Study Set Content:
üThe interpretation of ideas, feelings, thoughts that have been translated into a code
Decoding
üThe process of turning communication into thoughts.
Decoding
üProcess of transforming messages from another back into one’s own ideas and feelings.
Decoding
üThe process of turning thoughts into communication
Encoding
üCognitive thinking process of transforming ideas and feelings into symbols and organizing them into a message.
Encoding
üWhen the meaning being shared is complex, people need to organize it in sections or in a certain order.
Form or organization
üA person or a group of persons toward whom the sender or source directs messages and who decodes the message
Receiver
üThe person who receives the message in a communication encounter.
Receiver
üOne who process the messages and behaviors that have been transmitted to them.
Receiver
üThe pathway or means through which messages pass between the source and the receiver
Channels
üThe physical, social, historical, psychological, and cultural settings or environment in which communication takes place.
Context
üMeans on how a message is transmitted.
channel
üA sensory route used to transmit messages.
channel
üIn general, messages that use multiple channels are more likely to be understood.
channel
–It includes:
•Location
•Environment conditions (temperature, lighting, noise level
•Physical distance between the communicators
•Seating arrangement
•Time of day
Physical context
expressed purpose of the event as well as the nature of the relationships between and among the participants.
social context
background provided by previous communication episodes between the communicators that influence their comprehension or understanding in the current encounter.
Historical Context
it includes and encompasses moods and feelings that a person (sender or receiver) brings to the conversation.
Psychological context
According to Samovar & Porter (2003), refers to the beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, social hierarchies, religion, notions of time, and roles of a group of people that help participants (communicators) form and interpret messages.
Cultural Context
üAny literal or psychological interference with the clear encoding or decoding of a message.
Noise
