Communication Models Overview

Study Notes

Interactive models emphasize potential delays in feedback between sender and receiver during message exchange.
Osgood-Schramm Model:
- Portrays communication as equal and reciprocal, without clear distinctions between sender and receiver.
- Roles of encoding and decoding continuously interchange.
- Best suited for synchronous contexts where feedback is instant, such as face-to-face conversations.
- Facilitates noise reduction through ongoing message clarification.

Transactional models highlight the significance of immediate feedback and role exchanges between sender and receiver.
Barnlund's Transactional Model:
- Focuses on interpersonal communication with immediate feedback mechanisms.
- Central to this approach is the notion that feedback for the sender is the receiver's reply.
- Recognizes the importance of various cues in communication, including:
  - Public cues (environmental factors)
  - Private cues (personal thoughts and backgrounds)
  - Behavioral cues (verbal or non-verbal actions)
- Comprises five fundamental components: communicators, encoding, message, channel, and decoding.
Dance's Helical Model:
- Based on circular communication models, emphasizing growth in message clarity over time.
- Feedback received influences subsequent messages, leading to improved knowledge and understanding.
- Represents communication as an expanding spiral, indicating that each interaction is unique and builds upon the previous one.

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