Introduction toCommunication

What is communication?-a social process of constructing meaning

-the sending and receiving of messages to achieve understanding

• Intrapersonal• Interpersonal

• One to one (dyadic)• Group• Public• Mass

Types of communication

•Communication with one’s self

Intrapersonal

•Communication with others

Interpersonal

•Communication with one other person

One to one (dyadic)

• Three or more people communicating with a common purpose

– To solve a problem– To make a decision– To answer a question

Group Discussion

• One or more people communicating with a present audience

-lawyer-teacher-pastor/priest-actor-public speaker

Public Communication

• One or more people communicating with a non-present audience through media

(no immediate feedback)

-radio-TV-newspaper-magazine-internet

Mass Communication

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