Communication, Processes, principles & - The only person who knows the exact dull

Ethics meaning of the message transmitted is the

sender.
Communis
3. Does not guarantee a direct link between
- Common
two minds
- To commune
- Speakers’ and receivers’ minds are not
- To come together connected.

- To share something in common 4. Active, Powerful, & Forceful

Communication - Engages the action of sending and receiving

info.
- A process by which people send messages or
exchange ideas with one another in a verbal or - Elicit different meanings and reactions
non – verbal manner.
5. Symbolic
Purposive Communication
- Symbols, signs or marks
- The goal of communication is to understand
- Bodily actions, voice quality, space, and time
and to be understood.
6. Always Results in Something
Elements of Communication
- Goal of Communication
1. Sender – One who creates and sends
information to another person. 7. Irreversible
2. Receiver – One who is responsible for - Are susceptible to different interpretations.
decoding the information and interpreting it.
8. Contextual
3. Message – Ideas or information being
- An exchange of views, ideas or feelings does
transferred; the subject matter.
not only involve the sender and receiver.
4. Channel or Medium – How the message is
9. Developmental & Progressive
transferred.
- Communication progresses over time
5. Context or Setting – The environment
surrounding communication; place, time,
event, attitudes, etc.
6. Noise or Interference – Communication
barrier; anything that disrupts communication.
7. Feedback – Response given by the receiver 10. Process

Principles & Characteristics - Stages of communication which involve

elements with different functions take place
1. Schemata – Driven when people exchange ideas.
- A product of imagination 11. Ethical
- Begins in yourself - Expected to apply rules,
moral values, and beliefs agreed upon by
- Stock knowledge
societal members.
- Information that you have already know or
12. Influence by Media & Technology
understand about the subject matter.
2. Interpretive Act
- An exchange of ideas occurs just in seconds - Focuses on “sharing of meanings” across
or minutes regardless of the distance between cultures.
and among participants.
Global Communication
Non – Verbal Communication
- Describes ways to connect, share, relate and
1. Body Movements (Kinesics) mobilize across geographic, political,
economic, social, and cultural divides.
- Gestures, facial expressions, posture and eye
behavior. The Cost of Cultural Ignorance
2. Time (Chronemics) - Often lead to lost opportunities and increased
levels of tension between people.
- Impact or effect of time on your behavior.
Various Forms of Reaction Paper
3. Paralanguage (Paralinguistics)
1. Comparison
- Speaking voice, vocalization, vocal pauses,
or boosters 2. Improvement
4. Space & Distance (Proxemics) 3. Expression
- Too close or too far to others 4. Argument
5. Physical Appearance and Object Language
6. Touch (Haptics)

Steps in Making a Reaction Paper

Communication and Globalization
Cross – Cultural Communication
- Deals with a comparison of different
cultures.
- Looks at the interaction of people from the
same culture in comparison to another culture.
- A field of study that looks at how people
from differing cultural background
communicate, in similar and different ways
among themselves, and how they endeavor to
communicate across culture.
Intercultural
- Observes what happens when people from
two different cultures interact.
1. Read
2. Think
3. Draft
4. Write
Parts of a Reaction Paper
1. Introduction – Thesis statement
2. Body – Expound on the ideas
3. Conclusion – Final thoughts
Local and Global Communication in
Multicultural Settings
Inevitable Problems Across Cultures
1. Racism – Belief in the superiority of one
race over another.
2. Discrimination – Intended differential
treatment of persons or group based on certain
generalized units.
Build Better Communication By:
1. Speak Up
2. Clarify
3. Issue a Correction
4. Learn the Language
5. Research
6. Respect
Cultural Sensitivity
- Knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of
other culture.
Gender Sensitivity
- Being aware that there are differences
between male and female, but those
differences are not universal.

Aspects of Gender
1. Assignment – Gender from birth, being
male or female.
2. Role – Set of behaviors, mannerisms and
other traits that society use to express as part
of the assigned gender.
3. Identity – What the gender be at any time.
4. Attribution – Gender assigned to people
when we first meet them.
Cultural Appreciation
- Elements of a culture are used while
honoring the source they came from.
Cultural Appropriation
- Taking intellectual property, traditional
knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts
from on’es culture without permission.