Purposive Communication Reviewer Part 1: Nature, Process, and Principles of Communication

PART ONE: NATURE, PROCESS, AND PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION

Communication is the act of sharing and understanding meaning between people. It is a continuous process, not just a single action. It uses symbols-words, actions, or objects-to send messages.

ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION

- Sender: The person who starts and sends the message

- Message: The idea, information, or feeling being shared

- Encoding: Turning thoughts into words, actions, or symbols

- Channel: The way the message travels-voice, text, email, gestures, or video

- Receiver: The person who gets the message

- Decoding: Interpreting and understanding what the message means

- Feedback: The receiver's reply or reaction; proves communication is two-way

- Context: The situation that shapes the exchange-physical setting, time, culture, relationship between people

- Noise: Anything that blocks or distorts understanding:

- Physical: loud sounds, bad signal, poor lighting

- Psychological: bias, stress, distraction

- Semantic: confusing words, different meanings