Nature of Communication Flashcards
Sharing messages from the speaker to the receiver
Communication
Inherent character
Nature
Process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to another
Communication
What Latin word did communication come from?
From the Latin word “communicare”
Enumerate the nature of communication
- Communication is a process
- Communication occurs between two or more people
- Communication is expressed through verbal, non-verbal, or both
Sends/encodes
Source
Decodes the message
Receiver
- This process is dynamic (ever-changing)
- Message is sent through a channel
Communication is a process
- Uses symbols (language)
- Used in both spoken and written
Verbal
- Symbols other than language
- Symbols can be in the form of gestures, bodily actions, facial expressions, eye behavior
Nonverbal
Communication with oneself
Intrapersonal Communication
The information, ideas, or thoughts conveyed by the speaker in words or in actions
Message
The process of converting the message into words, action or other forms that the speaker understand
Encoding
The medium or means such as personal or non personal, verbal or non verbal in which the encoded message is conveyed
Channel