Models of Communication

aristotle

linear communication; its purpose is to persuade the audience

300 BC

year of aristotle

speaker, speech, audience, effect

aristotle model

1948

year of shannon weaver model

shannon-weaver model

techinical; message passes through a transmitter and is subject to noise (interference);

claude shannon & warren weaver

2 people in shannon weaver

speaker, encoding (transmitter), noise, decoding, audience

shannon weaver model

wilbur schramm

made interactional model

1954

date of interactional model

charles E. osgood

schramms co-developer

interactional model

two way communication;

emphasizes the importance of shared and field of experiences when it comes to encoding and decoding ideas.

encoder and decoder

elements schramm’s introduced

dean barnlund

made transactional model

1970

year of transactional model

transactional model

simultaneous and continuous communication

public cues

physical or environmental signs; natural & man-made

private cues

internal or personal psychological signs

behavioral cues

non-verbal & verbal; physical action or language