1. Communication

2. What is Communication?
Communication is the act of sending and receiving information, messages or signals.
Examples:
Receiving a Facebook message from a friend.
Watching the news.
Talking to your teacher.

3. What does Communication Do?
Inform – Provides information.
Examples: newspapers, flyers, and maps.
Educate – Used to teach.
Examples: instructions, presenting to a class, cookbooks.
Persuade – Tries to influence.
Examples: Television commercials, posters for stores, your friend trying to convince you to do something

4. What does communication do?
Entertain – Causes enjoyment.
Examples: music, movies, and art
Control - Commands.
Examples: laws, controlling technology such as keyboard and mouse

5. Communication Process
Simplified
Sender
Person/thing sending information
Message
Information being sent
Receiver
Person/thing receiving information
Feedback
Reply/reaction to information

6. Communication Process
Complex
Sender
Person/thing sending information
Encoding
Style/format of information
Ex: words, sounds, gestures
Channel
Technology/process used to send information
Ex: computer, radio, newspaper
Decoding
The understanding of the information.
Receiver
Person/thing receiving information.
Feedback
Reply/reaction to information.

7. Communication Process
Noise
Anything that distorts, distracts, or interferes with the communication process.
Example: Getting disconnected from the internet, background noise while you're on your cell phone.