COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS

WHAT IS COMMUNICATIO

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Joseph DeVitio

says,

“Communication refers to the

act, by one or more persons, of

sending and receiving message

that are distorted by noise,

occur within a context, have

some, and provide some

opportunity for feedback.”

TRANSMISSION MODEL OF COMMUNICATION

SENDER

Sender is the

source of the

message.

MESSAGE

Message is the content of

the communicatio

n

ENCODES

Encoding is the process by which the source takes an idea or thought and selects verbal and nonverbal symbols from his her environment to send which he/she feels accurately represents that idea.

CHANEL RECIEVER

DECODES

Chanel is the medium through which the message must pass. The channel of communication are our senses: sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.

Receiver is the target

audience of the

message

Decoding is the ability to translate the message into symbols than the receiver can understand

FEEDBACK is information that is sent back to the source

Noise

Noise

Noise

Noise is anything that disrupts the communication process

Noise

Nois

e Nois

e Noise

VERBAL AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

Humans communicate on two levels, the verbal level and the nonverbal level

Verbal communication

is defined as any means that uses language

(words, numbers or symbols)

Nonverbal communication is defined by Cummunnicologist Tortiello, Blot, and DeWine as: “The exchange of message through non-linguistic means, including: kisnestic (body language, facial expressions and eye contact, clothing and physical appearance , tactile communication, space and territory, culture and social system, paralanguage (tone, pitch, rate, inflection), and the use of silence and time.”

COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS

Intrapersonal

communication

refers to the

ability to the

times you

communicate

with yourself.

Interpersonal

communication

occurs between

people who have

known each other

for sometime.

Most researchers define a small group as having at least three and no more than twelve or fifteen members. A group members must be able to communicate freely and openly with all of the other members of the group.

Small group communication

Community is a group of people who interact with

each other. A virtual communication is a group of people exchanging messages or other types of information without

face to face contact.

Mass communication is the transmission of messages which may be processed by gate keepers or filters prior to being sent to large audience via a channel for broad diffusion.