YBAÑEZ, HENRY D.

BIT-COMPUTER 1C NIGHT

THE NATURE OF COMMUNICATION

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”

― Alexander Graham Bell

Task 1
THE NATURE OF COMMUNICATION

Directions: Analyze the image below. See if you could explain the significance of the elements
relative to COMMUNICATION.
Some of the guide questions that will help you in going about the task are thus provided.
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(1) How do I describe these elements?
(2) How do these elements affect communication?
(3) In the absence of some of these elements, what would communication be like?
Analysis consisting of three to four paragraphs will do. Don’t forget to cite sources if you have to.

Hydrogen is made up of 1 electron, and 1 proton. Add 1 electron and it becomes Helium,
add another electron and it becomes Lithium. This may sound fairly simple, and yes it is simple.
But the way these elements work differ from one another. Hydrogen is used for fuels in rockets,
Helium is famous for its ability to increase the pitch of the voice of a person, Lithium, is
commonly used in batteries. They are useful in many ways, only if properly used. These
elements are dangerous in its pure form, so in order to make these elements useful, they are
paired with other couple elements to make up for the stability of the use of the elements.

Now for the elements of communication, it is eerily similar to the elements of the
periodic table. Not in the way that it is confusing for some people, but as to how it works and
functions as an element, or as a whole communication or molecules in itself. All of the elements
are vital for communication, as it would build up the most optimal form of communication in
between people. Based on my observation about human interactions, the “Barrier” element in
communication is at times very useful for some people. Most people would say “Barrier is
useless in communication as it only bring confusion between the sender and the receiver.” But in
my view, it is, and I mean literally, very useful. Let’s say two people are talking, and person A is
talking about his difficulty in his studies. Person B then, interpreted that person A is talking
about his struggles in his relationship. Now where does “Barrier” become useful? It becomes
useful the moment person B was starting to get confused. Let’s say for example that person B’s
source of confusion is because of the way person A is talking. So person B told A to repeat what
he said in “not a confusing way”. Because of the “Barrier”, both people understood the struggles
of person A. In reality, people just neglect the presence of barriers in communication. Either they
stop, or they get angry. It is quite one of the most underrated form of element in communication,
as it brings clarification, and it shows to people how they react to types of barriers. Because of it,
people would know the general trait of the person he/she is conversing with at the moment.

Communication is not just about understanding and expressing one’s own feeling, but it
is also how a person behaves in the lack of elements in communication. You can express your
feelings to a person and he/she will just ignore it, and even if you expressed your points and
opinions, that person may still not talk to you, because he chose not to, and that, is not
communication. *“Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one
place, person or group to another”. Therefore, if your expressions, your feelings, your facts,
and everything that you want to convey is not acknowledged by the person you are talking to, it
is not a form of communication.

*https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/what-is-communication.html