Communication

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The process of sharing meaning in any context

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Communication

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A systematic process in which people interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meanings

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Communication

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Process of communication

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We communicate when we encode or when we get ideas and put them into messages then send them through our primary signal system which is our senses to someone who receives them through his or her senses using a channel when he or she decodes or translates the message then sends a feedback.

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Six components of communication

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Context
Participants (Sender and Receiver)
Messages
Channels
Presence or absence of noise
Feedback

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The setting in which communication occurs

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Context

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Five types of context

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Physical
Social
Historical
Psychological
Cultural

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Refers to where the communication takes place which includes the temperature, lighting, and noise level as factors that affect the communication process

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Physical context

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The relationship that exists between and among the participants

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Social context

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We communicate differently depending on the intimacy or closeness of who we are talking to

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Social context

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The background provided by the previous communication between the participants that influences understanding of the current encounter

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Historical context

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Includes the moods and feelings each person brings to the communication

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Psychological context

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Includes beliefs, values, norms that are shared by large group of people

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Cultural context

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The people involved in the communication

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Participants

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Two types of participants

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Sender and receiver

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Forms messages and send them through different means

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Sender

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Processes the message and reacts to them

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Receiver

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Encoded or decoded information in a communication process

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Messages

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The route traveled by the message and the means of transportation

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Channels

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Ways of transmission of messages

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Through sensory channels

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Two basic channels of face to face communication

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Sound through verbal symbols
Light through nonverbal cues

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Anything that interferes with communication

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Noise

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Three types of noise

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External
Internal
Semantic

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Stimuli in the environment that draw people’s attention away from what is being said

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External noises

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Thoughts and feelings that intervene with the communication process

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Internal noises

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An intended meanings aroused by certain symbols that prevent comprehension

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Semantic noises

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Responses to message

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Feedback

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Shows how the message sent is heard, seen, and understood

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Feedback

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Reason why feedback improves communication

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If the transmission of the message is not successful based on the feedback then the sender may find other ways of doing so. The re-encoded message is also a feedback because it gives meaning to the original receiver's response.

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Two forms of communication

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Verbal and nonverbal communication

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Encompasses any form of communication involving words, spoken, written, or signed

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Verbal communication

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Includes body language such as gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and posture

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Nonverbal communication

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Three levels of communication

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Intrapersonal Interpersonal Public

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Occurs within the person and is sometimes referred to as cognitive or personal communication or "self talk"

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Intrapersonal communication

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Occurs between two persons who established a communicative relationship

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Interpersonal communication

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The life blood of any relationship

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Communication

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An act of sending a message to an audience

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Public communication

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Two types of public communication

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Direct true face to face message delivery of a speaker to an audience Indirect through radio or television

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Six functions of communication

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To meet needs To enhance or maintain our sense of self To fulfill social obligations To develop relationships To exchange information To influence others

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Six principles of communication

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Communication is purposive Communication is continuous Communication messages vary in conscious encoding Communication is relational Communication has ethical implications Communication is learned