Lesson 1 Communication: From Interpersonal To Mass Communication
Lesson 1 Communication: From Interpersonal To Mass Communication
Lesson 1 Communication: From Interpersonal To Mass Communication
• Organizational Communication
Communication in a working environment
• Public Communication
Involves one person communicating to a large
number of people
Eight Elements That Constitute the
Creation of a Message
1. Source: The source is where the message came
from which can be a person or an organization.
2. Encoding: The process by which a message is
translated so it can be transmitted and
communicated to another party. It is how you
compose your sentence as you communicate.
3. Transmitting: The actual act of sending the
message. It can either be through the person’s
vocal cords and facial muscles complemented with
hand gestures, if we mean the act of speaking. It
could also be the posting of an administrative letter
on the bulletin board so everybody can see.
Eight Elements That Constitute the
Creation of a Message
4. Channels: Technologies are the lines that enable
the act of sending or transmitting, which can be the
telephone, the Internet for voice operated
applications, the radio and television, or the print
media to communicate more complex messages.
5. Decoding: The transmitted impulses are converted
to signs as the brain perceives and processes it.
The reverse of encoding, decoding is the process by
which the receiver translates the source’s thoughts
and ideas so they can have meaning.
Eight Elements That Constitute the
Creation of a Message
6. Receiver: The receiver is the one who gets the
message that was transmitted through the
channels. Like the source or sender, the receiver
can be an individual or an organization.
7. Feedback: Feedback is the response generated by
the message that was sent to the receiver, which
can either be immediate or delayed.
8. Noise Interference: Most of the times, there is
something that interferes the transmittal process.
This interference is known as noise, which may be
treated both literally and figuratively.