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Encoding Messages
Communication Channels
All messages must be encoded into a
It is therefore the method used to transmit form that can be conveyed by the
our message to a recipient, or to receive a communication channel chosen for
message from someone else. the message.
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Decoding Messages Feedback
Once received, the recipient needs The final part of a communication
to decode the message. Successful is feedback: the recipient lets the
decoding is also a vital sender know that they have
communication skill. received and understood the
message.
CATEGORIES OF
COMMUNICATION
Non-Verbal Communication : When we talk about ‘communication’,
we often mean ‘what we say’: the words that we use. Non-verbal
communication includes facial expressions, the tone and pitch of the
voice, gestures displayed through body language (kinesics) and the
physical distance between the communicators (proxemics).