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Ag Communications EOC

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Communications   the process of transferring information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium  
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Agriculture   the process of producing food, feed, and fiber through raising of plants and animals  
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Agricultural Communications   the exchange of information about agricultural and natural resources industries through effective and efficient media  
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Message   the "what" and "how" in communication  
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Encode   the use of language, symbols, and metaphors by the sender to put a message in a specific form  
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Sender   the person sending the message in communication  
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Channel   the means through which a message is sent  
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Decode   interpretation by the receiver of the message sent by the sender  
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Receiver   the person receiving the message, which must be decoded  
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Noise   anything that interferes with the receiver's reception of the sender's message, reducing its clarity  
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Feedback   the receiver's response to the sender's message  
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Shannon-Weaver model   model of the communication process in which a source of information transmits a message through a channel to a receiver who decodes the message  
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Source   a source of information in the communication process, such as a speaker  
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Interpersonal communication   the process of sending and receiving information between two or more people  
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Small-group communication   takes place among members of a group or team  
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Public communication   takes place when someone communicates directly to a large audience  
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Mass Communication   involves communicating to an audience through a media channel that reaches large numbers of people at the same time  
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Frame of reference   shared understanding in a communication situation  
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Audience analysis   describing an audience on the basis of shared characteristics  
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Demographics   characteristics about audience members that are hard to change  
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Psychographics   combine the attitudes and values people have with their lifestyle choices  
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Message strategy   a strategically framed message based on the audience of the message and the desired outcome of the message  
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Thesis statement   states your main points and purpose for writing  
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Readability   the ease or difficulty with which the reader can understand your writing  
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Catchphrase   a short, easy-to-understand message  
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Tagline   similar to a slogan  
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Presentation software   tools for developing slide presentations  
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Presentation template   an already-thought-out color scheme and formatting pattern  
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Target audience   the intended recipient of a specific message  
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Population   the overall group you want information about in a research study  
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Sampling   used to represent an entire population in a way that allows you to collect data from a smaller subset that shares the same characteristics as the larger population  
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Random sample   allows the researcher to infer results back to the larger population  
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Non-random sample   technique that does not allow you to infer results back to the population because the sample was not generated randomly  
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Margin of error   an estimate of how much the results of a given sample might differ from the results of the "true" population  
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Survey   the act of conducting a study to collect data using a questionnaire  
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Questionnaire   a series of questions that includes close-ended questions, open-ended questions, or a mixture of both, used to collect data  
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Content analysis   using this tool the researcher examines the content itself  
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Coding sheet   provides explicit definitions  
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Focus group   allow small groups of people to interact and trigger responses from each other  
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Moderator   objective leader of a focus group  
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Business letter   a formal document typically sent to people outside of an organization  
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Full block letter   has all of the components of a letter flush left and paragraphs are not indented  
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Modified block letter   similar to a full block letter however, the dateline, return address, and signature block are moved to the right  
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Semi-block letter   the return address and signature block are on the right side of the page, and the paragraphs are indented  
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Memorandum   a written reminder of something important that has occurred or will occur  
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Netiquette   the set of common rules that govern how to send and receive e-mail properly  
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Application letter   a special kind of business letter that accompanies a resume for a job  
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Resume   a summary of your education, job experience, and job-related skills that you send to potential employers  
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Chronological resume   a resume that is written in reverse chronological order, with headings grouped by what a person has done  
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Functional resume   classifies the experiences that demonstrate your skills and capabilities into categories  
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Personal statement   a statement about how your personal, familial, academic, and professional experiences and background qualify you for a particular job, scholarship, or college program  
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News media   radio and television stations, newspapers, magazines, and Internet news outlets from which people receive information  
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News writing   writing that is a more concise form of communication or journalistic writing  
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Newsworthiness   news value  
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Jargon   technical language  
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Inverted pyramid structure   presents the most important information in a news story first, followed in descending order by less-important information  
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Five Ws and H   the key components of any news story  
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Lead paragraph   the first paragraph in the news story  
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Editorializing   allowing the writer's opinions, prejudices, and biases to enter a story  
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Cliche   overused words and phrases  
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Attribution   telling readers where the information in a news story comes from  
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Associated press style   a writing style for news stories developed by the Associated Press  
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Feature story   more relaxed in style than a traditional news story  
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Soundbite   the exact words spoken by someone in his or her own recorded voice  
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Actuality   a term commonly used in radio for the exact words spoken by someone in his or her own voice  
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B-roll   any non-narrated video footage shot expressly to "cover" narration or an interview  
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Outcue   the last thing a reporter says  
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Package   a complete television news story  
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Slug   provides the title of the script, the running time and the date that the story is being aired or when it was written  
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Stand-up   when a reporter narrates a portion of a story on camera  
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Sound on tape   any audio accompanying a video  
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Voice over   video that will be shown, with a newscaster narrating the script  
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Articulation   making vocal sounds distinctly  
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Rate   the speed at which someone talks  
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Pitch   the high and low sounds of your voice  
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Document design   the process of choosing how to present all of the basic document elements so your document's message is clear and effective  
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Thumbnail   a hand-drawn sketch of what the finished document will look like, including all text, images, headlines, and borders  
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Balance   involves imagining a line divided a page either vertically or horizontally and then placing visual elements so they are either symmetrically balanced or asymmetrically balanced  
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Symmetrical balance   occurs when all the visual elements on one side of the page are mirrored on the other side  
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Asymmetrical balance   occurs when several smaller items on one side of an imaginary line dividing a page either vertically or horizontally are balanced by a large item on the other side, or smaller items are placed further away from the center of the screen than larger items  
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Visual weight   the amount of "weight" or prominence an image has in a given document  
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Proportion   the spatial relationship between each design element in a document  
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Order   how you show sequence and importance in document design  
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Contrast   the dominant focus r element on a page in document design  
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Similarity   shows that design elements are alike in a document design  
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Unity   how all of a message's elements tie together visually  
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Text   any size, shape, and placement of the printed word in your document  
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Typeface   the actual look of the letters in document design  
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White space   the area not taken up with text or images in document design  
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Positive space   areas occupied by text or images in document design  
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Raster graphics   images made up of pixels  
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Pixels   picture elements  
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Resolution   a measurement of how closely packed together the pixels are in an image  
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Scaling   resizing an image  
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Vector graphics   images composed of mathematically defined shapes created by illustration programs  
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CMYK colors   the inks used for printed documents  
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