Objective:
Explain the Types of
Communication Context
1. Psychological Context
 interaction among emotional
history, social and cultural
relationships
 includes age, sex, gender
preference, religion and socioeconomic status
2. Logistical Context
 concerned with physical context
such as time, place and occasion
 formal conversation vs
information conversation
3. Interactional Context
employed by the different communication
participants
1. Intrapersonal context
2. Interpersonal context
3. Group Context
4. Organizational context
5. Public or Presentational context
6. Mass Communication context
public
mass
group
Interpersonal
group
intrapersonal
Public
mass
group
Public
mass
group
Public
organizational
group
intrapersonal
interpersonal
group
Interpersonal context
 between people, usually
dyads
 interacting to accomplish
a particular task
Ex. Interviewer & interviewee
relationships
Group context
 more than 2 people (3-7)
 accomplishing a common
goal
Ex. Club gatherings, group studies,
neighborhood gatherings
Organizational context
 workplace communication
 formal dyads and groups
communication
Ex. School organizations
Dept organization
Public/Presentational context
 speakers shares infos. To the
audience who are present in
large numbers
Ex. Conferences/seminars
classroom presentations
campaign speeches
Mass context
 speaker shares information
to the that is not directly
present
Ex. television
newspaper
magazine
radio