Communication Cycle Definition Process M-1 (1)
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Communication cycle:
Definition, process, models and examples
PROFESSOR JOHN VELENTZAS, DR. GEORGIA BRONI
Technological Institute of Western Macedonia
Greece
drjohnvel@gmail.com
georgiabroni@yahoo.gr
Abstract: Communication is the act of conveying information for the purpose of creating a shared under-
standing. It's something that humans do every day. In other words, Communication is the activity of conveying
information through the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, visuals, signals, writing,
or behaviour. Pragmatics defines communication as any sign-mediated interaction that follows combinatorial,
context-specific and content-coherent rules.
Key-words: Communication, information, linguistic, non-linguistic forms, sender, message, recipient, re-
ceivers attitude, psychological noise, diagonal communication.
1. Introduction: The Definition of One definition of communication is "any act by
Communication which one person gives to or receives from another
person information about that person's needs, de-
The term "communication" has been derived sires, perceptions, knowledge, or affective states.
from the Latin "communis," that means "common" 1. Communication may be intentional or unintentional,
Thus "to communicate" means "to make common" may involve conventional or unconventional sig-
or "to make known", "to share" and includes verbal, nals, may take linguistic or non-linguistic forms,
non-verbal and electronic means of human interac- and may occur through spoken or other modes." 3
tion. Scholars who study communication analyze This act of making common and known is car-
the development of communication skills in humans ried out through exchange of thoughts, ideas or the
and theorize about how communication can be made like. The exchange of thoughts and ideas can be had
more effective. by gestures, signs, signals, speech or writing. People
It is the meaningful exchange of information be- are said to be in communication when they discuss
tween two or a group of people. Communicative some matter, or when they talk on telephone, or
competence designates the capability to install inter- when they exchange information through letters.
subjective interactions, which means that communi- Basically, communication is sharing information,
cation is an inherent social interaction 2. whether in writing or orally 4.