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Introduction to Communication (Communication Process (Receiver: the…
Introduction to Communication
What is Communication Study?
Focuses on how people use messages to generate
meaning within and across various contexts, cultures,
channels and media.
Communication is a diverse discipline which includes inquiry by social scientists, humanists, and critical and cultural studies scholars.
Communication Process
Receiver: the individual or group to whom the message is sent
Personality and relationship with sender can affect a message
Message: particular content that is sent and recieved
Sender: Initiates message
The sender's personality, beliefs, culture and education all influence the message
Channel: the means by which the message is sent
Using the wrong channel may result in communication
Noise: anything that can get in the way of a message transmission
Loud music, planes flying overhead, or chatting neighbors during class
Context: physical, social, political, historical structures in which communication occurs
Feedback: response by the receiver
Models of communication
Linear: Sender encodes a message via channel
Found in social media and mass communication
Interactive: linear model plus context and feedback
you send a text and your friend responds
Transactional: account for context but the context it sees is even deeper
How you may differ talking to your pastor at church vs your friends at the club
Communication Study and You
Physical needs refer to physical health
people who lack strong relationships have 2/3 times the risk of early death
Social needs are our needs of belonging and community
Having fun to telling people what to do
Practical needs
used to buy groceries or ask a question