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The communication process involves a sender conveying a message to a receiver through various mediums, with encoding, decoding, and feedback being key elements. Noise can distort the message, affecting communication effectiveness, while barriers such as physical, psychological, cultural, and technological can hinder the process. Understanding these elements and barriers is crucial for effective communication.

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Communication Process and Its Element1

The communication process involves a sender conveying a message to a receiver through various mediums, with encoding, decoding, and feedback being key elements. Noise can distort the message, affecting communication effectiveness, while barriers such as physical, psychological, cultural, and technological can hinder the process. Understanding these elements and barriers is crucial for effective communication.

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COMMUNICATION PROCESS AND ITS ELEMENTS

Communication is a process of sharing and conveying the imparting or exchanging of


information or news wherein a message is conveyed from a sender to a receiver using a
medium, such as sound, written signs, bodily movements, or electricity.
THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
- The sender initiates the communication. He or she is a person who has a
need or desire to convey an idea or concept to others. On the other hand, the
receiver is the individual to whom the message is sent.
- The sender encodes or formulates the idea by selecting words, symbols, or
gestures with which to compose a message.
- The message is the outcome of the encoding or formulating, which takes the
form of verbal, nonverbal, or written language. The message is sent through a
medium or channel, which is the carrier of the communication.
- The medium can be a face-to-face conversation, telephone call, e-mail, or
written report. The receiver decodes, interprets or understands the received
message into meaningful information.
- Noise is anything that distorts the message. Different perceptions of the
message, language barriers, interruptions, emotions, and attitudes are examples
of noise.
- Finally, feedback occurs when the receiver responds to the sender's
message and returns the message to the sender. It allows the sender to
determine whether the message has been received and understood.
- The elements in the communication process determine the quality of
communication. A problem in any one of these elements can reduce
communication effectiveness (Keyton, 2011). For example, information must be
encoded into a message that can be understood as the sender intended.
Selection of the medium for transmitting the message can be critical because
there are many choices.

ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION
1. Speaker - the source of information or message
2. Message - the information, ideas, or thoughts conveyed by the speaker in words
or in actions
3. Encoding - the process of converting the message into words actions, or other
forms that the speaker understands
4. Channel - the medium or the means, such as personal or non-personal, verbal
or nonverbal, in which the encoded message is conveyed
5. Decoding - the process of interpreting the encoded message of the speaker by
the receiver
6. Receiver - the recipient of the message, or someone who decodes the message
7. Feedback - the reactions, responses, or information provided by the receiver
8. Context - the environment where communication takes place
9. Barrier - the factors that affect the flow of communication
TYPES OF BARRIERS
1. Physical Barrier - these are tangible obstacles that disrupt the
flow of information like noise and distance.
2. Psychological Barriers- these are mental blocks that affect how
we perceive and process information like prejudice and emotion.
3. Cultural Barriers- these arise from differences in cultural norms,
values, and beliefs.
4. Technological Barriers- these are obstacles related to technology
and its use.

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