What is communication?

 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.”