Nature-and-Elements-of-Communication.docx

**ORAL COMMUNICATION** **NATURE AND ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION** Communication- a systematic process by which people interact through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal symbols to create and interpret meanings. A. Elements of the Communication process B. Functions of Communication a. To...

**ORAL COMMUNICATION** **NATURE AND ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION** Communication- a systematic process by which people interact through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal symbols to create and interpret meanings. A. Elements of the Communication process B. Functions of Communication a. To improve our personal Lives b. To better our Interpersonal Relationship c. To help gain success in our professional lives d. To broaden our perspective to become civic-oriented individuals C. Principles of Communication e. We cannot not communicate f. Communication is irreversible g. Communication is unrepeatable h. Communication is a process of adjustment i. Communication is transactional j. Communication is complex D. Misconceptions about Communication k. Meanings are in words l. Communication is a verbal process m. Telling is communication n. Communication will solve all our problem o. Communication is a good thing p. The more communication the better q. Communication is a natural ability r. Interpersonal communication means intimate communication s. Communicative competence means being an effective communicator E. Models of Communication - **Linear Models** Berlo\'s Model- S-M-C-R model (source, message, channel, receiver) Shannon Weaver\'s Model -The information source is the speaker; the transmitter is the vocal mechanism; and the receiver and destination is the listener. The concept of noise are added in this model. Lasswell\'s Model- Lasswell\'s model described the communication process as a linear or one way process in which communication is transmitted from sender to a receiver. **Three functions of communications** 1. Surveillance of the environment 2. Correlation of components of society 3. Cultural transmission between generation - **Interactive Model** Schramm\'s Model - Schramm\'s first model highlights the importance of an overlap in the communication may occur. - Schramm\'s second model depicts the dual roles of communicators where they can be both sender and receivers or decoders. - We find feedback, a response to the message - **Transactional Models** Dunn and Goodnight\'s Model- They describe communication as an interdependent process where a speaker and a receiver simultaneously send, receive, and understand message. Wood\'s Model -show\'s how people\'s communication varies over time and in response to their history of relating to others. - In this transactional model, communicators are not labeled as persons who send and receive, but rather as participants who participate equally and often simultaneously in the communication process. Hamilton\'s Model- The communication process occurs when the sender is stimulated by an internal or external stimulus that triggers a desire to communicate.