Nature and Elements of Communication

 Communication is powerful tool for achieving success in both our personal and
professional lives.
 The need for effective communication skills is necessary to make efficient decisions in
work and relationships.
 This lesson will teach us how to make effective communications by following
communication process.
COMMUNICATION DEFINED
 Communication- two Latin words, communis and communicare. Communis means to
"make common" and communicare means "to make common to many. share."
 Communication can be defined as "a systemic process by which people interact through
the exchange of verbal and nonverbal symbols to create and interpret meanings”.
Key ideas in a communication
1. Systemic Process
 Communication is an ever-changing and continuing process.
 When we communicate, what happens before the process affects the interaction.
 What occurs after a particular communication has taken place affects future
exchanges.
 Communication occurs within a set of systems. A change that occurs in an
environment in any part changes the whole system.
 For example, when a new baby is born in a family, the whole family system of
interactions is changed. Everyone can speak loudly, or children can play noisily in the
house as long as the baby is not asleep. This changes when the baby is already
sleeping. Every family member is enjoined to communicate softly and gently so as
not to awaken the little one.
 With friends when we still don’t know them that much we speak or communicate in the
most nice way, and it become different when we get closer to them.
2. People Interaction
 Speakers are described as people who speak.
 Listeners are those who listen in the communication.
 We use the term communicators to refer to those who simultaneously and
continuously send and receive messages at the same time. They express their
thoughts, feelings, and ideas with each other in ways that are commonly understandable
to all.
3. Exchange of Verbal and Nonverbal Symbols
 Communicators express themselves much through the use of verbal symbols, or
language; and nonverbal symbols such as eye contact, facial expressions,
gestures, body movements, physical appearance, and vocal cues.

4. Creation and Interpretation of Meanings

 Communicators create and interpret meanings based on their past experiences,
beliefs, values, goals, self- concept, and cultural orientation. (urong or urong,
pointing out lips or kiss)
 Since every communicator has a unique life orientation, no two individuals may
attribute the same meaning to a specific message or situation.
  When a boy tells a girl that he loves her, his purpose may be different from what the girl
thinks. Therefore, the girl may interpret his message differently from what he truly
means.
 When a professor informs a student that their research work needs. improvement, it
could mean many things. How much improvement is needed? Which part needs: to be
revised? Does the professor mean that the and nonverbal symbols such as eye contact.
student is a lousy writer?
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESS

 Sender: This is the person who is expressing information, be it verbally or nonverbally.

 Message: The message is the information that the sender expresses.
 Encoding: This is how the sender conveys their message--the gestures, tone of voice or
other pragmatics the speaker uses to convey the message.
 Channel: This is also known as the ''medium'' of communication, whether it is oral or via
media like video/news articles.
 Receiver: The sender directs their message toward the receiver. Receivers collect the
information and try to decode, or understand, it.
 Decoding: This is the way the receiver interprets the message, translating the sender's
syntax, pragmatics and semantics into thoughts.
 Feedback: Feedback is the way the receiver responds to the message.
 Some communication models include ''noise,'' or distractions which disrupt the
communication cycle, as a stage in the communication loop as well. When the stages of
the communication cycle have been completed, the communication circle is closed.

FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
Having good communication skills are vital to our personal and professional well- being. In
order to advance professionally, we need to know how to build good interpersonal
relationships among our colleagues, manage conflicts constructively, present our ideas
effectively, and listen carefully to others.
1. To Improve our Personal Life
 We learn about who we are, and how others perceive us through mass communication
and social media.
 Studies show that children who have been her isolated, or deprived of human contact for
a long time, do not have a concept of themselves as humans, and that their mental and
psychological ed development have been impaired due to lack of language.
2. To Better our Interpersonal Relationship
 Relationships are strengthens with the use of effective communication strategies.
3. To Help Gain Success in our Professional Lives
 Presenting ideas clearly in an organization helps the company succeed.
4. To Broaden our Perspective to Become Civic-Oriented Individuals
 Communication helps us understand our different backgrounds and broadens our
perspective and appreciation of human values and viewpoints. By building on these
functions of communication, we are now ready to identify the basic principles of
communication.
THE PRICIPLES OF COMMUNICATION
-To interact to people in a most nice and effective way.
1. We cannot not communicate
 The absence or verbal communication emphasizes the importance of non-verbal.
2. Communication is irreversible
  When a communicator expresses message, it cannot be undone. You said what you
said. Not like in typing.
3. Communication is unrepeatable
 What you said earlier cannot be repeated in a very exact way. You can read the same
passage but cannot read it the same exact way.
4. Communication is a process of adjustment
 In the same way, effective communicators are sensitive enough to adjust to each
other’s behavioral traits and differences in signal system meaning. (po at opo)
5. Communication is transaction
 Communication is a two-way process that both parties should agree on their specific
transaction.
6. Communication is complex
 To avoid misinterpretation, an effective-communicators must make concrete messages
and clear communication strategies.
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT COMMUNICATION
1. Meanings Are in Words
 There is a principle that states that the different meanings of words cause the
common misconceptions in communication.
 The word home, for example, may mean harmony and love to one, but chaos and
conflict to another.
2. Communication is a verbal process
 When we think of communication, we often consider only the words-what is spoken and
written. We fail to realize that communication is more than just the verbal process; it
also includes the nonverbal manner.
3. Telling is communicating
 Always consider the communication process. Sender and Receiver must occur at all
times.
4. Communication will solve all our problems
 Communication won’t solve everything, sometimes it is the source of most conflict.
5. Communication is a good thing
 Consultation doesn’t end up nicely all the time. Teacher and students may communicate
but it may or it may not solve the certain issue because one of them may take things
negatively.
6. The more communication, the better
 A good communicator knows when to communicate and when it is good to stay quiet.
7. Communication is natural ability
 Communicators are not born but made. Communication is not a natural ability but a
learned ability.
8. Interpersonal Communication means intimate communication
 When we communicate to someone, we may communicate interpersonally but not
intimately. The difference lies depending on our relationship with the person.
9. Communicative competence means being an effective communicator
 A competent communicator shares knowledge and behaves appropriately in
communication situations.
 In other words, effective communicators stimulate the minds of their listeners with the
meanings they intend to send or wish to stimulate. When the listener receives a
different meaning, this means that a communicator has not effectively
communicated his/her ideas.