Zeddy Aviso 2/8/21

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Elements of Communication

I. Communicator: (Definition)

-sends and receives messages

(What a communicator does)

A. Send messages
B. Receive messages

II. Messages: (Definition)

- encoded verbal and or non-verbal, vocal and or non-vocal

A. Types

1. Verbal: (Definition)
- uses words in writing and speaking
2. Nonverbal: (Definition)
- any information that does not fit definition of “symbol”
- continuous

B. Delivery

1. Vocal: (Definition)
- sounds that come out of a mouth
2. Non-vocal: (Definition)
- do not come out of a mouth

III. Process of Communication

1. Encoding: (Definition)
- Process of putting a message together
2. Decoding: (Definition)
- Taking a message apart and assigning it meaning

(What influences the process?)

1. Noise
2. Channel
3. Context
4. Feedback
IV. Channel: (Definition)

- How information is sent from one communicator to others

(What dictates the choice of channels?)

A. Cultural expectations
B. Content of the message
C. Generational Expectations of appropriate behavior
D. your relationship with person or people

V. Noise: (Definition)

- Anything that can interfere with the communication process and influences how people understand
each other.

(Types, Definition of each type, example of each type)

A. External noise – any peripheral force that interrupt its communication (Hot room)
B. Psychological noise – thoughts within a communicator’s mind that interrupt communication
(Cannot pay attention)
C. Physiological noise – an individual’s own biology interrupts communication (Physically tired)

VI. Context:

- where the communication takes place

- rules people are supposed to follow
o time of day
o place conversation takes place
o level of a relationship
o number of people privy to the communication