The Communication Process

the physical process of sending verbal and nonverbal messages

• transmitting

• acquiring

• noise

communication between two people

• intrapersonal communication

• mass communication

• interpersonal communication

the information that is exchanged between communicators

• data

• barrier

• message

the physical process receiver-senders use to take in the sender's message

• self-talk

• acquiring

• feedback

communication within formal or informal groups or teams

• small-group communication

• self-talk

• mass media

ethical, responsible, accessible

• transmitting

• competent communicator characteristics

• data

the mental process receiver-senders use to create meaning from language

• encoding

• decoding

• transmitting

made up of those things that catch a communicator's attention, such as objects, people, sounds, thoughts, memories and the messages sent by others

• noise

• data

• sensory perception

the complex physical process of taking in data through the five senses (seeing, hearing smelling, tasting and touching)

• feedback

• data

• sensory perception

the electronic or print transmission of messages to the general public

• mass communication

• intrapersonal communication

• one to group communication