传播学英文材料An Introduction to Communication.pdf

TextOneAnIntroductiontoCommunication

I.WordsStudy

i)NewWords:

sociologyn.社会学

psychologyn.心理学

economicsn.经济学

politicsn.政治学

academicadj.学院的,理论的

systemn.系统，体系

environmentn.环境

biologicaln.生物学的

communityn.团体，社会，社区

rootn.根

mechanismn.机制

symboln.象征

meansn.手段，方法

preservev.保存

oppositeadj.相反的，对立的

conductv.进行，操作

gesturen.姿势，手势

facialadj.面部的

pitchn.声调

patternn.类型，模式

ii)KeyWordsExpressions:

communicationn.传播

journalismn.新闻学

transfern.v.传递，迁移

informationn.信息

circulationn.流通，运行，循环，传播

conveyv.传送，传递

feedbackn.反馈，反应

mediumn.媒体，媒介，中介

II.TextStudy

STUDYPREVIEWcommunicationisanimportantwordinourtoday’s

academicstudyinjournalism,sociology,psychology,economics

politics.It’salsoheardmoremoreofteninourdailylife.Sowhatis

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communication?

Communication:

Thetransferofsocialinformationthecirculationofsocial

informationsystems.

Social:

Whenwesay“communication”inourstudy,weusuallymean

humancommunication,notanimalcommunication;a“communication”

happeninginasociety,notinotherenvironmentssuchasnatural,

physicalorbiologicalones.

Whywestudy“humancommunication”?

Communicationisthetoolthatmakessocietiespossible.Itisno

accidentthatcommunicationandcommunityhavethesamewordroot.

Withoutcommunication,therewouldbenocommunities;andwithout

community,therecouldbenocommunication.

ThesociologistCharlesCooleycalledcommunicationthe“

mechanismthroughwhichhumanrelationsexistanddevelop_allthe

symbolsofthemind,togetherwiththemeansofconveyingthemthrough

spacea