•What is communication

•What is communication process

Communication Process Communication

The exchange or interchange of information from one person to another person

Communication Process

The process of sharing ideas, thoughts or information to one another

•Sender

•Encoding

•Channel

•Decoding

•Receiver

•Feedback

Also known as the source.

The person who want to share or exchange information to another

or

The person who initiate the message in the communication process.

Sender can be writer, speaker or some one merely gestures

Encoding means to transform the message in to understandable form. In other words encoding can be the writing or preparing of the message .Encoding is done by the sender .

The way or medium through information or message is transferred from one person to another . There are 2 types of channels

•Online Channel

•Offline Channel

Channel TypesOnline Channel Offline Channel

The channels that use internet to transfer information

Social Media

Email

Online Videos

Audio & Video Conferencing

The channels that doesn’t use internet to transfer information

Television

Print Media

Radio

Reports

It is opposite to encoding. It is actually reading or understanding the message send by sender. Decoding is done by the receiver

The person for which information is transfer.

or

The person with the sender want to share information.

The receiver can be:

•Observer

•Reader

•Listener

Feedback is actually the response of the message send by the sender. Receiver gives feedback to the sender. Feedback is the most important element in the communication process because it tells that the receiver have understand the message. Without a feedback communication process can’t be complete.

There are 2 types of feedback

•Positive Feedback

•Negative Feedback

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