1. COMMUNICATION STUDIES SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY Levels and Functions of Communication Dr. Marquita Byrd Marquita.byrd@sjsu.edu

2. LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION Organization of Research and Study

3. Intrapersonal Interpersonal Public Speaking Small Group Organizational Mass Comm New Media Intercultural ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE Field of Communication

4. LEVELS OR CONTEXTS Intrapersonal Interpersonal Public Speaking Small Group Organizational Mass Comm New Media Intercultural With Self Two or more One to many Five to nine Formal rules and units Technology/Audience Internet, social media Across various boundaries

5. FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION There are Three

6. Talking and interacting with others can increase one’s ability to think and engage in problem solving Develops with the acquisition of Language Manage own behavior Plan Process information DEVELOP HIGHER MENTAL PROCESSES

7. Become human Work with others Understand who we are in relationship to others Group membership Culture SOCIAL Humans are social animals. We need contact with others for Good mental, physical and emotional health.

8. Internal (self) and External (others) CONTROL Self Others

9. 8 Levels or contexts of Communication 3 Functions Communication can take place at several levels at the same time. Levels and context are social constructs we use to organize what we know about communication Functions are the purpose and consequences of human communication Oral symbolic activity defines us as a species. LEVELS AND FUNCTION