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Communication: Latin Terms: Communicate (
Communication: Latin Terms: Communicate (
L1 : FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION
- Communication
• ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION
Message – the information, ideas, or thoughts conveyed by the speaker in words or actions.
Encoding – the process of translating the idea in a language that can be understood. This can be through
writing or speaking, or gestures.
Channel – the medium or the means, such as personal or non-personal, verbal or nonverbal, in which
the encoded message is conveyed.
Decoding – the process of interpreting the message. This is the part were the receiver tries to make
meaning out of what was said.
• PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION