Comm Model and Context Questions

The one who initiates the message

• Sender

• Receiver

• Speaker

• Listener

The target of the message

• Sender

• Receiver

• Speaker

• Listener

The idea the sender is trying to communicate to the receiver

• Message

• Feedback

• Communication Channel

• Interference

Any response the receiver gives to the sender

• Message

• Feedback

• Communication Channel

• Intereference

The means used to transmit the information from sender to the receiver

• Message

• Feedback

• Communication Channel

• Interference

Anything that blocks or hinders the message or feedback from being properly received

• Interference

• Interruption

• Interpretation

• Independence

The given circumstances in which communication takes place

• Context

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Message

When the communication moment takes place

• Time

• Place

• Social Setting

• Psychological Setting

Where the communication moment takes place

• Time

• Place

• Social Setting

• Psychological Setting

Who is involved in the communication moment

• Time

• Place

• Social Setting

• Psychological Setting