COM 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.3: Human Communication

• School: Baruch College
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COM 2000
• Professor: Elisabeth Gareis

Document Summary

Topic: name and describe the seven primary components of communication. Human communication is defined as a process in which people generate meaning through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages in specific context. Uusallu influences by the individual and societal forces and embedded in culture. Seven basic components of communication: message creation, meaning creation, setting, participants, channels, noise, feedback, message creation. Encoding- the process of taking ideas and converting them into messages is called encoding. Decoding: reciting a message and interpreting its meaning is referred to as decoding. Symbol is something that represent something else, and conveys meaning. There is no intrinsic connection between most words and their meanings, Communication is symbolic the symbols we use, the words we speak and the gestures we use: meaning creation. Denotative: the concrete meaning of the message; dictionary definition. Connotative: describes the meanings suggested by or associated with the message and the emotions triggered by it.