Shannon and Weaver Model

Berlo Model

Context

Frame of

Reference

Frames of

Reference

Transactional Model of Communication

Speaker

Decodes

Listeners

Encode

Listeners

Decode

Noise

Speaker

Encodes

Noise

Feedback

Message

Linear – “bowling”

Interactive – “ping-pong”

Transactional – “charades”

COM1005 - Kowalik 3

The Meaning and Purpose of Human Communication

Chapter 1

Jewish concentration camp survivor

WWII

Karl – SS German soldier◦ „beg forgiveness”

Wiesenthal silently leaves the room

Both men struggled to communicate

1. Co-create cultures - ways of life

2. Be stewards of creation – symbolic reality

3. Co-create life - giving communities

4. Become God-listening communicators

Four Types of Relationships◦ Collaborating with God

◦ Communicating with neighbors

◦ Having a dialogue with creation

◦ Communicating with ourselves

God is our primary co-creator in communication◦ “If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking

the very words of God.” I Peter 4:11

Expand God‟s original creation

Mimic Creator◦ Fashion culture in our image

Good or bad?

◦ Reflect state of our souls

God spoke this world out of nothing

(ex nihilo)

We cannot create something out of nothing.◦ Language depends on what has gone before.

God's Chisel◦ Ephesians 2:10 – “We are God‟s workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Values – what we believe

Practices – what we do

Artifacts – what we make

How do you celebrate a birthday?

Co-create culture

Values –◦ what we believe

Practices –◦ what we do

Artifacts –◦ the physical things we

make

Co-create culture

Define reality under God

Echo God‟s reality, not our own

Use symbols to define reality◦ Scientists attempt to define the physical world.◦ Laminin◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4

Human capacity to say “yes” or “no”

Define things around us

Define our self-identity – others‟ identities

Meta-communication ◦ Communicate about communication

Define Reality - symbol

God‟s elect are destined to be sons of God

All guilt is removed

Wrath of God is taken way

All sins are forgiven

Perfect righteousness is imputed to us

The love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit

We are being conformed to the image of Christ

OT – “shalom” - God‟s peace and justice

◦ NT – “koiononia” – fellowship and participation

◦ NT – “agape” – selfless love of others and ourselves

We taste shalom when we …◦ Deliver a worthwhile speech

◦ Report the truth compassionately

◦ Listen empathically to a friend‟s tale of woe

◦ Help recover someone‟s ability to write after she suffered a stroke

◦ Other …

Whenever we communicate faithfully and peacefully in accord with God, we taste heaven (shalom).

The Creator - God

The Redeemer – Jesus Christ

The Comforter – Holy Spirit

Listen obediently to God ◦ With a discerning ear

◦ An ear that listens for the reality of a situation

◦ Allows the listener to respond to the reality

Listening to God who “still speaks”◦ God‟s Word is “like fire”

Listen for God in the Shadowlands

Co-create culture◦ Values, practices, artifacts

Define reality◦ Assign meaning to symbols◦ Share the power

Taste Shalom◦ OT – “shalom” - God‟s peace and justice◦ NT – “koiononia” – fellowship and participation◦ NT – “agape” – selfless love of others and ourselves

Listen for God in the shadowlands◦ Obedience