A Linear Model
Source
Message
Contents of Messages
• Information
• Emotion
• Combination of
information/emotion
A Linear Model
Source
Message
Channel
Channels
• Verbal—using words or language
to communicate
• Nonverbal—using something other
than words or language to
communicate
A Linear Model
Source
Message
Channel
Receiver
Decoder/Receiver
• Receives
• Interprets
• Responds
• Response to a message is called
feedback.
An Interactional Model
Source
Message
Channel
Feedback Loop
Receiver
Noise
Source
Channel
Message
Context
Feedback
A Transactional Model
Receiver
Dimensions of Context
• Where—physical dimension
• When—temporal dimension
• Why—social/psychological
dimension
Noise
• Anything that interferes with the
transmission of a message.
• Internal—inside the bodies of the
participants
• External—outside the bodies of
the participants
Internal Noise
• Physiological—headache, hearing
loss, disabilities, etc
• Psychological—religion, politics,
current worries, past experiences,
etc
Six Types of
Human Communication
• Intrapersonal
• Interpersonal
• One person
• Two people
• Small Group
• Public Speaking
• Three to ?
• One to many
• Mass
• One to many
A Linear Model
Source
Message
Contents of Messages
• Information
• Emotion
• Combination of
information/emotion
A Linear Model
Source
Message
Channel
Channels
• Verbal—using words or language
to communicate
• Nonverbal—using something other
than words or language to
communicate
A Linear Model
Source
Message
Channel
Receiver
Decoder/Receiver
• Receives
• Interprets
• Responds
• Response to a message is called feedback.
An Interactional Model
Source
Message
Channel
Feedback Loop
Receiver
Noise
Source
Channel
Message
Context
Feedback
A Transactional Model
Receiver
Dimensions of Context
• Where—physical dimension
• When—temporal dimension
• Why—social/psychological
dimension
Noise
• Anything that interferes with the
transmission of a message.
• Internal—inside the bodies of the
participants
• External—outside the bodies of
the participants
Internal Noise
• Physiological—headache, hearing
loss, disabilities, etc
• Psychological—religion, politics,
current worries, past experiences,
etc
Six Types of
Human Communication
• Intrapersonal
• Interpersonal
• One person
• Two people
• Small Group
• Public Speaking
• Three to ?
• One to many
• Mass
• Mediated
• One to many
• One to one/group