Principle One

Be aware of your communication with yourself and others.

Principle Two

Effetively use and interpret verbal messages.

Principle Three

Effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages.

Principle Four

Listen and respond thoughtfully to others.

Principle Five

Appropriately adapt messages to others.

What is Human Communication?

Human communication is the process of making sense out of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through verbal and non verbal messages.

3 Criteria for Competent Messages

1. The message should be understood

2.. The message should achieve its intended effect

3.The message should be ethical

Source:

Encode

Reciever:

Decode

Chanels:

Sight

Sound

Touch

Taste 

Smell

Human Communication as Action

Message Transfer

"Go pick up the milk after class."

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    source              chanel            reciever

Human Communication as Interaction

Message Exchange

Human Communication as Transaction

 Message Creation

(constant communication)

Communication Characteristics

Communication Is:

- Inescapable

- Irreversible

- Complicated

- Content and Relationship Oriented

- Governed by Rules