Fundamentals of Communication

What is communication?

• Communicating

• Talking to others

• A form of getting info out

• The process of exchanging ideas and creating meaning

If you text a message to your mother, who would be the sender?

• My mother

• Me

• Apple company

• The phone

When texting a message to your best friend, who would be the receiver?

• Me

• His/Her phone

• Apple co.

• My bestfriend

Give an example of Interference

• Chewing gum while talking

• Earbuds

• Food

• All of the above

What is feedback?

• The response a receiver gives to sender

• What the sender says to receiver

• Rude responses

• feeding back

What is this an example of?

• A hospital

• Context

• Scenery

• Two doctors communicating

Definition of channel

• What you change on the TV

• An expensive brand

• How the sender chooses to transmit the message

What is encoding?

• Done by the sender

• Pre-message

• Process of turning an idea into a message

• None of the above

What is decoding?

• Process of turning a message into an idea

• Pre-message

• ¨Think before you speak"

• All of the above

How many secrets are there to making public speaking less scary?

• 1

• 4

• 3

• 8