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The Functions, Nature, and Process of Communication

Communication is the process of sharing messages or information between people through various channels and contexts. It can be verbal through spoken words or nonverbal through actions. There are key functions of communication including regulation, social interaction, motivation, emotional expression, and conveying information. The communication process involves a sender encoding an idea or message and transmitting it through a channel to a receiver who decodes and provides feedback. Elements in the process are the sender, message, encoding, channel, receiver, decoding, and feedback, while noise can hinder effective communication.

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The Functions, Nature, and Process of Communication

Communication is the process of sharing messages or information between people through various channels and contexts. It can be verbal through spoken words or nonverbal through actions. There are key functions of communication including regulation, social interaction, motivation, emotional expression, and conveying information. The communication process involves a sender encoding an idea or message and transmitting it through a channel to a receiver who decodes and provides feedback. Elements in the process are the sender, message, encoding, channel, receiver, decoding, and feedback, while noise can hinder effective communication.

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The Functions,

Nature, and Process


of Communication
By: Ms. Stephanie Castillo
Communication is a process of
sharing and conveying messages or
information from one person to
another within and across channels,
contexts, media, and cultures
(McCornack, 2014).
Nature of Communication
Communication is a process. It takes place when
two or more people exchange ideas either through
written or spoken words (verbal) or actions
(nonverbal). Both verbal and nonverbal can be used
at the same time.
Functions of
Communication
1. Regulation / Control – Communication functions to
control behavior. It can be used to regulate the nature
and number of activities people engage in.
“Take your medicine before you go to bed.”
“Finish your work before you go.”
2. Social Interaction – Communication allows people to
interact with others to develop bonds or intimacy. It also
allows individuals to express desires, encouragement,
needs, and decision or to give and get information.
“Would you like to go to church with me?”
“Come on! You can do it!
2. Social Interaction – Communication allows people to
interact with others to develop bonds or intimacy. It also
allows individuals to express desires, encouragement,
needs, and decision or to give and get information.
“Would you like to go to church with me?”
“Come on! You can do it!
3. Motivation – Communication persuades or
encourages another person to change his/her
opinion, attitude, and behavior.
“You’re on the right track. Keep up the good work.”
“My dream is to finish my Senior High School despite this pandemic”
4. Emotional Expression – Communication facilitates
people’s expression of their feelings such as love, fear,
anger, joy, hope, or any other emotion.
“I’m so happy to have you in my life.”
“I like you so much.”
5. Information – Communication functions to convey
information. It can be used in giving and getting
information.
“The Philippine Normal University was founded in 1901.”
“You can find the bathroom right next to this door”
The Process of
Communication
In order to successfully communicate, it is important to
understand the process of communication. The diagram
above shows the basic steps.

1. The speaker develops an idea to be sent.


2. The speaker encodes the idea or converts it to words
or actions.
3. The speaker transmits or sends out the idea using a
specific medium or channel.
4. The receiver gets the message and decodes or interprets
it.
5. The receiver provides or sends feedback.

At any point of the communication process, noise may


take place and hinder the flow of communication process.
The Elements in The
Process of Communication
Sender
The sender is the one who initiates the message that needs
to be transmitted. He sends the message that may be in
different forms such as pictures, symbols, postures, gestures,
or even just a smile. After generating the idea, he sends it in
such a manner that can be understood clearly by the
receiver.
Message
The message refers to the information intended to be
communicated by words as speech, letters, pictures, or
symbols. It can be verbal or non-verbal. It is the content
the sender wants to convey to the receiver.
Encoding
It is the process of expressing the idea into an appropriate medium. It
may be verbal or non-verbal. The sender may put the message into a
series of symbols, words, pictures or gestures.

Channel
It refers the medium or passage through which encoded message is
passed to the receiver. It may be transmitted through face-to-face
communication, telephone, radio, television, memorandum, or
computer.
Receiver
Receiver refers to whom the message is meant for. He
plays a significant role in the communication process like
the sender. He needs to comprehend the message sent.
His translation of the message received depends on
his/her knowledge of the subject matter of the message,
experience, and relationship with the sender.
Decoding
It means translating the encoded message into a
language that can be understood by the receiver.
After receiving the message, the receiver interprets
it and tries to understand it.
Feedback
It refers to the response of the receiver to the message sent
to him/her by the sender. Feedback ensures that the
message has been effectively encoded and decoded.
Noise
It is a hindrance to communication. This can take place
at any step in the entire communication process. There
are various types of noise. Examples of physical noise
are loud music, an irritating sound of an engine of a
machine, or a classmate who talks to you while the
teacher is giving a lecture.
Noise
The second type of noise is physiological – when the body
becomes the hindrance to communication such as
headache, toothache, or hunger. The third type is
psychological noise that refers to qualities in us that affect
how we communicate and interpret others such as prejudice
and any feeling can interfere with communication. Noise is
considered as a barrier to effective communication.
Thank You For Listening

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