Communication and its Function

• > Regulation

  • You communicate because you desire actions from those with whom you are communicating.
  • how participants attempt to control the actions of other people in order for the personal and social needs of the source to be met
• > Information

  • Communication also functions as a way of sharing information.
  • any knowledge that participants can use in order to continue the interaction, become productive in their tasks, decide on succeeding courses of action, learn from the interaction, or educate others
• > Motivation

  • A good communicator must be of service to the members of the society, and this also means encouraging others to live a better life.
  • persuading or encouraging communication participants to overcome the odds that they are facing
• > Social Interaction

  • a helpful function because you are given the opportunity to explore the world by interacting with people from different cultures
  • engaging with others in order to establish relationships, linkages, and constant and progressive communication
• > Emotional Expression

  • how a person uses communication to release his or her thoughts and feelings toward another person, situation, or anything that might trigger the person's heart