The Parable of the Six Blind Men and the Elephant

Question 1:
What are the encoding and decoding processes taking place in the story?
- Encoding is when those six blind men trying to know what an elephant looks like
by touching its part. While decoding is they trying to tell and describe among
them their opinion on what an elephant actually looks like.

Question 2:
Who is are the senders and receivers in this scenario?
- The six blind men is the receivers and the elephant is the sender.

Question 3:
What medium or channel of communication is used in this parable?
- The medium or channel of communication used in this parable is the informal
communication channel which is the probability because source of information for
each person receiving the message is different.

Question 4:
What is the message that the six blind men are trying to decode?
- The message they are trying to decode is shape or the looks of the elephant.

Question 5:
What types of communication is seen exhibited by the six blind men of India in this
parable?
- Non-verbal communication because they using their hands to decodes the
characteristics of an elephant.

Question 6:
Elaborate on three types of barriers to communication or noise that you can observe
from this parable.
- Physical noise: the men are all blind.
- Lack of common knowledge : the men can’t really see what an elephant actually
looks like and they probably do not share common knowledge or have the same
perceptive.
- Selective perceptions : Their opinions were all different because their source of
informations are not the same.