Comic Strips – Disinformation

1. The forms of communication being used is both Verbal Communication

and Non- Verbal Communication, otherwise known as Communicative
Behaviour. The Non- Verbal Communication being used in the comic
strips is Vocalics. (Use of volume, tone, pitch and overall voice quality
to convey or give dimension to meaning)

2. The message being communicated by President Rump, is that his

opponent, who is Bigen, “is a fossil and he can’t even read. He is
illiterate.”

3. Possible Barriers affecting effective communication could be

psychological noise, which refers to a cognitive and mental barrier.
President Rump wanting to win the election, shows preconceived
opinions and notions when he states that “He can’t even read. He’s
illiterate” which is just an assumption

4. Possible Facilitators that aid in effective communication are

a. The Microphone – tangible
b. Television – Tangible
c. The media, which journalists, reporters, etc) (tangible)
d. The familiar language- Tangible
e. The sender’s attitude – Intangible (Probably have to explain)

5. Identify the elements of communication

Describe the Process

Conceptualization: Rump thinking of what to say to the Reporter’s

question
Encoding: Rump saying “HUH?! OF COURSE NOT. I AM JUST BETTER. HE’S A FOSSIL
AND H-HE CAN’T EVEN READ. HE’S ILLITERATE!!”

Selecting the appropriate medium/channel: Press conference and the

television channel
Sender: Mr. Rump and the tv reporter
Receiver: The general public, the journalists of the press conference and
president trump
Decoding and Interpreting: Mr. Bigen hearing the news and all
Feedback: Mr. Bigen reactions-- HUH!’

6. Identify with explanation evidence of Disinformation

Disinformation is the (somebody put the definition miss gave)
President Rump claiming and I quote, “HUH?! OF COURSE NOT. I AM JUST BETTER.
HE’S A FOSSIL AND H-HE CAN’T EVEN READ. HE’S ILLITERATE!!” Rump is deliberately
spreading lies and propaganda against his opponent, Mr. Bigen, to persuade
and gain the upper hand in the election. He is spewing lies to turn the minds
of the receivers of the message to his advantage, so they also have a
prejudice against Bigen and this would play in his favour, probably
accumulating the greatest number of votes to win the election.