ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapters 6, 7 Minimum of 1 library resource for initial postInitial Post InstructionsImagine representing your attitudes towa

Response

Hamzah:

When representing my attitudes towards communication, my art would have boxes with texts, images and arrows showing the communication process. The texts in the boxes would read;sender, encoding, message, decoding, receiver and feedback. The arrows will be pointing towards the subsequent stage of communication to the other. My art would look like a colorful rectangle that is joined by arrows pointing to the direction of the communication stage that follows. It would also consist of different colors which show the difference in every communication stage. However, I would use the same colors for corresponding stages of communication. For instance, I would use blue for the sender, message and receiver. For encoding and decoding, I would use green, and for feedback, I would use purple. All the boxes would have these colors to enable the audience to see the difference or correspondence in each stage.

The materials I would use for my art would be paint, drawing paper, graphite pencil, charcoal and brushes. The graphite pencilwould be used to sketch the rectangular boxes, and oval shapes for encoding and decoding stages. Charcoal would be used to draw the thick arrows showing the transition from one communication stage to the other. 

I would also fix images in the drawn rectangular boxes. Each image would correspond with a particular stage as written in the box. For instance, inside the sender box, I would sketch an image of a speaking person, in the receiver box, I would sketch the image of a person receiving or hearing the message. Finally, in the feedback box I would sketch a speaking image of a person facing towards the direction of the arrow pointing back to the sender. This would show that the receiver has received the message from the sender, and he/she is now giving feedback. 

Reference

Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. (2015). Leadership: Theory, application, & skill development. Nelson Education.

Yazeed:

For this post, I choose to write about communication because it is something I am familiar with, and I understand best out of the three areas. To represent my attitudes towards understanding this topic, I would use a poster. The poster would have both images and prose to reinforce the message. Therefore, I would only need a computer to create a digital poster. If need be, the poster can be printed out and placed in a strategic location. This type of art is relatively cheaper than other types because I will only need to dedicate my time to create it using my computer.

I will use the hues of green and blue because I believe that they will make my poster striking. Also, I will add muted tones of red to reinforce the message. The muted tones of red will represent orange which is the color of social communication and optimism (Lussier & Achua, 2015). Also, the orange color will draw attention to the poster since blue and green could make it dull. Although yellow would have been a good color to help draw attention to the poster, it could end up looking tacky because yellow is a playful color. Therefore, for a topic that is serious such as communication in leadership, it would not fit.

The best kinds of images are cartoon characters talking. In the speech boxes, I will include the message I wish to pass through the cartoon characters. With the use of cartoon characters and callouts, a message can be easily passed, and the audience will be able to understand the burdensome subjects very comfortably. As such, the goal of the poster will have been achieved.

References

Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. (2015). Leadership: Theory, application, & skill development. Nelson Education