1st Quarter Exam Flashcards
What is communication? Give at least three reasons
-Communication is what connects us human beings
-communication is an art, a process, a science, and a technique.
-it involves a speaker imaparting ideas, concepts, and data to a group of listeners or audience
Defines communication as a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior
(Merriam) webster
Its functions are to achieve understanding or shared meaning and to persuade, inform, entertain, and manage relationships
Communication
Why study communication?
-to understand ourselves as social being
-to understand ourselves as a person
-to preserve cultural values
-to gain professional competence
Give at least five objectives & purpose of communication
Pick five:
-To give and receive information
-to provide advice
-to educate and train customer
-to issue orders and instructions
-to persuade target audience
-to receive suggestions
-to motivate and to integrate
-to relate and to entertain
6 nature of communication
- Communication is a process
- Communication is much more of an Art than a Science
- Communication has a sender and a receiver
- Communication is verbal and non-verbal
- Communication is inevitable
- Communication is irreversible
it is a step by step activity and it is essentially a two-way process that involves the active participation of both the sender and receiver
Communication is a process
There is no right or wrong way to communicate—not set of absolute rules to be followed but there are underlying principles to give us into effective communication
Communication is much more of an Art than a Science
Communication occurs between two or more people acting as the speaker or the receiver pf the message
Communication has a sender and receiver
Communication is not all about sending or receiving facts in words. It does involve ideas and emotions that are exposed through signs, symbols and gestures
Communication is verbal or non-verbal
This notion tells us that communication is everywhere.
Communication is inevitable
This means that what you have said can never be unsaid
Communication is irreversible
Sender
Initiation
Receiver
Audience
Message
Content
Channel
Tool
Noise
Barrier
Situation
Environment
Feedback
Response
Decoding
Translation
Encoding
Transforming
8 elements of communication
Sender, receiver, message, noise, channel, feedback, decoding, situation
(the speaker) Is the one who conveys the message (oral or written)
The sender