Five Elements of Communication PDF

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Five Elements of Communication The process of communication involves six basic elements: sender-receiver, message, channel, feedback, noise and settings.

Sender/Receiver When people start talking or sharing ideas, insights, information, experiences, emotions or opinions, the communication process begins. The first person to start the conversation is the sender and the listener is the receiver. It may be an alternate moves when the receiver acts as the sender. For example, a mother tells her child to cook breakfast. The mother is the sender and the child is the receiver. When the child responds and answers her mother’s request, the child at this point is the sender. In this situation, the communication process is always two-way.

Message This is the most vital element in communication. All ideas, information, emotions, insights or experiences shared by the communicatior are his messages. These may be verbal or non verbal. It is required that the words and gestures used by the communicators should be clear enough to avoid confusion or misunderstanding. Using abstract ideas may probably cause some complications, especially with the specific meanings to what a sender really means. Careful choice of words is a must for clarity. Non-verbal symbols are ways of conveying a message such as body movements and postures, facial expressions, gestures, vocal tones and others. The more cre is important in the use of non verbal symbols because they may have different meanings depending on the individual differences of the communicators.

Channel It is the route travel by the message between the sender to the receiver. In a face to face communication, the primary channels are the sound and sight because the speakers listen and speak at each other’s presence. Channels are also the writing, using the phone, using gadgets, listening over the radio, watching television, recording ideas, reading newspaper and magazines.

Feedback It is the reaction observed in both the sender and the receiver. It will determine whether the message is understood or not. They may cone as simple gestures like a nod, a smile, a frown, a body movement. The best feedback is an oral response so as to avoid misinterpretation.

Noise It is the presence of a disturbing factor that may lead to a misunderstanding of the message. Noise may vary. There is physical noise which may come from loud sounds that alter the transfer of message. For example, the load shouting of people surrounding the communicators. It will surely cause some differences in the real message. There is the psychological noise, occurring in the minds of both sender and receiver. A simple pain in the sender may affect the accuracy of the message and the thing may happen on the receiver who when in pain my not be able to really grasp the uniqueness of the message.

Setting It is the venue of the communication. Formal settings require decency In presentations, while informal ones may not. They may vary from the way a place is lighted to the colors of the decoration. The furniture may also affect the situation....