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• Purposive Communication


  Intentional communication that happens within the bounds of specific contexts
• Purposive Communication


  • Challenges the communicator to strategically use a language that is understood, familiar, and accepted in a context, in order to communicate his/her specific intentions
  • When the communicator fails to consider context, there is a possibility of a communication breakdown
• Purpose and Context


  Two important factors why language varies
• Linguistic variation occurs in different levels: sounds, word-structure, or grammar (syntax)
• Elements of Communication


  1. Source/Sender encodes message

  2. Receiver decodes message and transmits feedback

  3. Role reversal happens: sender becomes receiver
• Barriers or interferences affect the receiver's reception and understanding of the message


  These are referred to as noise
• Types of noise


  • Physical/external
  • Internal
  • Mechanic
  • Semantic
• External/physical noise


  Any unwanted or unpleasant sound in the environment that causes disturbance
• Internal noise


  Any of the communicator's state or feelings that interfere with his/her interpretation of the speaker's message
• Language barrier


  When participants come from different linguistic backgrounds and do not have a common language code to convey their thoughts
• Jargon


  Terms specific to a field that confuse most laymen
• Other potential barriers to effective communication

  • Psychological and emotional issues
  • Gender and culture
  • Organizational structure
  • Technology
• Communicator's culture, education, experiences, moods, and emotions could either facilitate or interfere with the communication process
• The various channels that can be used by an individual in communicating his/her intended meanings are speech, actions, and written texts
• The communicator's appearance, age, culture, gender, education, religion, mood, memory, attitude, and the presence of technology could affect the flow of communication
• Context, i.e. circumstances or events that encompass the entire communicative event, significantly affect the communicator's choice of language, mode, and channel in order to successfully carry out the communication process