Question

State any four elements involved in the communication process.

Explain the various elements of the communication process.

Answer 1

1. Sender: The person who intends to convey the message with the intention of passing information and ideas to others is known as the sender or communicator.
2. Ideas: This is the subject matter of the communication. This may be an opinion, attitude, feelings, views, orders or suggestions.
3. Encoding: Since the subject matter of communication is theoretical and intangible, its further passing requires the use of certain symbols such as words, actions or pictures, etc. Conversion of subject matter into these symbols is the process of encoding.
4. Communication Channel: The person who is interested in communicating has to choose the channel for sending the required information, ideas, etc. This information is transmitted to the receiver through certain channels which may be either formal or informal.
5. Receiver: The receiver is the person who receives the message or for whom the message is meant for. It is the receiver who tries to understand the message in the best possible manner in achieving the desired objectives.
6. Decoding: The person who receives the message or symbol from the communicator tries to convert the same in such a way so that he may extract its meaning to his complete understanding.
7. Feedback: Feedback is the process of ensuring that the receiver has received the message and understood in the same sense as the sender meant it.
8. Message: It is the sender's concept, knowledge, point of view, fact, or feeling that is intended to be shared further. It is the issuer's subject matter or the codified communication transmitted to the receptor.
9. Media: It is the method by which the encoded message is sent. The message might be delivered orally or in writing. Telephone, internet, post, fax, e-mail, and other modes of communication are examples of mediums of communication. The sender determines the medium to be used.
10. Noise: It refers to any impediment caused by the sender, message, or recipient during the communication process. For example, bad phone connection, improper encoding, faulty decoding, an inattentive receiver, poor message comprehension owing to bias or unsuitable gestures, and so on. Because of noise, the message is not communicated to the receiver, and the recipient is unable to interpret the message in the manner requested by the sender.