Speech Unit 1

Transactional Process

A process involving an exchange

Sender-Receiver

a person sending a message

sensory-perception

a complex process of taking in data through the senses

self-talk

an inner speech or mental conversation

barrier

any obstacle that blocks communication

data

information that catches a communicator’s attention

mass media

outlets of communication designed to reach large audiences

one to group communication

a speaker trying to inform an audience

interpersonal communication

communication between two people

receiver-sender

a person receiving a message

communication

the process of creating and exchanging meaning through symbolic interaction

Context

provides the people, the occasion and the task

Physical environment

is the actual place or space where communication occurs

Climate

influences the emotional atmosphere

Intrapersonal communication

communcation that occurs in your own mind. It is “self talk”