Human Communication Theory And Critical Thinking

In defining communication Katherine Miller (2004) stating that "conceptualizations of communication have been abundant and changed substantially over the years ". Its mean communication is erratic and changed pass through generation. There is many way to interpret and define our understanding in communication. Communication theory is a social process in which individuals employ symbol to establish and interpret meaning in their environment. In defining communication theory there is five key terms which is social, process, symbols, meaning, and environment which can make us more understand about it. When studying and understanding communication theory we have found that there is a value that can make us more appreciate to our late researcher.

Richard Paul also stated that critical thinking is thinking about your thinking, while you’re thinking, in order to make your thinking better. For example, the rhetoric theory is important in communication in order to find "the available means of persuasion”. The means of persuasion is Logos (the nature of massage presented by the sources), Ethos (the nature of the source) and Pathos (the emotion of the audience) that makes a person can persuade the audience to accept their idea or do what they want. For example, based on research conducted by James C. Mccroskey and Virginia P. Richmond from West Virginia University about Human Communication Theory and Research: Traditions and Models. The study of human communication today is more diverse and rhetorical and relational traditions are alive and well. The study of human communication today can be divided into two major classifications which is rhetorical and relational (Shepherd, 1992). A new professional association for communication scholars was founded in 1950, now known as the International Communication Association. This group was comprised of

A philosopher named George Herbert Mead believes that mind and ego are products of society and assumes that symbols develop mind and they are used as means for thinking and communication (Ashworth, 2000). Mead focused on how people interact in their daily lives by means of symbolic interaction and how they create order and meaning (Korgen & White, 2008). According to Mead, language is at the heart of the constitution of the self. One of his students named Herbert Blumer which the core founder of this theory developed his theory after he passed away. Blummer stated that the goals of our interactions are to create a shared meaning and came up with three basic principles which is meaning, language, and thought. Despite knowing and understanding this theory we will argued that there is some criticism which is symbolic interactionism does not put forward a society picture or theory. Udehn (2001) stated that this theory is an “American” idea that stresses the freedom of the individual and limited role of the society. Indeed, this will make our mind open whether to accept or rejected the theory. In everyday life, we can see that nowadays a young people choose to smoke cigarette. They are exposed that smoking can harm them but the way they create the meaning that smoking is cool in urban life regards all the