COMMUNICATION STUDIES SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY

Levels and Functions of CommunicationDr. Marquita Byrd

Marquita.byrd@sjsu.edu

LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION

Organization of Research and Study

• Intrapersonal• Interpersonal• Public Speaking• Small Group• Organizational• Mass Comm• New Media• Intercultural

ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE

Field of Communication

LEVELS OR CONTEXTS

• Intrapersonal• Interpersonal• Public Speaking• Small Group• Organizational• Mass Comm• New Media• Intercultural

• With Self• Two or more• One to many• Five to nine• Formal rules and

units• Technology/Audience• Internet, social media• Across various

boundaries

FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION

There are Three

• Talking and interacting with others can increase one’s ability to think and engage in problem solving

• Develops with the acquisition of Language

• Manage own behavior

• Plan

• Process information

DEVELOPHIGHER MENTAL PROCESSES

• Become human• Work with others• Understand who we are in

relationship to others• Group membership• Culture

SOCIAL

Humans are social animals.We need contact with others forGood mental, physical and emotional health.

• Internal (self) and External (others)

CONTROL

Self Others

persuasion

• 8 Levels or contexts of Communication

• 3 Functions

• Communication can take place at several levels at the same time.

• Levels and context are social constructs we use to organize what we know about communication

• Functions are the purpose and consequences of human communication

Oral symbolic activity defines us as a species.

LEVELS AND FUNCTION