Introduction to Communication

Q.1. Give ten definitions of Communication?

 Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which

participants not only exchange (encode - decode) information,
news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning.
 In general, communication is a means of connecting people
or places.
 In business, it is a key function of management--
an organization cannot operate without communication
between levels, departments and employees. See
also communications.
 Shannon and Weaver Model of Communication :

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 (communications) means of sending or receiving information,

such as telephone lines or computers : satellite
 communications'Communication' is about sharing of ideas,
information, knowledge and opinions while interacting with
another person.
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 Transactional Model of Communication

 Communication is a process where people (communicator)
sending stimulus in purpose to change or to make behavior
of other people.( Hovland, Janis & Kelley : 1953 )
 Communication is a process sending information, idea,
emotion, ability, etc. By using symbols such as words,
pictures, numbers, etc. ( Berelson dan Stainer : 1964 )
 Communication basely is a process which explain who,
says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect. (
Lasswell : 1960 )
 Communication is a process which make something which
belong to one person become belong to 2 persons or more. (
Gode : 1959 )
 Communication (from Latin "communis", meaning to
share) is the activity of conveying information through the
exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by
speech, visuals, signals, writing, or behavior.

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Communication is defined by de Valenzuela as “any act by
which one person gives to or receives from another person
information about that person's needs, desires, perceptions,
knowledge, or affective states. Communication may be
intentional or unintentional, may involve conventional or
unconventional signals, may take linguistic or nonlinguistic
forms, and may occur through spoken or other modes.”
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 Communication requires a sender, a message, and a

recipient, although the receiver need not be present or
aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of
communication; thus communication can occur across vast
distances in time and space.
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 Berlo's Sender-Message-Channel-Receiver Model of
Communication :