Communication Defined

• Communication is a process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to another within and across channels, contexts, media, and culture (McCornack, 2014).
• There is a wide variety of contexts and situations in which communication can be manifested; face-to-face interaction; a phone conversation; a group discussion; a meeting or interview; a letter correspondence; a class recitation.
• Nature of Communication

  1. Communication is a process.

  2. Communication occurs between two or more people (the speaker and the receiver).

  3. Communication can be expressed through written or spoken words, actions (nonverbal), or both spoken words and nonverbal actions at the same time.
• Communication's etymology is rooted in the Latin term "communicare", meaning "to make common" (Weekly, 1967).
• > Mutual Understanding - when two parties understand the message the same way, they are able to achieve the goal in communication
• Communication is a process of transmission from a source to a receiver (Everette Rogers, 1959). Ideas, information. and attitudes are transmitted with the intent to influence.
• Communication as a transmission process (Bernard Berelson and Gary Steiner, 1964). People use symbols, words, and illustrations to transmit information, ideas, emotions, and skills.
• Communication as a tool that differentiates humans from other societies (Wilbur Schramm, 1978). It is through our ways of communicating that we become unique beings.
• Communication as the process of understanding and sharing meaning (Judy Pearson and Paul Edward Nelson, 2000). It is a two-way process of sharing various forms of messages in order to achieve personal and interactional communicative goals.
• We communicate with a purpose.