MIL

• Messages are a collector of symbols that appear purposely organized (meaningful) to those sending or receiving them
• Types of Communication:

  • Interpersonal Communication involves two to three individuals interacting through the use of voices and bodies
  • Mediated Interpersonal Communication: technology stands between the parties communicating and becomes the channel for the message
  • Small Group Communication involves 3 or more persons
  • Organizational Communication: people communicate differently in a working environment
  • Public Communication involves one person communicating to a large number of people
• 8 Elements of Communication:

  • Source: where the message comes from
  • Encoding: translating a message for transmission
  • Transmitting: the act of sending the message
  • Channels: technologies enabling sending or transmitting
  • Decoding: receiver translating the source's thoughts and ideas
  • Receiver: the one who gets the message
  • Feedback: the response generated by the message sent to the receiver
  • Noise Interference: something that interferes in the transmission process
• Communication is the process of sharing ideas and opinions about issues, people, events, and places between or among persons through various channels with the intent to gain understanding
• Communication is an interactive process that allows sharing of meanings about texts, images, and people interactions and behavior
• Communications Technical means of communication include channels through which messages are conveyed, such as mobile phones and computers
• Media includes the channels through which communication happens
• Types of Media:

  • Traditional Media includes mass media like newspapers, radio, and television
  • New Media includes computers, mobile phones, and other digital gadgets like websites and the internet
• Media Convergence refers to the coming together or combination of traditional and new media
• Information refers to the message conveyed by a sender to its recipient through various channels
• Information is not always in text form and can include video, sound, graphics, animations, and images
• Multimedia

  The combination of video, sound, graphics, and animations in one platform like the computer and Internet.

  Multi-media

  Usage of media on multiple forms of media in one setting.

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