Nature and Elements

• Communication comes from the latin word 'communis' which means working together
• Communication is the process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to another within and across channels, context, media, and cultures
• Encoding is when the sender converts thoughts into words that can be understood by others.
• The sender is the source of the message.
• The receiver is the target audience who receives the message.
• Decoding is when the receiver understands what was said based on their own experiences and knowledge.
• Channel refers to the medium through which the message travels.
• Feedback is when the receiver responds back to the sender with an acknowledgement or response.
• Media refer to the tools used to send the message.
• Context refers to the situation where the message was sent.
• Feedback is the response given by the receiver back to the sender.
• Channel refers to the medium used to convey the message.
• Decoding is when the receiver interprets the message based on their own experiences and knowledge.
• Noise is anything that interferes with effective communication between two people.
• Context refers to the situation where communication takes place.
• Barriers are obstacles that hinder effective communication.
• How do you describe communication?

  Dynamic process, involves communicators, systematic, irreversible, proactive, symbolic interaction, meaning is individually construed
• What are the elements involved in communication?


  Speaker, message, encoding, channel/medium, decoding, receiver, feedback, context, barriers
• What are the process of communication?

  sender, encoding, transmission, decoding, feedback, receiver
• Dynamic process means it is everchanging and how we describe it now is different from the past
• Communication involves communicators like the sender, receiver, and message.
• Communication is a systematic process meaning it follows a particular process
• Communication is irreversible, once it reachs the listener, you cannot take it back
• Communication is proactive, meaning you have a goal in mind
• Communication is a symbolic interaction it always create a product without saying the real intent
• Meaning is individually construed, different people = different meanings
• Encoding


  The process of converting the message into words, actions, or other forms
• Barriers


  Factors that affect the flow of communication
• Feedback


  Responses, reactions, or information provided by the receiver
• Message


  The information, ideas, or thoughts, conveyed by the speaker in words or in actions
• Decoding


  The process of interpreting the encoded message of the speaker by the receiver
• Speaker


  The source of the message
• Context


  The setting in which communication takes place
• Channel


  The means or the medium by which the message is sent
• Social context


  How you relate with your siblings is different from how you relate with your teachers
• Communication

  (According to Blackburn) The transmission and reception of information between a human source and receiver using a signaling system, which we call a message
• Process of communication

  1. The brain sends out thoughts to the mouth

  2. Feedback happens

  3. There is noise in the channel

  4. The receiver hears the message through the ears
• Codification


  The process where receivers hear the signals and convert the symbols into their thoughts
• Schema


  Your mind can send out messages because they come from your prior knowledge of something
• Feedback


  • Enables the sender to avoid interruption from any party, to talk continuously, to make adjustments to the message he or she sent