The Basics of Communication

Why do people make a phone call, send text message, like a Facebook post, or send email?

• It's a hobby.

• They are bored.

• They want to communicate.

• They like it.

Which of the following are the elements in communication?

• source, message, noise, channel

• source, channel receiver, code

• code, receiver, source, message

• source, message, channel, receiver

It is the information or subject matter the source is intending to share.

• message

• sender

• channel

• receiver

It could include poor audio quality or too much sound, poor image quality, too much or too little light, etc.

• context

• environment

• source

• interference

It is the physical and psychological space in communication

• source

• environment

• message

• channel

He is the person whom the message is intended.

(a)  

Which of the following is NOT an element of the transmission model of communication?

• participants

• messages

• encoding

• interference

The (a)   can be verbal or non-verbal being conveyed from sender to receiver.

The internal cognitive process that allows participants to send, receive, and understand messages are the (a)   and the decoding process.

The process of turning thoughts into communication is called (a)   .