Module 2

• Communication process


  Composed of several stages, each of which offers potential barriers to successful communication
• How the communication process works

  1. Sender

  2. Encoding

  3. Message. 4. Decoding

  5. Receiver

  6. Feedback
• Communication theory


  Proposed by S.F Scudder in 1980, states that all living beings existing on the planet communicate although the way of communication is different
• Communication theory frameworks


  • Mechanistic
  • Psychological
  • Social
  • Systemic
  • Critical
• Mechanistic

  Communication is simply the transmission of information from the first party to the second party
• Psychological

  Communication is not just the flow of information from the sender to the receiver, but actually the thoughts and feelings of the sender which he tries to share with the recipients
• Social

  Communication is a result of interaction between the sender and the receiver
• Systemic

  Communication is a new and different message which is created when various individuals interpret it in their own way and then reinterpret it and draw their own conclusion
• Critical

  Communication is a way with the help of authority among other individuals