ELEMENTS AND LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION PROCESS PREPARED BY VINNA MARED D. CLEMENTE
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION Communication is divided into elements that help us better understand its mechanics or process. We can break it down into a series of nine essential components:
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 1. The source or speaker; 2. Message; 3. Encoding; 4. Channel; 5. Decoding; 6. Receiver; 7. Feedback; 8. Barrier
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION SOURCE/SPEAKER/SENDER. The source imagines, creates, and sends the message. It may be a person, group, or institution that creates or produce the message; also referred to as an encoder.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 2. ENCODING. It is the process of converting the message into words, actions, or other forms the speaker understands. Your thoughts will be translated into words or the message. The process of translating a message is encoding. This includes for instance the choice of words, language, and the like.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 3 . MESSAGE. The ideas or meanings, expressed in verbal or nonverbal means, that is transmitted from the source to the receiver. It is the stimulus or meaning produced by the speaker/source.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 4. CHANNEL. A medium such as radio is used to transmit the message. It is the way in which a message or messages travel between the source and the receiver.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 5. RECEIVER. The recipient of the message , or someone who decodes the message. It may be a person, group, or institution to whom the message is intended; also referred to as a decoder.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 6 . DECODING. It refers to the processing of the message by the receiver so that he or she can understand and react to it. When the receiver or audience interprets what the speaker wants to convey such process is decoding.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION REMEMBER…… When the speaker creates a message from his thoughts through words and other forms, that is encoding, but when you interpret and create thoughts from the words delivered, you are decoding the message.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 7. FEEDBACK. These are the reactions, responses, or information provided by the receiver. It may compose of messages the receiver sends back to the speaker. Verbal or nonverbal, all the reactions allow the speaker to assess how the message was well received.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION 8 . BARRIER/INTERFERENCE/NOISE. This is anything that blocks or changes the source’s intended meaning of the message. These are the factors that affect the flow of the communication process.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION This may be: P hysical noise or interference such as choppy connection, loudspeakers, and the like or Psychological noise such as stress, the attitude of the communicators towards each other, or about the issue.
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION This may be: P hysical noise or interference such as choppy connection, loudspeakers, and the like or Psychological noise such as stress, the attitude of the communicators towards each other, or about the issue.
LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION Intrapersonal Communication is communication within ourselves like self-talking or thinking. This includes thought processes, speaking aloud, or writing oneself as when we write a diary, prayer, or meditation. Our self is both the sender and receiver. The channel is the brain, and the feedback is in the form of talking to oneself or discarding certain ideas and replacing them with others.
LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION B. Interpersonal Communication is the communication we have with other people. The word inter refers to between and among, meaning it is a communication between and among person/s. Between is a term for two individuals while among is for 3 or more.
LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION The number of participants defines this level of communication and hence, this may be further classified as: Dyadic communication is communication when two persons are involved. It is a two-way communication because every person would respond to the statements, documents, or data provided by the other person Group communication is when there are three or more persons communicating face-to-face and able to give immediate responses of feedback, such as in a meeting or in a class session. There is cooperative thinking; there is a specific purpose.
LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION 3. Public communication is a level of communication that involves a large group of people such as public lectures or church ceremonies . Audience members in this level have minimal or restricted feedback . There is still interaction with the speaker, however, it is mostly via nonverbal symbols, and there is less give and take.
LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION Interpersonal communication may be further categorized as either direct or mediated. 1. Direct interpersonal communication involves face-to-face communication between or among the communicators. 2. Mediated interpersonal communication involves the use of technology such as the telephone or the internet. With the advancement of information and communication technology (ICT), there are more ways in this category took place like teleconferencing and chat rooms.
LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION 4. Mass Communication refers to any type of media that is used to communicate with mass audiences. Examples of mass media include books, television, radios, films, computer technologies, magazines, and newspapers. The message at this level is in large-scale distribution and content reception. It is usually a one-directional or one-way flow. There is an impersonal and anonymous relationship between the sender and the receiver. The communication of the sender and receiver is mediated through mass media or technology such as those mentioned above.
SHORT READING! Instruction: Identify the different elements of communication in the given reading.
Situation: Mark is calling Jenny to invite her to a get-together. After three rings, Jenny answers her cellular phone. Mark: Hi, Jenny! This is Mark. Jenny: Hi, Mark! How are you? Mark: I’m fine. Thank you. My birthday is this Saturday, and I'm inviting a few friends over to watch movies at my house. I was wondering if you would like to join us. Jenny: Oh, what time will it be? Mark: Around two in the afternoon. Jenny: (There's white noise on Jenny's end, and Mark can barely hear her.) Mark: Hello? Jenny? Are you still there? Jenny: Yes, I'm still here. I would love to join you this Saturday. Mark: Great! See you then!
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION ANSWER SENDER MESSAGE CHANNEL RECEIVER FEEDBACK BARRIER
I CAN THINK FROM THE HEART…. QUESTION: WHY PROPER COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFE?
ARRANGE! Instruction: Arrange the elements of the communication to show how the process work.
I CAN APPLY WHAT I LEARN…. QUESTION: WHY GOOD COMMUNICATION IS NEEDED IN YOUR CHOSEN PROFESSION?
IDENTIFY ME! Instruction: Identify what level of communication process is shown in the picture.
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