Nature of Communication (Processes and Elements) Flashcards
The transmission and reception of information between a human source (encoder) and receiver (decoder) using a signaling system
Communication
Two people who defined communication as the transmission of information between a source and a receiver using a signaling system
Perry Blackburn and David Crystal
The speaker or sender of a message
Source
The information, or ideas from the source or speaker
Message
The process of transferring the message
Encoding
The means to deliver a message
Channel
The process of interpreting an encoded message
Decoding
The reverse of encoding; is the process of converting a message into thoughts by translating the received message into an interpreted meaning
Decoding
Where any misinterpretation of a message leads to
Communication breakdown
The recipient of the message
Receiver
The reaction or response of the receiver to the message from the sender
Feedback
The factors that may affect the communication process (culture, individual differences, language use, noise, past experiences, and status)
Barriers
Can be in the form of physical, physiological, and psychological
Noise
The first and earliest model of communication
Aristotlelian Model
The most important part of the Aristotlelian model; dictates the message
Setting
