Communication and Types of Communication

Communication

It is defined as the process of sharing and understanding meaning

It focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts

Intended Communcation

Encompasses all the deliberate words, actions, visual support, etc. that we consciously choose to include in any particular communication

Unintended Communication

It is not consciously initiated, but rather occurs as a by product of other or events

Can refer to non verbal cues, such as body language or facial expressions, that convey a message without the use of words

Verbal Communication

It involves an exchange of information through face-to-face, audio and/or video call or conferencing, lectures, meetings, radio, and television

Voice

This includes the tone, speech rate, pitch, pauses and volume

Body Language

This includes facial expressions, gestures, postures, and eye contact

Personal Space or Distance

This refers to the area of space and distance that a person from a different culture, personality, age, sex, and status adopts and puts for another person

Personal Appearance

This refers to how a person presents himself/herself to a particular situation, whether formal or non formal

Written Communication

Involves texts or words encoded and transmitted through memos, letter, reports, online chat, short message service (SMS), electronic mail (E-Mail), journals and other written documents

Visual

Involve the use of images, graphs, charts, logos and maps

To Inform

Sharing meaningful information between people in an unbiased and professional manner

To Persuade

You want your audience to understand the value to them in what you’re proposing and therefore act

To Instruct

Enabling your audience to do something, to understand and apply a concept or procedure

To Express

It is a communication use to express feelings, emotion, thoughts and opinion