COMM 101 EXAM II REVIEW SHEET
There will be between 40-50 multiple-choice and true/false questions on the exam. You
should study the terms and concepts below, as well as answer any questions from the review
sheet. There are some terms that are defined for you below. These are concepts that were
not discussed at length in class, but you are still responsible for on the exam:
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Communication & Self-Concept (lecture notes & textbook)
 Self-concept
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Communication behaviors that influence the self-concept include the following:
1. Direct definitions
2. Social comparison
3. Stereotypes
Nonverbal Communication (lecture notes & textbook)
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Nonverbal communication
Nonhuman and human are the two broad categories of nonverbal communication.
Environmental
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Reflected appraisal
The development of our “self” concept can come from various types of “others”:
1. Significant others
2. Particular others
3. Generalized others
furniture
architectural style
interior decorating
lighting conditions
colors
additional noises or music.
Human types of nonverbal communication include facial expressions, posture, gestures,
human proxemics, tactile communication, physical appearance, accessories, and
paralanguage, or vocalic communication.
A. Facial expressions
B. Posture refers to a stance or positioning of the body or a body part. (Mussolini)
C. Gestures refer to the act of moving the limbs or body as an expression of
thought or emphasis.
D. Human use of proxemics
E. Tactile communication
F. Accessories
G. Paralanguage:
1. Tone involves the characteristic quality of the voice (monotone, breathy,
nasal, etc.).
2. Pitch refers to the relative position of a tone in the musical scale (i.e., high
or low).
3. Rate refers to the pace or rhythm of delivery.
4. Duration involves the length of time a communicator takes to emit a given
sound or sounds.
5. Silence is the absence of sound.
III.
Gang Life and Relational Communication (Conquergood essay in reading packet &
film Heart Broken in Half)
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IV.
What is intracommunal communication (packet, page 364)?
What are Douglas’s “grand typology of four cultural contexts,” and which context
best explains gang life (365-66)? What does Conquergood mean when he argues
gang members’ “communication pulls against the dominant cultural bias of
competitive individualism in the larger society” (366)
How do gang members use graffiti to put down other gangs?
How and why is the verbal and nonverbal communication of gangs densely coded
(366-67)?
What does Conquergood mean when he says, “I want to emphasize that the
boundary between People and Folks Nations is constructed symbolically” (371)?
You should be able to identify and explain how communication varies between
the different organizational units of gang Nations (370-75).
You should be able to identify and explain how gang member communication and
symbolism varies across and/or within three different contexts (378-390).
Ideology & the Genre of Romantic Comedies (Rubinfeld essay in reading packet,
lecture notes, & presentations)
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Ideology: the system of beliefs or ideas that help determine the thinking and behavior
of a culture or subculture.
Power: The ability to control what things mean. Dominant ideologies are used to
uphold and maintain power.
Dominant ideology
--Patriarchy
Subordinate ideology
What are genres and how do they communicate ideology?
How does a genre like romantic comedies uphold dominant ideologies like
patriarchy?
What is point of view? How does point of view equal viewer identification? How is
point of view established in films? Which character typically portrays the point of
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view in romantic comedies? What is the relationship between point of view, viewer
identification, and the dominant ideology in romantic comedy films?
What is a subject? What is an object?
You should carefully study how the following romantic comedy plots typically
reinforce patriarchy:
1. Pursuit plot
2. Redemption plot:
 Coldhearted redemption plot
 Brokenhearted redemption plot: (helping a brokenhearted man love again).
3. Foil plots (you are responsible for two of the four foil plots):
 Prick foil plot:
 Dweeb foil plot: heroine has to choose between two men who love her or
profess to love her.
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Public Presentations
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VI.
What is the specific purpose of a speech?
What is the thesis statement?
You should understand the difference between the specific purpose and thesis
statement and be prepared to identify examples of each.
What is the proper sequence of the introduction? Conclusion?
What is extemporaneous speaking?
Communication, Public Space, & Memorials (lecture notes & Blair, Jeppeson, &
Pucci essay in reading packet)
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What is rhetoric? (350)
How does commemoration relate to the past? (350)
You should be prepared to identify the basic differences between modern and
postmodern architecture (352-357).
Why do the authors consider the Memorial’s black, V-shaped wall to be
“postmodern”? (360-364).
How does the Memorial’s flag and statue of three American soldiers contrast with the
meanings created through the Memorial’s V-shaped wall? (366-367)