elect are destined to be sons of God
All guilt is removed
Wrath of God is taken way
All sins are forgiven
Perfect righteousness is imputed to us
The love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
We are being conformed to the image of Christ
OT – “shalom” - God‟s peace and justice
◦ NT – “koiononia” – fellowship and participation
◦ NT – “agape” – selfless love of others and ourselves
We taste shalom when we …◦ Deliver a worthwhile speech
◦ Report the truth compassionately
◦ Listen empathically to a friend‟s tale of woe
◦ Help recover someone‟s ability to write after she suffered a stroke
◦ Other …
Whenever we communicate faithfully and peacefully in accord with God, we taste heaven (shalom).
The Creator - God
The Redeemer – Jesus Christ
The Comforter – Holy Spirit
Listen obediently to God ◦ With a discerning ear
◦ An ear that listens for the reality of a situation
◦ Allows the listener to respond to the reality
Listening to God who “still speaks”◦ God‟s Word is “like fire”
Listen for God in the Shadowlands
Co-create culture◦ Values, practices, artifacts
Define reality◦ Assign meaning to symbols◦ Share the power
Taste Shalom◦ OT – “shalom” - God‟s peace and justice◦ NT – “koiononia” – fellowship and participation◦ NT – “agape” – selfless love of others and ourselves
Listen for God in the shadowlands◦ Obedience