The CMC Competence Measure, version five, is the developing self-report instrument included in Spitzberg’s communication-competence work. Preliminary measurement issues require interpretation by version, population, and context. Scores do not certify performance across media; assessment also needs behavioral evidence and appropriate permission for instrument reproduction.
- FamilyModel
- Category of its source unitTheories & Explanatory Models
- DomainConversation & Relationships
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Theories & Explanatory Models
Explains how or why a communication process works by relating mechanisms, conditions or variables. Its value is an account that can guide inquiry into what produces an outcome, rather than a name for the outcome alone.