Introduction to Communication

The information being sent

• Sender

• Receiver

• Message

• Channel

The person who sends the message

• Sender

• Message

• Noise

• Encoding

Translate the message into a channel using symbols (i.e. words, gestures, pictures)

• Sender

• Noise

• Decoding

• Encoding

The means by which the message is communicated

• Channel

• Noise

• Decoding

• Encoding

To take apart and decipher a message

• Channel

• Decoding

• Encoding

• Receiver

The person who receives the message

• Sender

• Decoding

• Encoding

• Receiver

Anything that interferes with the message

• Encoding

• Channel

• Noise

• Receiver

The receiver's response to a message

• Channel

• Feedback

• Decoding

• Noise

The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people

• Intrapersonal Communication

• Presentational Communication

• Interpretative Communication

• Interpersonal Communication

Communication that occurs when a speaker addresses a gathering of people to inform, persuade, or entertain them.

• Presentational Communication

• Interpersonal Communication

• Communication Process

• Interpreative Communication