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• Communication


  A word that originated from Latin language 'Communicare' which connotes 'to make something common'. This can be in different forms i.e. expressing ideas, thoughts, feelings, information, etc.
• Symbols


  All languages and many nonverbal behavior as well as art and music. Anything that abstractly signifies something else can be a symbol.
• Meaning


  The core to communication and meaning grows out of one's interaction with symbols. Content level meaning & Relationship level meaning.
• Communication (Wood, 2015)


  • A systemic process in which people interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meanings
  • Systemic - Communication occurs within a system of interrelated parts that affect one another
  • Process - Ongoing and always in motion, moving ever forward and changing continually
• Communication (Gamble & Gamble, 2013)


  • The deliberate or accidental transfer of meaning that occurs whenever someone observes or experiences behaviour and attributes meaning to it
  • Deliberate - communication can be done with intention and plan
  • Accidental - without intention and plan or not being aware of
• Communication (Beebe, Beebe & Ivy, 2021)

  • The process of making sense out of the world (what we experience) and sharing that sense with others (sharing the experience to others) by creating meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal messages
• Types of Communication


  • Intrapersonal
  • Interpersonal
  • Group
  • Mass
  • Public
  • Online / Machine Assisted
• Intrapersonal Communication


  Communication with self - You think about, talk with, learn about, reason with, and evaluate yourself.
• Interpersonal Communication


  The relationship level of communication. Interact with another, learn about him or her, and act in ways that help sustain or terminate relationship.
• Group Communication


  Interaction with a limited number of person. Interact with limited number of others, work to share information, develop ideas, make decision, solve problems, offer support, or have fun.
• Public Communication


  Communication design to inform, persuade, or entertain audience members. Also function as a member of an audience, in which case another person will do the same for you.
• Mass Communication


  The transmission of messages that may be processed by gatekeepers prior to being send to large audiences via a channel of broad diffusion. The media entertain, inform, and persuade you. You in turn, have the ability to use your viewing and buying habits to influence the media.
• Online / Machine Assisted Communication

  The building of relationships using computers and the internet. You navigate cyberspace as you converse, research, exchange ideas, and you build relationships with others using computers and the internet.
• Principles of Communication


  • Communication is dynamic
  • Communication is unrepeatable & irreversible
  • Communication has no opposite
  • Communication is affected by culture
  • Communication is influenced by ethics
  • Communication is competence-based
  • Media and technology transforms communication
• Communication is dynamic


  Changes from time to time, therefore everything is accumulative. Like the humans who compose them, relationship constantly evolve.
• Communication is unrepeatable & irreversible


  A communication encounter affect and change people so that the encounter can never happen again in exactly the same way again. We can neither take back something we have said nor erase the effects of something we have done.
• Communication has no opposite


  We cannot not communicate. We can never voluntarily stop behaving, behavior has no opposite where we cannot not communicate no matter how hard we try.
• Communication is affected by culture

  Cultural diversity, including race, ethnicity, gender, and age, influences the meanings we attribute to communication. Cultural differences exist not only between cultures but also among those who speak the same language as well.
• Communication is influenced by ethics

  Since communication has consequences, it involves judgments of right and wrong. When the agreed-upon standards of behavior are violated, the behavior is judged unethical. Ethics are the moral principles, values and beliefs that the members of society use to guide behavior.
• Communication is competence-based


  If communication can fail, it will. In certain situations, some messages are appropriate and acceptable to say to particular receivers while others are not. Knowledge and critical thinking can help in gaining communication competence. While we all have different communication strength and weaknesses, we can all benefit from getting better at communicating.
• Media and technology transforms communication

  Different channels of communication affect the way a sender encodes a messages and the way a receiver responds to a message. The same words delivered face-to-face, on paper, via text or via radio or television do not constitute the same message. New ways of discovering info, messages tend to be permanent, can choose to remain anonymous, addictive, social isolation & social integration. Technopoly: 'a culture in which technology monopolizes the thought-world.'