1. What is Communication?

2. Communication / The process of sending and receiving messages / Must achieve understanding / Whenever you are awake and in the presence of others, you are communicating! / The process of sending and receiving messages / Must achieve understanding / Whenever you are awake and in the presence of others, you are communicating!

3. The Communication Model

4. Vocabulary / Sender: transmits the message / Speaker, author, artist, etc / Encode: The sender decides how to transmit the message / Message: what is sent or said / Words, body language, symbols, etc / Sender: transmits the message / Speaker, author, artist, etc / Encode: The sender decides how to transmit the message / Message: what is sent or said / Words, body language, symbols, etc

5. More Vocab / Receiver: intercepts, decodes, & interprets the message. Sends feedback / Decode: The receiver translates the message / Feedback: reaction to the message to show understanding / Receiver: intercepts, decodes, & interprets the message. Sends feedback / Decode: The receiver translates the message / Feedback: reaction to the message to show understanding

6. Types of Communication / Interpersonal: between two or more people / Intrapersonal: inward - “talking” to yourself / Group Discussions: 3 or more people with a common task / Public Communication: communicating with an audience / Mass Communication: communicating with a large number of “listeners” / Newspapers, radio, tv, magazines, Internet / Interpersonal: between two or more people / Intrapersonal: inward - “talking” to yourself / Group Discussions: 3 or more people with a common task / Public Communication: communicating with an audience / Mass Communication: communicating with a large number of “listeners” / Newspapers, radio, tv, magazines, Internet

7. Barriers to Communication / Barrier: Also called “noise” is any obstacle that gets in the way of effective communication / Attitudinal: “I don’t like what we are talking about” / Social: “This person is not one of my friends” / Educational: “I am too smart to listen to this guy” / Cultural: “This person is not like me at all” / Environmental: “It is too cold in here” / Barrier: Also called “noise” is any obstacle that gets in the way of effective communication / Attitudinal: “I don’t like what we are talking about” / Social: “This person is not one of my friends” / Educational: “I am too smart to listen to this guy” / Cultural: “This person is not like me at all” / Environmental: “It is too cold in here”