A General Theory/Model of

Communication
 Three Stages of Development
• Action Model
• Interaction Model
• Transactional Model
 Action Model
Source  Receiver

This is the simplest model of communication. It

assumes that communication is a simple
unidirectional event.
 Interaction Model
Source/Receiver---Message---Channel---Receiver/Source

This model is more complicated and assumes

that communication is like a ping pong game
where the ping pong ball is the message.
 Transactional Model

Self Message-Channel Self

The transactional model is the most
complicated and the last stage of
development for communication models. It
emphasizes and ongoing, irreversible, non-
repeatable process in which all the elements
are constantly changing. The end result is
that our notion of our self is continuously
negotiated or transacted.