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PERSONAL CONTEXT

It involves the background of both the sender and the receiver of the message. 

PHYSICAL CONTEXT

It is the environment where communication takes place It include factors perceived by the senses such as temperature, humidity, odor, lighting and noise level.

SOCIAL CONTEXT

It refers to the kind of relationship that exists between the sender and the receiver.

PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTEXT

It includes the emotions and feelings of the participants   in the communication process. It also involves opinions, judgements, prejudices, attitudes and perception toward each other.

CULTURAL CONTEXT

sets of beliefs, value systems, guiding principles and assumptions based on one’s race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and religion, within which communication happens.

Culture

is defined as set of unique and shared beliefs & values that guide a certain group of people on how to think, behave and act.

Formal

this type of register is used in a professional context. It is highly structured, impersonal, and more    serious in this tone, vocabulary, and grammar.

Informal

Language is casual, personal and more intimate in its tone, sentence structure, and choice of    words.

Neutral

This is a more factual and non-emotional type of language register.

Statistical infographics

The layout and visuals will help you tell the story behind your data.

Informational infographics

the best infographic for clearly communicating a new or specialized concept, or to give an overview of a topic. 

Timeline infographics

the best type of infographic for visualizing the history of something, to highlight important dates, or to give an overview of events (for example, a project timeline).

Process infographics

allow you to simplify and clarify each step.

Geographic infographics

use map charts as the focus visual. Different types of map charts work better for different types of data.

Comparison infographics

split down the middle vertically or horizontally, with one option on each side

Hierarchical infographics

A hierarchical infographic can organize information from greatest to least.

Intimate

Distance varies from touching to a space of 1-1.5 feet. Intimate distance is appropriate only for the most intimate conversations.

Personal Distance

has a space roughly 1-2.5 feet. This is when people meet in an office or on the street.

Social distance

varies from 4-6 feet. This kind of distance is good for impersonal business.

Public distance

starts about 12 feet and extend as is feasible in a large room.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

as important as distance is the geographic location of the participants – where people are in relation to one another.

Gestures and Body Movements

Gestures are probably one of the first means of communication that human  beings developed before oral language appeared

Postures

body postures are another signal which is largely involuntary but can communicate important social signals.

Facial Expressions

is a key characteristic of nonverbal communication, your facial expression can communicate happiness, sadness, anger, or fear. This refers to change sin the use of mouth, eyes and cheeks

Silence

This technique is used to convey meaning either consciously or unconsciously. Sometimes, silence can convey positive message.