What is communication?
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Communication is an
important aspect in every human activity. Communication is a learned skill.
However, while most people are born with the physical ability to talk, not all can
communicate well unless they make special efforts to develop and refine this communication
skill. Very often, we take the ease with which we communicate with each other
for granted, so much so that we sometimes forget how complex the communication
process actually is. Communication takes place when we are supposedly at the
same level of understanding and comprehension as other interlocutors. Common
forms of communication include speaking, writing, gestures, touch, using
pictures and broadcasting. Communication is therefore not what is said whether
verbally or non-verbally, but what is understood.
What is communication?
Communication is a word
derived from the Latin word communis or commūnicāre, which means ‘to
make common’ or ‘to share’ or ‘to participate’. Communication is the act of
conveying intended meaning to another person through the use of mutually
understood signs and language. Communication is the art of transmitting
information, ideas and attitudes from one person to another. Communication is the process of meaningful
interaction among human beings. The basic steps of communication are: the
forming of communicative intent, message composition, message encoding, and
transmission of signal, reception of signal, message decoding and finally
interpretation of the message by the recipient.
Communication is simply
the act of transferring information from one place to another. When you call or
talk verbally to your friend, then you are said to be communicating with your
friend.
Definitions
1. Keith
Davis: Communication is a process of passing information and understanding
from one person to another.
2. John Adair:
Communication is essentially the ability of one person to make contact with
another and make himself or herself understood.
3. William Newman and Charles Summer:
Communication is an exchange of ideas, facts, opinions or emotions of two or
more persons.
4. Louis
Allen: Communication is a bridge of meaning. It involves a systematic and
continuous process of telling, listening and understanding.
5. Peter Little: Communication is a
process by which information is transmitted between individuals and / or
organizations so that an understanding response results.
6. Murphy, Hildebrandt, Thomas:
Communication is a process of transmitting and receiving verbal and non-verbal
messages. It is considered effective when it achieves the desired response or
reaction from the receiver.
7. G.G.
Brown: Communication is the transfer of information from one person to
another, whether or not it elicits confidence. But the information transferred
must be understandable to the receiver.
8. Fred
G. Meyer: Communication is the intercourse by words, letters or messages.
9. Megginson said, “Communication is the process of
transmitting meanings, ideas, and understanding of a person or a group to
another person or group.”
10. According
to Theo
Haiman, “Communication means the process of passing information
and understanding from one person to another.”
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