WEEK 2 COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY : Master of Communication

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

The topic discussed is Communication Technology, Communication Technology is using technical equipment in communication or uses equipment system to send and receive information. On this topic, it also contains sub-topics; which are: The Communication Model, The Four Distinct Type of Communication Technology, Three Kinds of Communication Technology, Internet (Mother of Network) which includes the E-mail, Voicemail, Groupware, GPS and the AIDA Model, etc.

Participation

On the teacher's part; our teacher improve his teaching style, it's not boring at all because he has some jokes and also he gave us a challenging activity and that activity called Text the Answer using Mobile Phone. As a student, we participate the given activity but some of us doesn't have load so we group into three groups, it was challenging for us to send the answer for the first place and we learn while enjoying our Purposive Communication subject.

Learning

The Communication Model explains the flow of communication through technology it consists of the source to the transmitter proceed to transmission system proceed to Receiver to Destination. In Communication Technology it has Four Distinct Types which are Human to Human Communication, Human to Machine Communication, Machine to Human Communication, and Machine to Machine Communication aside of the types it also have three kind, The Wave Technology which is trough Electromagnetic Radiation and the best example is Signal, Second is the Electronic Technology which the communication is flown through electrical and also the information is encoded at the source, Lastly is Graphic Technology where the information is drawn or written on the paper, for example, the printed materials.

The Internet is the Mother or Networks, through the internet you can gather information using the world wide web and you can exchange message through E-mail or Voicemail. The E-mail can be sent through waves while Voicemail can be recorded and also can be sent. The groupware is programs that help people work together the best example for this is the Google classroom and The GPS (Global Positioning System) can determine your geographical location because it consists of receivers connected to the satellite. 

Communication Technology also has the AIDA Model to help your presentation or some advertisements. The AIDA stands for; A for Attention it is to quickly and grab people attention by using powerful words or inserting some pictures, I for Interest on this you can use some animations and tools to get the interest of your audience, D for Desire with this you need to give the accurate and complete description of your content, and A for Action, it can encourage your audience to participate. AIDA also is an Attitude Based Decision Process, and that's all for today.