Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Model of Communication
Model of Communication
Elements of Communication
I. Communicator: (Definition) It is a person who sends messages to and receives
messages from other people.
A. Encoding
B. Verbal
A. Types
B. Delivery
1. Culture
2. Age
3. Economic-level
4. Life experience
IV. Channel: (Definition) Channel is how information is sent from one communicator to
others. Common channels include face-to-face conversation, talking on a phone,
texting, emailing, hadwritten note, a newspaper article, and a television
advertisement.
A. Culture expectations
V. Noise: (Definition) Noise is anything that can interfere with the communication
process and influences how people understand each other.
VI. Context: Contect is where the communication takes place. Elements of a contect that
influence communication behavior include the rules people are supposed to follow
given what surrounds the communication overall. Exmple of these includes the time
of day, the place where a conversation takes place, level of a relationship, and the
number of people privy to the communication.