Models of Communication
Models of Communication
COMMUNICATION
ORAL COMMUNICATION
TARGET
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to;
COMMUNICATION
MODELS
• This are systematic representations of the process which help in
understanding how communication is done.
• Can encourage traditional thinking and stereotyping but can also omit
some major aspects of human communication.
• The Models show the process metaphorically and in symbols. They form
general perspectives on communication by breaking communication from
complex to simple and keeps components in order.
COMMUNICATION
Communication is a process of
understanding and sharing
meaning. This is done using the
different models of communication
such as linear model, interactive
model and transactional model.
TYPES OF MODELS
OF COMMUNICATION
LINEAR
COMMUNICATION
• Considered as a one-way process
where the sender is the only source
of the message and the receiver
doesn’t give feedback or response.
SHANNON-WEAVER MODEL
Source of Transmitter Receiver
Channel Destination
Information (Encoder) (Decode)
Noise Source
LASSWELL’S COMMUNICATION
MODEL
• Developed by communication theorist Harold D. Lasswell (1902-1978) in 1948.
• His model of communication is also known as action model, linear model or one way model of
communication and is regarded as the most influential communication model.
ARISTOTLE’S MODEL OF
COMMUNICATION (BEFORE 300 BC)
• The first and earliest linear model is that of Aristotle, who was a teacher of
Rhetoric and even put up an academy to produce good speakers.
• This model also focuses on the encoding and decoding which happens before
the sender sends the message and before the receiver receives the message
respectively.
Both “sender” and “receiver” are known as “communicators” and their role reverses each time in the communication
process as both processes of sending and receiving occurs at the same time.
BARLUND’S MODEL
• Dean Barlund proposed a transactional model of communication in 1970 for the basic
interpersonal communication which articulates that sending and receiving of messages
happens simultaneously between people.
• This model shifted from the trend of linear model to dynamic and two-way
communication.
INTERACTIVE MODEL
• Interactive Model also known as convergence model deals with exchange of ideas and messages
taking place both ways from sender and receiver and vice-versa.
• The communication process take place between humans or machines in both verbal and non-
verbal way
SCHRAMM’S MODEL (1954)
• Wilbur Schramm is considered the father of mass communication. He asserts that communication can take place if
and only if there is an overlap between the Field of Experience of the Speaker and the Field of Experience of the
Listener.
• Field of Experience are the things that influence the understanding and interpretation of message like culture, social
background, beliefs, experiences, values, and rules.
TRANSACTIONAL MODEL
OF COMMUNICATION
The exchange of
messages between the
sender and the receiver
where each take turns to
send or receive messages.
INTERACTIVE
MODEL
• Deals with the exchange of ideas
and messages which takes place in
both ways-from the sender to the
receiver and vice-versa.
1. Lasswell’s Communication
2. David Berlo’s Model
3. Aristotle’s Model
4. Transactional Model C.
D.
5. Schramm’s Model
6. Barlunds Model
7. Interactive Model
F.
E.
Speaker Speech Occasion Audience Effect
G.
ANSWER THIS!
1. On your own, how will you define the models of communication?
2. What type of communication leaves a little room for misunderstandings or
misinterpretation?
3. What are the different types of models of communication? Give at least 3.
4. What makes the communication linear?
5. What is the best type of models of communication for you?
THANK YOU!
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