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COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
➔ It is a systemic process in which people
interact with and through symbols to create
and interpret meanings.
➔ Communication is a process.
COMMUNICARE
➔ The English word 'communication' has been
derived from the Latin word, 'Communicare'
which means to impart or participate or to 5. Feedback
transmit. The word 'Communicare' is derived
from the root 'Communis' which means to
make common or to share.
PRE-HISTORIC AGE
➔ Prehistoric people primarily uses oral
language as a medium of communication.
VARIOUS PRIMITIVE DEVICES
1. Smoke signaling
2. Pigeon post
3. Hydraulic/Maritime Semaphores
COMPONENT OF COMMUNICATION
1. Source
➔ The speaker or sender of the message. The
sender carefully crafts the message. The
sender may be anyone: an author of a book or
a public speaker.
2. Message
➔ The message, information, or ideas from the
source or speaker. The message is the reason
behind any interaction. It is the meaning
shared between the sender and the receiver.
Messages take many form. They could mean
poems, songs, essays, news articles, road
signs or symbols.
3. Channel
➔ The means to deliver a message such as
face-to-face conversation, telephone calls, e-
mails, and memos, among others. The
channel is the means by which message is
conveyed.(e.g. When your parents receive a
notification of your absences from school,
the channel is a letter).
➔ The recipient of the message. The receiver
is the person who receives the transmitted
message. The receiver may be a part of an
audience in a public speaking event, a reader
of a letter or a driver who reads road signs.
The receiver is expected to listen or read
carefully, to be aware of different kinds of
sender to jot down information when needed,
to provide response and to ask questions for
clarifications.
➔ The reactions or responses of the receiver to
the message from the sender. In any
communication scenario, a feedback is
essential to confirm recipient
understanding. Feedbacks, like messages, are
expressed in varied forms. A simple nod for a
question of verification is considered a
feedback. Thus, feedbacks may be written,
spoken or acted out.
6. Context or Environment
➔ The place, the feeling, the mood, the mindset
and the condition of both sender and
receiver. The environment may involve a
physical set-up of a location where
communication takes place, the space
occupied by both the sender and the receiver,
including the objects surrounding the sender
and receiver. It consists of such factors as:
a. Physical Milieu
➔ It is where the communication takes place,
the time of day, the environmental
conditions (like temperature, lighting and
noise level), distance between or among
communicators and seating arrangements
b. Social Milieu
➔ It refers to the nature of relationships existing
between or among the communicators (what
and how messages are formed, shared and
understood would depend on whether the
interaction takes place among family
members, friends, work associates and
strangers).
c. Psychological Milieu
➔ It is the communicators’ mood and feelings
(the same joke that amuses you when in a
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bantering mood makes you explode angrily Paralanguage
when in a hostile mood). ➔ It is a component of meta-communication that
may modify meaning, give nuanced meaning,
d. Cultural Milieu or convey emotion, by using techniques such
➔ The beliefs, values and norms shared by a as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation, etc.
large group of people (interaction is very
much easier with someone of your own race Communication also occurs:
and with one who has adapted to and imbibed 1. Intrapersonal Communication
your culture). ➔ It is communication with oneself and occurs
only inside our heads.
e. Historical Milieu
➔ It pertains to the background provided by 2. Interpersonal Communication
previous communication incidents between or ➔ It is communication between people whose
among the communicators and which affects lives mutually influence one another and
understandings in the current exchange. typically occurs in dyads, which means in
pairs.
7. Barrier or Noise
➔ The factors which may affect the 3. Public Communication
communication process. It also means ➔ It is sender focused and typically occurs when
distractions that interfere with the accurate one person conveys information to an
transmission and reception of a message. audience.
These obstructions can be any or all of the
following: FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
1. We communicate to meet needs.
Communication Process 2. We communicate to enhance or maintain or
> SENDER sense of self.
| V 3. We communicate to fulfill social obligations
F| ENCODING 4. We communicate to develop relationships.
E| V 5. We communicate to exchange information.
E| MESSAGE < 6. We communicate to influence others.
D| V |
B| CHANNEL < Noise PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION
A| V | 1. Communication is purposive.
C|RECEIVER < 2. Communication is continuous
K| V 3. Communication messages vary in conscious
|-DECODING encoding.
4. Communication is relational.
PRIMARY FORMS OF COMMUNICATION 5. Communication has ethical implications.
1. Verbal Communication 6. Communication is learned.
➔ Verbal communication encompasses all
communication using spoken words, or
unspoken words as in the case with sign
language.

2. Nonverbal Communication
➔ This includes body language, such as
gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and
postures.

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