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Introduction toCommunication
What is communication?-a social process of constructing meaning
-the sending and receiving of messages to achieve understanding
• Intrapersonal• Interpersonal
• One to one (dyadic)• Group• Public• Mass
Types of communication
•Communication with one’s self
Intrapersonal
•Communication with others
Interpersonal
•Communication with one other person
One to one (dyadic)
• Three or more people communicating with a common purpose
– To solve a problem– To make a decision– To answer a question
Group Discussion
• One or more people communicating with a present audience
-lawyer-teacher-pastor/priest-actor-public speaker
Public Communication
• One or more people communicating with a non-present audience through media
(no immediate feedback)
-radio-TV-newspaper-magazine-internet
Mass Communication
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