This document analyzes the communication process by outlining its key components. It discusses that communication is transactional, complex, unavoidable, continuous, and learned. The main components of the communication process are the context, physical environment, climate, communicator, message, channel, noise, barriers, and feedback. Effective communication relies on understanding these elements and how they interact with each other.
2. If all my possessions were
taken from me with one
exception, I would hope to
keep my power of
communication --- for by it I
would regain all the rest.
--Daniel Webster, American Journalist
#5: Context Provides the people with the occasion and the task
Physical environment influences the quality of interaction within the physical space
Climate Influences emotional, attitudinal and intellectual tone of the communication
Communicator Creates meaning, sends and receives messages, and exchanges meaning
Message conveys meaning, feeling, and various kinds of energy from sender-receiver to receiver-sender
Channel- provides the space through which the message must pass; determines the method used to send the message
Noise- Interferes with or disrupts communications
Barrier blocks communication
Feedback Assures the sender receiver that communication has occurred
Allows receiver-sender to adjust or modify a message
Provides insight to the sender-receivers communication
#6: The situation in which communication occurs Page 4
#10: Message is the information that is exchanged between communicators.
Messages can be intentional and unintentional