COMMUNICATION CAN BE USED IN

GIVING AND GETTING

INFORMATION.
Communication as information dissemination enables humans to
get to know the world. It enables them to process and structure
what they learn from it.
 •I HAVE THREE BROTHERS.
GETTING INFORMATION
CAN COME IN THE
•DID YOU KNOW THAT SOME
FORM OF QUESTIONS, EARPHONES CAN BE USED AS
STATEMENTS AND
IMPERATIVES.
MICROPHONES?
•SHOW ME HOW TO TIE A
KNOT.
SOCIAL
INTERACTION
COMMUNICATION CAN BE USED
TO PRODUCE SOCIAL
INTERACTION.
Social interaction as function of communication comes
about in any human activity involving communication.
“TIES OF UNION ARE CREATED BY MERE
EXCHANGE OF WORDS.”

-BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI
 •LET’S BE FRIENDS.
IN ITS VERY DEFINITION,
COMMUNICATION IS •YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME.
ALWAYS SOCIAL AND
ALWAYS INVOLVES
•WILL YOU MARRY ME?
INTERACTION. •I LIKE YOU.
•HELLO!
CONTROL /
REGULATION
COMMUNICATION CAN BE USED TO CONTROL
THE BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN BEING. IT CAN BE
USED TO REGULATE THE NATURE AND AMOUNT
OF ACTIVITIES HUMANS ENGAGE IN.
COMMUNICATION AS A MEANS OF
REGULATIONS CAN COME IN
DIFFERENT FORMS.
EMOTIONAL
EXPRESSIONS
 WHETHER IT IS LOVE, FEAR, ANGER, JOY, HOPE OR ANY OTHER
EMOTIONS, HUMANS NEED TO LET THEM OUT OTHERWISE THEY
HARM OUR WELL BEING. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS THROUGH
LANGUAGE CAN COME IN THE FORM OF INTERJECTIONS AND
EXCLAMATIONS.
NOT UNUSUALLY, EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
CAN BE DONE THROUGH GESTURES, FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS, AND OTHER SIMPLE OR
ENERGETIC BODY MOVEMENTS.
MOTIVATIO
N
 MOTIVATION AS A FUNCTION TO
COMMUNICATION REFERS TO A PERSON
USING A LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS NEEDS,
DESIRES, WANTS, LIKES AND DISLIKES,
INCLINATION, CHOICES AND
ASPIRATIONS.
 HUMANS HAVE BEEN USING
COMMUNICATION TO OBTAIN THEIR
NEEDS EVEN AS LITTLE BABIES.
 A PERSON WHO COULD NOT USE MOST
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION TO OBTAIN
WHAT HE OR SHE WANTS EXPERIENCES
POWERLESSNESS AND A FEELING OF BEING
TRAPPED.
FORMS EXPRESSING
•I NEED…
MOTIVATION
INCLUDE THE
•I WANT…
FOLLOWING: •I DREAM OF…
•I LIKE…