【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 obably provides the clearest statement about munication as a process. Berlo wrote: If we accept the concept of process, we view events and relationships as dynamic, ongoing, everchanging, continuous. When we label something as a process, we also mean that it does not have a beginning, an end, a fixed sequence of events. It is not static, at rest. It is moving. The ingredients within a process interact, each affects all of the others.What is an example of how a process operates in everyday munication? Picture two students passing on the sidewalk between classes and exchanging a few sentences. Did this very tiny munication episode really begin and end with their first and last word: Do we have to consider that both of them spoke to each other in English, that they must have had some prior encounter, or that they would not have stopped to exchange messages, If they have a mon understanding of what was said, then they must share some experiences that shape their perceptions similarly. Didn’t their message go beyond the words to how they looked, if they smiled, and how much volume they use? Did the episode end with the last word and look or was it used to solidify their relationship: would their brief conversation be thought about later that day and the next, and did it lead to another meeting that night? Communication is a plicated process. It is variable, active, and dynamic. It starts long before the words begin to flow and can last long after the words stop.Communication is a process that requires understanding. Your professor asks, what is the ontogeny of your misogeny? You hear the words, but you may not be able to understand or interpret them, An Asian student who has to struggle with English as a second language may have the same trouble with words that most Americans regard as easy to understand. Understanding, or grasping, the meaning of another person’s message does not occur unless the two municators can elicit mon meanings for words, phrases, and nonverbal codes. The importance of this kind of understanding was emphasized by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers in his book On Being a Person., He wrote, I have found it of enormous value when I can permit myself to understand another person.In addition to understanding, munication involves sharing. Consider the popular use of the word sharing. We share a meal, we share an event, we share a sunset. Sharing is a gift that people exchange. We can also share with ourselves when we allow ourselves time to relax and daydream, time to consider who we are and what our goals are. We share with others when we talk to them alone or in larger groups. Regardless of the context, munication involves sharing.What exactly is understood and shared in the munication process? When you use language for expression, meaning is the shared understanding of your feelings. When you use language for pragmatic purposes, meaning is the appropriate response that indicates the message was understood. For example, you ask for a drink, and the other person gives you one. Meaning is the message you construct in your mind as you interpret the message sent.An example of how meaning operates is the Rodney King incident in which people around the world saw an African American being beaten by Los Angeles police. The meaning of the videotaped event was whatever interpretation people developed in their own minds. Most people perceived the incident as police power gone away. When the jury acquitted the police, many people interpreted the decision as a miscarriage of justice. Everyone who saw the videotapes of who read about the verdict constructed their own meaning, their own interpretation of the incident. The meaning attributed to the incident fashioned responses from agreement, to disbelief, to violence.(Source: Judy Cornelia Pearson, Paul Edward Nelson. Understanding and Sharing An Introduction to Speech munication .Wm .C. Brown Communications, )Questions:1．How do you understand the statement that munication is a process of understanding and sharing?2．What is understood and shared in a successful interaction?3．What must speakers share if they want to understand each other in a conversation?4．What implications does this passage have on the study of intercultural munication?2．Stude