Thursday, October 18, 2007

Types of Communication

The purpose of communication is to get the message across to others. This is a process that involves both the sender of the message and the receiver. By successfully getting your message across, you convey your thoughts and ideas effectively. These thoughts and the ideas can be conveyed either by speaking to the other person or by writing it or by explaining through signs and symbols. So, broadly speaking there are three types of communication.
Verbal Communication- Communication done by way of speaking or by exchange of words is called verbal communication.
Verbal communication requires the use of words, vocabulary, numbers and symbols and is organized in sentences using language. Mastering linguistic skill is not reserved for the selected few but is a skill that each and every one should develop to improve relationships and interactions.

Everyone's brain is forever having thoughts and they are primarily with words. Words spoken, listened to or written affect your life as well as others. They have the power to create emotions and move people to take action. When verbal communication is delivered accurately and clearly, you activate the mind and encourage creativity.
*Oral
*Written
*E-mail

Non-verbal communication- Conveying ideas or thoughts through signs, symbols, gestures or facial expressions are called non-verbal communication.
Nonverbal communication (NVC) is the process of transmitting messages without spoken words, sometimes called body language, messages can be communicated through facial expressions; gestures; gaze; and posture; Many include the space we use around us; object communication includes clothing, hairstyles, adornment, shoes, and other communicative props (Ottenheimer, 2007, p. 120-122), or even architecture; symbols and infographics; prosodic features of speech such as intonation and stress and other paralinguistic features of speech such as voice quality, emotion and speaking style. According to Guerrero and Floyd,2006, nonverbal communication is a subset of nonverbal behavior .
*Expression
*Expressive behaviors
*Body language

3 comments:

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Unknown said...

In today's workplace environment, communication and training are two important buzz words. Business Writing and Business Email Writing also play a very crucial role in the communication that takes place in the organization.

Ron Anthony said...

Your articles are very usefull.. I actually want to use a couple of them to teach few people who are eager to learn communication.. I will not post them on internet but send them to students. if u have any problem kindly let me know.