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Understanding Communication Processes

The document discusses communication, defining it as the process of transmitting ideas, messages, information and attitudes through words, symbols or cues. It outlines the basic elements of communication as the source, message, channel, and receiver, with feedback. It describes the two main modes of communication as verbal, using words, and non-verbal, without words. Finally, it outlines five types or levels of communication: intrapersonal, interpersonal, mediated interpersonal, public, and mass communication.

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Understanding Communication Processes

The document discusses communication, defining it as the process of transmitting ideas, messages, information and attitudes through words, symbols or cues. It outlines the basic elements of communication as the source, message, channel, and receiver, with feedback. It describes the two main modes of communication as verbal, using words, and non-verbal, without words. Finally, it outlines five types or levels of communication: intrapersonal, interpersonal, mediated interpersonal, public, and mass communication.

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COMMUNICATION

ITS PROCESS, MODES AND LEVELS


COMMUNICATION
• Is the art or the process of transmitting ideas, messages,
information and/or attitudes by the use of words, symbols
or cues.
• A process by which information is exchanged between
individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or
behavior.
ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION
Source Message Channel Receiver

Feedback
TWO MODES OF COMMUNICATION

[Link] Communication. Communication


using words.
[Link]-verbal Communication.
Communication without the use of words.
THE NON-VERBAL CUES
• Signs and Symbols • Shape/Form
• Facial Expressions • Tone/Pitch
• Body Language • Time
• Color • Touch
• Space/Distance • Silence
• Size
THE TYPES OR LEVELS OF
COMMUNICATION
I. INTRAPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION...

…is communication
within oneself.
II. INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION...

…is
communication
between two or
more persons.
III. MEDIATED INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION...
…is communication
between two or
more persons using
a medium of
communication
technology.
IV. PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION...
…is
communication
by one or more
persons with a
group of
individuals.
V. MASS
COMMUNICATION...
…is communication between an organization
and a mass audience using publishing or print
technologies and broadcast technologies
through electronic signals.
THE PROCESS OF MASS COMMUNICATION

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