Communication

What is Communication

It is process of exchanging :
  1. Information : A message or a detailed knowledge
  2. Ideas : Group of concepts 
  3. Thoughts : Group of opinions
  4. Feelings & Emotions : Sentiments
The communication exchanges through:
  1. Speech : Face-to-face interactions, 
  2. Signal : Use of gestures
  3. Writing : Written content in form of emails, reports, etc.
  4. Behaviour : Explained as personal appearances of the people, the way of interaction including eye contacts

Types of Communication

  • Verbal : Messages which are transmitted verbally
    • Oral : Using voice or words
    • Writing : Using sentences and words in written form
  • Non Verbal : Sending and receiving wordless messages
    • Appearance : Facial expressions 
    • Vocal characteristics : Flow of language 

Elements of Communication

  1. Communicator : A person who wants to communicate
  2. Encoding : Translation of information
  3. Message : Verbal or non-verbal
  4. Medium : The way of communication
  5. Decoder : Receiver's interpretation of messages
  6. Feedback : Response to communicator 

Miscommunication

It can occur while encoding or decoding a message

Communication Barriers

  1. Noise in the surrounding area : The message transmitted gets disturbance on the way before reaching to the receiver. That disturbance can be termed as noise. 
  2. Unsuccessful transmission of information : A message which is sent to a wrong and non-accessible address. 
  3. Block-out information : The content which gets conflicted with our own thinking and assumptions.
  4. Value judgements : The judgements made by the receiver.
  5. Source credibility : The trust and faith receiver has for the communicator.
  6. Semantic problems : Words which may have different meanings while communication also create a barrier in the communication
  7. Filtering : It is a filter in communication process which converts the information into positive on the receiver's side.
  8. In-group language : Sometimes the highly professional experts use difficult language in group which is not understood by the juniors.
  9. Status differences : People working in lower positions in an organisation sometimes act as a threat in the rankings of organisation.
  10. Time pressures : Sometimes people do not have time to meet up for meetings or for some certain project or a group work.

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