ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION

The process of converting the message into words, actions, or other forms that the speaker understands.

• Communication

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Feedback

The recipient of the message, or someone who decodes the message

• Message

• Feedback

• Sender

• Receiver

The environment where communication takes place

• Context

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Barrier

The information, ideas, or thoughts conveyed by the speaker in words or in actions.

The source of information or message.

The medium or the means, such as personal or non-personal, verbal or nonverbal, in which the encoded message is conveyed

• Barrier

• Message

• Channel

• Feedback

The process of interpreting the encoded message of the speaker by the receiver

• Barrier

• Message

• Decoding

• Encoding

The factors that affect the flow of communication

The reactions, responses, or information provided by the receiver.

The process of sharing or conveying a message from one person to another.