The Concept of Communication The need for communication began at the beginning. The comprehension of the importance of human communication is essential to exchange thoughts in addition to feelings adequately. In the book, Essentials of Human Communication written by Joseph A. DeVito, he defines human communication as “the act, by one or more persons, of sending and receiving messages that are distorted by noise, occur within a context, have some effect, and provide some opportunity for feedback.” Why do we communicate along with how?
With communication comes a purpose; whether that may be when we speak or write, we are trying to send a message in order to accomplish a goal. Five general motives lead us to communicate: to learn, to relate, …show more content…
The model above (see fig. 1.) represents interpersonal communication as a transactional process in which each person serves as both speaker and listener, sending and receiving messages. There are different elements included in every communication act; these are sources-receivers, messages (feed-forward and feedback), context (physical and social-psychological), channel, noise (physical and psychological) and effects. In face-to-face communication, while we send messages we are also receiving messages from the reactions of the other person. According to the transactional model, each individual involved is an encoder and decoder. For instance, when we send messages when we speak or write, we are putting our ideas into a code; hence we are encoding. The other person receives our message by translating the sound waves that impinge on their ears or reading the words on a screen, into ideas, they take them out of code; hence they are …show more content…
In a channel, the efficacy of communication is impacted by noise. Noise interferes and can even prevent the collection of the message from the source to the receiver. Physical noise is an external interference to both speaker and listener. The screeching of passing cars, sunglasses, misspellings and poor grammar, cause a distortion in the message. Psychological noise refers to a mental interference. It is likely to run into psychological noise when we talk to someone who is closed-minded. Preconceived ideas, biases and prejudices all interfere with the acceptation of a message. All communications contain noise; it cannot be eliminated, but its effects can be
With communication comes a purpose; whether that may be when we speak or write, we are trying to send a message in order to accomplish a goal. Five general motives lead us to communicate: to learn, to relate, …show more content…
The model above (see fig. 1.) represents interpersonal communication as a transactional process in which each person serves as both speaker and listener, sending and receiving messages. There are different elements included in every communication act; these are sources-receivers, messages (feed-forward and feedback), context (physical and social-psychological), channel, noise (physical and psychological) and effects. In face-to-face communication, while we send messages we are also receiving messages from the reactions of the other person. According to the transactional model, each individual involved is an encoder and decoder. For instance, when we send messages when we speak or write, we are putting our ideas into a code; hence we are encoding. The other person receives our message by translating the sound waves that impinge on their ears or reading the words on a screen, into ideas, they take them out of code; hence they are …show more content…
In a channel, the efficacy of communication is impacted by noise. Noise interferes and can even prevent the collection of the message from the source to the receiver. Physical noise is an external interference to both speaker and listener. The screeching of passing cars, sunglasses, misspellings and poor grammar, cause a distortion in the message. Psychological noise refers to a mental interference. It is likely to run into psychological noise when we talk to someone who is closed-minded. Preconceived ideas, biases and prejudices all interfere with the acceptation of a message. All communications contain noise; it cannot be eliminated, but its effects can be