Oral Com Nature and Process of Communication
Oral Com Nature and Process of Communication
PONDER:
• How do you define a good
communication?
• How do you define a bad
communication?
• What are the reasons why we
encounter bad communication? What
are the possible solutions?
Communication:
Nature, Process, and
Models
What is
Communication?
• DEFINITION: THE ACT OF • IMPORTANCE:
TRANSFERRING FUNDAMENTAL TO
INFORMATION FROM ONE HUMAN INTERACTION
PLACE, PERSON, OR AND ESSENTIAL IN ALL
GROUP TO ANOTHER. ASPECTS OF LIFE.
Nature of Communication
• Two-way process:
• Dynamic and continuous:
Involves sender and
Ongoing process.
receiver.
• CONTEXT: • FEEDBACK:
• NOISE: ANY
SITUATION IN ENSURES THE
INTERFERENCE
WHICH MESSAGE HAS
THAT DISTORTS
COMMUNICATION BEEN
THE MESSAGE.
TAKES PLACE. UNDERSTOOD.
Communication Barriers
• Physical barriers: Environmental factors.
• PURPOSE:
SIMPLIFY AND • TYPES: LINEAR,
EXPLAIN THE INTERACTIVE, AND
COMMUNICATION TRANSACTIONAL.
PROCESS.
Linear Model
• DEVELOPED BY SHANNON AND WEAVER
(1949).
• ONE-WAY PROCESS.
• EXAMPLE:
• SENDER <->
EMAIL
MESSAGE <->
COMMUNICATION
RECEIVER.
.
Transactional Model
• Simultaneous • Overlapping roles
• Developed by
sending and of sender and
Barnlund (1970).
receiving. receiver.
• Context and
• Example: Face-
environment
to-face
influence
conversation.
communication.
Comparing Communication
Models
01 02 03
• Linear: Simple but • Interactive: • Transactional:
lacks interaction. Includes feedback Reflects complexity
but still sequential. of real
communication.
Conclusion
• Recap: Nature, process, and models of
communication.