WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?

Question 1

Communication is any process in which people, through the use of symbols, verbally and/or
nonverbally, consciously or not consciously, intentionally or unintentionally, generate
meanings (information, ideas, feelings, and perceptions) within and across various contexts,
Cultures, channels, and media.

Answer 1

hybels & weaver II , 2009

Question 2

Communication is a process by which verbal and nonverbal symbols are sent, received, and
give meaning

Answer 2

SEILER , 1998

Question 3

Communication is a systematic process in which people interact with and through symbols to
create and interpret meanings.

Answer 3

WOOD , 2009

Question 4

Communication is “the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or
exchange information or for expressing your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else.”
It is “the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or
behavior.”

Answer 4

MERRIAM WEBSTER , 1898

Question 5

According to Menoy (2010), communication is ?

Answer 5

According to Menoy (2010), communication is a process, and, as such, it comes in stages. It starts with
the encoding and ends with the decoding.

Question 6

ENCODER

Answer 6

THE SPEAKER

Question 7

DECODER

Answer 7

THE RECEIVER

Question 8

Menoy (2010) adds that in cases where there is a ?

Answer 8

channel or medium used in communication to transmit information like a telephone