6 Essential Elements of Communication

Nonverbal Messaging
Verbal Messaging
Perception

Channel

Feedback

Context

all 6 of these elements are included in general communication such as the example above

Nonverbal Messaging

Nonverbal Messages are messages experessed without words.  Your appearance, facial expressions, eyecontact, posture, walk, gestures, voice, space, the time and place, and your feelings all affect the nonverbal messages you send.

One example of common nonverbal communication is texting.

Verbal Messaging

Verbal meassages involve words being spoken out loud with the Sender choosing the way he/she wants his/her voice to sound and the order of the words he/she has chosen.  Misunderstandings happen a lot and  often cause embarassment, especialy when a young person is talking with an old person because words and their meanings change quickly from generation to generation.

When a teenager talks with his or her grandmother, the grandma may not understand the correct meaning af all the slang the younger person uses.

Context

The context is the location, setting, people, time,...
Where you are and who you are around and at what time all determine the context of communication at any given time.

someone is way more likely to want to hold a conversation with you in a park than say.....

a public restroom.

Feedback

Feedback is the verbal and nonverbal messages that tell the Sender how they are being persieved.  It can be hindered by preception and noise.

This guy's face shows what he is thinking about what the lady is saying.\

He looks annoyed and slightly intimidated or maybe even angry.

Channel

Channel is the means by which a message is transmited and is always one of the five senses.  Most people tend to rely on and trust one channel verses the others.  Noise is anything that interfers with the channel. Internal Noise is any thoughts you have while communicating, while Outside Noise is anything that occurs outside of your mind while you communicate.

Perception

Perception is your veiw on information; the way you see something; the process of giving a meaning to information you learn through your 5 senses. 
Factors of Perception:

• your age
• where you're from
• your culture
• your ethnicity
• your religion
• your education level
• your heighth
• your weight
• your job/occupation
• your mood
• your mindset
• your feelings

Physical Influences-how you feel affects the outcome.
Psycological Influences-what your mind remembers about a situation, person, or animal affects how you will react when you are faced with a similar experience.
Cultural Influences-the way you were raised, your values, and your expectations about how people should behave affects how you experience your reality.

Factors the Hinder Perception:

• Halo Effect-atomatically like and give more chances
• Horn Effect-atomatically dislike and give less chances
• Expectations and Asumptions-you accually have to try hard to change your frame of mind
• Demographics-include age, weight, gender, heighth, race,.......   We judge people on things they cant change
• Ignoring the Details-if you don;t read or listen to all the details, you wont get the whole picture.
• Incosistant Behavior-when someone acts different day to day it is hard to get an acurate perseption.

He may look like a total nerd but he could actually be pretty cool underneath.....maybe.