Functions of communication

Functions of Communication

1. Hello! Hola! Hi! Bye!

2. Analogies… Scissors: _______:: Farmers: harvest Pens: _______ :: Erasers: erase glass: drinking :: ________ : eating Teachers : teach :: Pastors: _______ cut write spoon preach

3. Videos and Pictures

4. Soldiers! At ease!

5. So, what’s the real score between you and Jake? He asked me out!

6. What are its functions? Every human activity requires a communication in one way or another and in doing so, we do have a purpose or a motive why we commune with persons in our everyday lives. purpose motives

7. The Functions of Communication

8. INFORMATION

9. To inform… Communication can be used in giving and getting information . Communication as information dissemination enables humans to get to know the world. It enables them to process and structure what they learn from it. information dissemination information

10. To inform… - I have three brothers. - Did you know that some earphones can be used as microphones? - Show me how to tie a knot. Getting information can come in the form of questions, statements and imperatives . Getting information

11. SOCIAL INTERACTION

12. To interact socially… Social interaction as a function of communication comes about in any human activity involving communication. Communication can be used to produce social interaction . “ Ties of union are created by mere exchange of words. ” - Bronislaw Malinowski social interaction

13. To interact socially… - Let’s be friends. - You mean so much to me. - Will you marry me? - I like you. - Hello! In its very definition, communication is always social and always involves interaction. social interaction

14. CONTROL/ REGULATION

15. To control/regulate… Communication can be used to control the behaviour of human beings. It can be used to regulate the nature and amount of activities humans engage in. control regulate STOP! GO!

16. To control/regulate… Communication as a means of regulation and control can come in different forms: IMPERATIVES : Please come in . I want a strawberry smoothie with an extra scoop of sugar, okay? RHETORICAL QUESTIONS: Why don’t we go to the dining room now? DECLARATIVES : I want to be alone.

17. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION

18. To express emotions… Whether it is love, fear, anger, joy, hope, or any other emotions, humans need to let them out otherwise they harm our well being. Emotional expressions through language can come in the form of interjections or exclamations.

19. To express emotions… Not unusually, emotional expression can be done through gestures, facial expressions and other simple or energetic body movements.

20. To express emotions… Yes! Oh no! Ouch! Really?

21. MOTIVATION

22. To motivate… Motivation as a function of communication refers to a person using a language to express needs, desires, wants, likes and dislikes, inclination, choices, and aspirations.

23. To motivate… Humans have been using communication to obtain their needs even as little babies. A person who could not use most means of communication to obtain what he or she wants experiences powerlessness and a feeling of being trapped.

24. To motivate… Forms expressing motivation include the following: I need… I want… I dream of… I like….

25. To motivate… This makers motivation as a function of communication very central to human identity . human identity

26. Communication functions as… Information Dissemination Social Interaction Control / Regulation Motivation Emotional Expression