Topic 4 (model)

• Types of Communication Models include the Classic Model, also known as the Lasswell Model, which was developed by Harold D. Lasswell, a political science scholar, in 1948.
• The Classic Model consists of five elements: the source who says what, with what channel, to whom, and with what effect.
• The Classic Model also includes a one-way or passive receiver.
• The Classic Model is also known as the Shannon & Weaver Model, which was developed in 1949.
• The Shannon & Weaver Model consists of a source, a transmitter, a noise channel, a destination, and a receiver.
• The Berlo Model, developed in 1960 by Paul Berlo, is another type of communication model.
• The Interactive Communication Model, developed by Schramm in 1954, includes a signal, a field of experience, a source, an encoder, a decoder, a destination, and a message.
• The Sanford, Hunt, Dan Bracey Model, developed in 1987, includes a source, a receiver, climate, reason, and interpersonal skills.
• The Transactional Model, also known as the Contemporary Model, was developed by Wood in 1998.
• The Transactional Model includes a communicator's field of experience, another communicator's field of experience, and a shared field of experience.
• The Transactional Model also includes noise, time, and symbols.