Introduction Of Communication Skills

“Communication is the process of exchanging ideas and information among people to create a common understanding”.
Relation is the key of Social system. Communication relates People to one another, It help to create relation. The society in general cant exist without relations.

in ancient times the kings used pigeons to exchange ideas and information, then
in the middle era postman were the channels of the transmissions in modern era there lots of channels are available for the transmission of information i.e. mobile phones, fax, emails, video conferencing, social media, social website etc.

Meaning & Definition of Communication:

According to Sir John Harvy “communication is the single most essential skill”.

“Communication is the word originated from the latin word “Communis” and “Communicare” which means “to make common” or “to share”. thus the meaning of communication can be derived as to make common or to share facts, ideas, thoughts. Communication, therefore, is the way of exchanging the messages, ideas, information etc via. speech, signals or writing.

“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.”
According to Theo Haimann, “Communication is the process of passing information and  understanding from one person to another. It is the process of imparting ideas and making oneself understood by others.”
In the words of Newman and Summer, “Communication is an exchange of facts, ideas, opinions or emotions by two or more persons.”

Communication Process –

Idea-

Idea is the beginning of the process of communication.

Sender-

The person who begins the process of communication is known as the sender. When an idea  occurs in his mind, he encodes it and sends the idea to another person

Message-

Message is the idea, emotion or the opinion encoded and transmitted by the sender. Or in simple words we can say that message is the idea converted into text or word or picture or symbol for the understanding of the receiver.

Encoding-

Encoding is the way of expressing the message. Encoding is the process in which the idea is converted into the form of message which is understood by the receiver. Encoding can be done in the form of words, pictures, symbols, multi- media etc

Medium and Channel-

Another important element of the communication is its medium / channel. The method or the means by which the message is transferred from the sender to the receiver is known as the medium /channel of the message. The medium of the message can be oral, written, verbal or non-verbal. There is a slight difference in the medium and the channel of the communication

Receiver-

Receiver is the person who receives the message encoded and transmitted by the sender.
The receiver must have the following responsibilities in the process of communication such as actively listen, view, read the message of the sender, not make any perception about the message and sender before the message has been properly decoded,responds to the message.

Decoding –

The mental process through which the receiver extracts the meaning from the words, symbols, pictures encoded by the sender in the message is known as decoding.

Feedback

Most important element of the communication is the feedback. The process of communication is incomplete without the feedback.  Feedback is a measurement, evaluation, confirmation of effective communication.

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