Models of Communication – Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering fundamental terms and specific models from the lecture on communication models.

Model

A simplified visual or conceptual representation of an idea, thought, or process.

Communication Model

A metaphorical, systematic representation that depicts how communication occurs.

Linear Model of Communication

One-way flow of a message from sender to receiver without feedback.

Lasswell's Model

Linear model asking: Who says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect.

Aristotle's Model

Speaker-centred linear model focused on speech, occasion, audience, and effect.

Shannon-Weaver Model

Five-element linear model (source, transmitter, channel, receiver, destination) introducing ‘noise.’

Berlo's S-M-C-R Model

Linear model detailing Source, Message, Channel, Receiver and the factors affecting each.

Transactional Model of Communication

Two-way, simultaneous process where participants co-create meaning within social contexts.

Barnlund's Transactional Model

Dynamic, multi-layered feedback system where sending and receiving occur simultaneously.

Helical Model of Communication

Dance’s spiral-shaped transactional model stressing time, growth, and accumulated experience.

Mosaic Model of Communication

Becker’s model portraying communication as random, complex, and ever-changing bits of messages.

Interactive (Convergence) Model

Two-way model with feedback, often applied to new media environments like the internet.

Schramm's Interactive Model

Widely-used two-way model featuring feedback and overlapping ‘fields of experience.’

Field of Experience

Sum of a communicator’s background knowledge, culture, and past that shapes understanding.

Feedback

Receiver’s verbal or non-verbal response sent back to the source.

Noise

Any interference that distorts or disrupts a message during transmission.

Source

Originator or producer of the message in a communication process.

Encoder (Transmitter)

Device or person that converts a message into signals or symbols.

Channel

Medium through which the encoded message travels from sender to receiver.

Decoder

Person or device that interprets and converts signals back into a message.

Receiver

Target of the message who interprets and responds to it.

Message

Content or information conveyed from sender to receiver.