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Communication
Chapter 1
What is Communication?
• “The process of creating or sharing meaning in
informal conversation, group interaction, or public
speaking”
• Channels
• Feedback
Contexts
• Physical (location, environmental conditions, distance
between communicators, time of day)
http://www.project-management-skills.com/definition-of-communication.html
Communication Settings
• Intrapersonal communication (comm. w/ self)
• Continuous
• Guided by culture
• Learned
Why Communicate?
• To develop and maintain our sense of self
• To exchange information
• To influence others
Increasing Communication
Competence
• “The impression that communicative behavior is
both appropriate and effective in a given situation”
• Knowledge
• Skill