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What Is Communication

Communication is defined as the exchange of facts, ideas, opinions and understanding between individuals or groups through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior. It is a process of sharing experiences so that they become common knowledge. The key components of the communication process are the sender, message, encoding, medium, receiver, decoding, and feedback. Effective communication requires understanding the context and ensuring the message is clearly understood by the receiver.

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What Is Communication

Communication is defined as the exchange of facts, ideas, opinions and understanding between individuals or groups through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior. It is a process of sharing experiences so that they become common knowledge. The key components of the communication process are the sender, message, encoding, medium, receiver, decoding, and feedback. Effective communication requires understanding the context and ensuring the message is clearly understood by the receiver.

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What is Communication?

The word ‘communication’ is derived from Latin word ‘communis’, which means common. It is
a process of exchange of facts, ideas, opinions and a means that individuals or organizations
share the meaning and understanding with one another.
 Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession.
It modifies the disposition of both parties who partakes it- John Dewey.
 Communication is sharing of ideas and feelings in a mood of mutuality- Edgar Dale.
 Communication is a means of persuasion to influence other so that desired effect is
achieved- Aristotle

Communication Process
 Communication is a process of exchanging verbal and non verbal messages. It is a
continuous process.

The main components of communication process


are as follows:
CONTEXT
 Communication is affected by the context in which it takes place. This
context may be physical , social, chronological or cultural. Every
communication proceeds with context.
Sender/Encoder
 Sender/Encoder is a person who sends the message. A sender make use of
symbols (words or graphic or visual aids) to convey the message ang
produce the required response.
Message
 Message Is a key idea that the sender wants to communicate. It must be
ensured that the main objective of the message is clear.
Encondind (Communication symbol)
 The process of conversion of subject matter into symbols is called
encoding. The message or subject matter af any communication is always
abstract and intangible. Transmission of message requires use of certain
symbols.

Medium
 Medium is a means used to excahange/ transmit the message For
instatance- Written medium is chosen when a message has to be conveyed
to a small group of people , while an oral medium is chosen when
spontaneous feedback is required from the recipient as misunderstandings
are cleared then and there.
Recipient/ Decoder
 Recipient/ decoder is a person for whom the message is intended / aimed
/targeted. The degree to which the decoder understands the message is
dependent upon various factors such as knowledge of recipient, their
responsiveness to the message , and the reliance of encoder on decoder.
Decoding
 It is the process of translation of an encoded message into ordinary
understandable language. Receiver converts the symbols, words or signs
received from the sender to get the meaning nof the message.
Feedback
 Feedback is the main component of communication process as it permits
the sender to analyze the efficacy of the message. It helps the sender in
confirming the correct interpretation of message by the decoder. Feedback
may be verbal (through words) or non- verbal (in form of smile , sighs,
etc). It may take written form also in form of memos, reports , etc.
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