LESSON 1 - PURCOM Flashcards
It is considered a process because
it is an activity on itself. It is not an object that
you can just simply perceive using one of
your senses. But it is an activity in which you
participate.
Communication
A process, it is continuous, moving, and ever changing.
Communication
Communication is likewise affected by the
larger system which it operates
Religion, ethnicity, nationality, socio-economic status, age, sex, political affiliation are considered as:
System
It is indicated by spoken or written words and facial expressions, gestures, and voice qualities.
Symbol
A concrete representation of something abstract.
Symbol
The heart of communication is
Meaning
Two levels of meaning:
Content level and Relationship level
It refers to the literal meaning of the message
Content level
It is parallel to the denotative meaning of the message.
Content level
It expresses the relationship between communicators.
Relationship level
This can be the connotative meaning of a message.
Relationship level
Four key terms of communication:
Process, systems, symbols, and meanings
A continuous activity that operates within a certain context in which people exchanged words, gestures, and other verbal and nonverbal behavior to create and understand information or messages.
Communication
People, messages, codes, channels, feedback, encoding and decoding, and noise or barrier.
Elements of Communication
Elements of Communication
People, messages, codes, channels, feedback, encoding and decoding, and noise or barrier.
The ones involved in the communication process.
People
They have the roles of being the source who initiates a message and the receiver as the intended target of the message.
People
The verbal and non-verbal form of idea, thought, or feeling that one intends to communicate to another person or group of people.
Message
Pertains to the language that one utters
Verbal message