Elements of the communication process

Gaining some understanding of the basics of the communication process is essential for all those who study the subject of communication. In order to understand communication and make it work successfully, it is important to know the elements of the said process and to focus on how its components contribute to high quality communication. The following are some of the elements of communication.

1. Communicator

2. Encoding

3. Memorandum

4. Channel / Media

5. The receiver

6. Decoding

7. Feedback

8. Noise / Disruption

9. Experience Background

10. Context

11. Impact

Communicator

The person presenting the message is the communicator. That is, the person who exchanges information with another party. The communicator is not an individual but a group of individuals or an organization. Anyone can also be a communicator. Being a true professional communicator in the field of communication is not an easy task. The message conveyed by the communicator to the receiver is properly received by the receiver due to the skill of the communicator.

Encoding

This is the coding that the communicator does when he converts his idea into a message. In order to express a thought that comes to one's mind, one must first decide in which language he is expressing it. If he knows several languages, he can make that decision according to the language of the recipient. Next it translates that idea into symbols, which is called encoding.

Message (message)

The message is what is presented. The communicator exchanges the message with another party. This message can be verbal or nonverbal. It always consists of symbols. They can be as varied as words, sounds, colors, voices, and images. They must be selected very carefully.

Channel / Media

The channel carries the message from the communication location to the receiver. Newspapers, radio, television and the internet are the main ones.

Recipient

The message given by the communicator is received by the receiver. A subscriber must also be present for a successful communication process to take place. The receiver is the target of the communicator. Perhaps the subscriber is not only an individual but also a group that can represent a large number of subscribers.

Decoding

A message we receive consists of symbols. In order to understand what is being read from those symbols, one must interpret the symbols, that is, to understand the meaning presented by this message. The messages we receive are composed of different symbols, different languages, different images, and to understand them properly is called decoding.

Feedback

The response of the recipient to the message is called feedback. Feedback can be given as well as feedback can be positive or negative. There are two types of feedback.

1 Instant feedback

2 As late feedback

Noise / disturbance

Transmission of a message from the communications location to the subscriber may be blocked. They can be classified as follows

1 Media barriers

2 Semantic barriers

Media barriers

Problems with the media can be a media barrier, such as not being able to watch television, not listening to the radio, or making unwanted noises on the phone, for example.

Semantic barriers

If you do not understand the meaning of the message, it is a barrier. This is because the meaning of the symbols used is not clear

If you do not understand when you are expressing something or if you do not understand what is being written, then there is a barrier of meaning.