Purposive communication

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  •  Purposive Communication
    -          the practice of using different communication forms like writing, speaking, and presenting for various purposes associated with different target audiences.
  • Communication
    -          it is a two way process or sharing and imparting information for common  understanding.
  • Communication was derived from the words
    1. Communicatus
    2. Communicare
    3. Communis
  • Communicatus and Communicare
    -          to impart or share
  • Communis
    -          common
  • 6 Speech communication contexts
    1. Intrapersonal
    2. Interpersonal
    3. Public
    4. Mass
    5. Organizational
    6. Intercultural
  • Intrapersonal
     -communication with oneself or self-to-self communication.
  • Two types of Intrapersonal
    1. Soliloquy – act of talking to yourself
    2. Introspection – an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings; reflection and ponderance
  • Interpersonal
    - Involves two or more entities.
  • Two types of Interpersonal
    ·         Dyadic – private conversation
    ·         Small group – involves 3 – 15 group of people
    1. Public
    Ø  one speaker is talking to 15 and  more audience
  • 1.      Mass
    • Involves speaking to  15 and more audience but uses medium:
    • Print media
    • Social media
    • Broadcast media
  • Organizational
    Ø  the communication that takes place between people who are working towards common goals within an organization.
  • Two types of Organizational
    1. Formal- the flow of official information through proper, predefined channels and routes. It follows chain of command
    2. Informal communication is intended to meet personal interests and needs
  • Intercultural
    Ø  communication between people from two different cultures; sharing culture
  • ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION
    1. Speaker
    2. Listener
    3. Message
    4. Response
    5. Feedback
    6. Noise
    7. Communicative situation
    8. Channels
  • Speaker
    Ø  Delivers and codes the message
  • Listener
    Receive and decodes information
  • Message
    the information that the sender is relaying to the receiver
  • Response
    the immediate reaction or action taken by the receiver/listener  based on the message received.
  • Feedback
    Ø  It is the feedback of the speaker to the response of the listener
  • Noise
    Ø  anything that interferes with the interpretation of a message.
  • Communicative situation
    Ø  any kind of situation in which communication takes place
  • Channels
    Ø  the medium through which you send a message to another person
  • Four types of noise in communication:
    o   Physiological noise (internal)
    o   Psychological noise (internal)
    o   Physical noise ( external)
    o   Semantic noise (understanding of words)
  • 2 types of Communicative situation
    o   Psychological setting – uses the location not for its purpose
    o   Physical location – uses the location for its main purpose
  • PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION
    1.      Communication serves as a glue that binds people together (UNITY)
    2.      Communication vetoes barriers (RESPECT)
    3.      Communication makes the world go round (GLOBALIZATION)