1. Receiver
Source
Message
Channel
Receiver
Linear Model

2. Source
Channel
Receiver
Message
Feedback
Interactional Model

3. 7 Elements of the Communication Process
Source
Message
Channel
Receiver
Feedback
Context
Noise
Formulates message
Information/emotion
Means to send
Receives, interprets
Response
Setting
Interference

4. Sender Formulates message Decides which channel to employ
Can also be called:
Encoder
Speaker
Writer, editor, reporter

5. Message
Information and or emotion sender wishes to convey

6. Channel The means through which sender sends message.
Only two human channels:
Verbal—using words or language whether written or spoken
Nonverbal—using means other than words or languages

7. Receiver Receives, interprets and responds to messages
Can also be called:
Decoder
Audience
Reader, viewer, subscriber

8. Feedback The response to a message is called feedback.
? Added the feedback loop in 19?
No response is also a response.

9. Context
The environment or setting in which a communication event occurs.
Three dimensions:
Where—physiological
When—temporal
Why—social-psychological

10. Noise Anything that interferes with the transmission of a message.
Can be any of the 5 senses.
Two basic types:
External
Internal
Physiological
Psychological

11. Noise
Source
Channel
Receiver
Message
Context
Feedback
Model of the Communication Process

12. Six Types of Human Communication
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Small Group
Public Speaking
Mass
Mediated
One person
Two people
Three to ?
One to many
One to one/group