NATURE & PROCESS

OF COMMUNICATION
DARLENE M. DE PAZ, LPT
WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
■ Webster defines communication as a process by which
information is exchanged between individuals through a
common system of symbols, signs or behavior.
■ Communication is a process of sharing and conveying
messages or information from one person to another using
different means, medium, context, media, and cultures.
NATURE OF COMMUNICATION:
■ 1. Communication is a process.
■ 2. Communication is much more of an ART than a
science.
■ 3. Communication has a sender and receiver.
■ 4. Communication is verbal or non-verbal.
■ 5. Communication is inevitable.
■ 6. Communication is irreversible
■ 7. Communication is Unrepeatable.
■ Communication goes through a certain process involving the sender,
who is the source of the message, the message, which is the shared
information, the receiver, whose function is to decode the meaning of
what was received and of course, the feedback, referring to the
receiver’s reply to the message.
■ After learning the definition, nature and
processes of communication, create your own
Communication Mantra. But wait! Do you know
what a Mantra is? A mantra is a motivating chant.
Repeating the line, “I can do it, I can do it” over
and over again like when you are about to try
your first 200-meter zip line experience or your
first delivery of the speech on stage is a Mantra.
ACTIVITY:
It is now your turn to test your skill in putting into creative
statement what you have learned in the previous discussions by
making a communication Mantra. Then answer the questions below.
■ A. My Communication Mantra
■ B. Questions:
– 1. What does my Communication Mantra have to do with how I
understand Communication?
– 2. How will I make this Mantra happen?