Communication
•A process for exchanging ideas and
creating meaning
Message
•Something you want to communicate
Receiver
•One for whom a message is intended
Sender
•One who communicates a message
Encoding
•The process of turning ideas into
messages
Decoding
•The process of translating
communication into meaning
Feedback
•The receiver’s response to the sender
Channel
•The means used to transmit a message
from sender to receiver
Interference
•Anything that blocks or distorts
communication
Intrapersonal communication
•Communication within ourselves
Interpersonal communication
•Communication in which people
exchange messages
Person-to-group communication
•Communication which a speaker
addresses a group as one receiver
Mass Media
•Technology that brings a message to
many people