6 Principles to Communication

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The six principles to communication There are six principles to communication. These are known as context, sender, medium, receipent and feedback. Communication is a two-way process in giving and receiving information through a number of channels. The first principle in communication is known as context. The context influnces what your trying to say in your message. The context may be physical, social, chronological or cultural. The context may include verbal or non-verbal communication being sent by the sender to the receiver. The second principal in communication is known as the sender. The sender is the person who is sending the message by talking, texting, writing, body language, etc. The third principal is the message itself. This could be any communication done by writing, email, texting, talking or body language. Everything about us communicates a message in some way to others. The way we talk, listen, smell, look, etc all relays a message to others. The fourth principal is the medium. The medium is the channel in which the message is communicated. This can be from a text to face to face communication or even through the media. The fifth principal is the receiver. This is the person that the message was intended for. We receive messages by listening, seeing, reading and understanding each other. The last principal is the feedback we receive. Feedback tells the sender what effect they have on the listner. We receive feedback in many ways. It may be from a simple smile or frown to the nod of a head. Feedback comes to us in many forms. I think that communication between employee/emplpyers versus friendship communication are somewhat alike but also differ. I know as a supervisor speaking to my staff, I have to be more direct and professional with them. When I am communicating with my friends, the converstation is more
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