ByMar Global Dr. Marquita Byrd, President Copyright ByMar Global The journey from Conception to Birth is A Miracle Mental Processes Socialization Persuasion Others Self Interactional Model of Communication • Encode • Filters Channels • Message • Noise Communicator • Decode • Feedback Communicator Context Are the Means by Which we Make our Messages Known Auditory Sound Waves Tactile Pressure on the skin Technology Mechanical means Visual Light waves Olfactory Odor Molecules Gustatory Chemicals stimulating the lingual and sublingual nerves Talking or texting a message Encoding Listening or reading a text message Making our message understandable to another person Decoding Interpreting the Message: Determining what it means Filters include all of our experiences, formal and informal education, attitudes, beliefs, gender, age, health, etc. Everything that we do and everything that we experience is shaped by our filters. Feedback Loop The journey from Conception to Birth is A Miracle Every communicative event that ends with a shared understanding, and the communicators have a reasonable facsimile of what the other means, is a miracle. Get definition of “facsimile”