1. Communication process

2. Communication is the process of sending and receiving messages.
What is communication?
Communication is the process of sending and receiving messages.
INTERpersonal communication happens with 2+ people
Can’t “communicate with others” without the ‘others’ part
Communication is a process….has its own model to go with it.

3. The communication model
SENDER
Sender: the person who sends the message.
They want the information to go out to other people

4. The communication model
BUT WAIT!!! What is the sender, sending?
Message: the information to be conveyed
The message needs to be encoded as well.
Encoding: transforming your thoughts of the information to be conveyed into a form that can be sent
Sender

5. The communication model
Encoded message
Let’s say the sender has chosen to use WORDS to convey his message. Words would be the way he “encodes” the message. Now he has to decide what CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION he is going to use
Channel of Communication: the manner in which the message is sent out
Channels include: speaking, writing, videos, audio, s/texts/faxes.
Can include nonverbal communication also.
Sender

6. The communication model
Encoded message
The message must have someone to be sent to.
Receiver: The target of the communication
The receiver is responsible for decoding the information
Decoding: mentally processing the message into understanding
Sender

7. The communication model
Encoded message
Sender
Receiver

8. The communication model
Encoded message
The receiver will provide FEEDBACK.
Feedback: a message sent from the receiver to the sender
Sender
Receiver

9. COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
adnLSMDBA …HUH????
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
Occurs when communication is incomprehensible to one party OR is entirely absent between two people