Communication is the sending and receiving of information and involves a sender who initiates communication and encodes, meaning transfers thoughts, into a message that is sent to the receiver, or the person who is meant to receive the communication, who must then decode, meaning interpret, the message.
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The Four Types of Conversations: Debate, Dialogue, Discourse, and Diatribe. When talking with someone, it is helpful to know what type of conversation you are in. You can do so based on a conversation's direction of communication (a one-way or two-way street) and its tone/purpose (competitive or cooperative).
