Chapter 3: What is Communication?
Communication is the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information that results in understanding.
- In other words you (the speaker) have information (message) that you give to someone else (audience), who then answers back (feedback).
- You can communicate through sight and sound
- Communication always occurs in a situation or context
Speaker: Conveys the message. They use good structure, delivery, preparation, and precise language to enhance their message. Their character, purpose, words choice, volume, gestures, and facial expressions all work together to present the message he/she has in mind.
Message: What you want to say and how you say it.
Content: The Idea that you want to express.
Form: The method you use to convey your message to an audience. The form can be written (letters, essays, poems, short stories, novels, or plays),
or oral ( conversation, public speeches, debates, interviews, or dramatic performances).
Channels: this is the sight and sound of your message or your speech and action
Nonverbal Communication: This is when a message is conveyed without the use of sounds, instead is is communicated visually.
Verbal Communication: This is when communication takes place through sound.
Audience: Whomever you are communicating with
Feedback: the Audience's response to the speaker's message (usually nonverbal).
- In other words you (the speaker) have information (message) that you give to someone else (audience), who then answers back (feedback).
- You can communicate through sight and sound
- Communication always occurs in a situation or context
Speaker: Conveys the message. They use good structure, delivery, preparation, and precise language to enhance their message. Their character, purpose, words choice, volume, gestures, and facial expressions all work together to present the message he/she has in mind.
Message: What you want to say and how you say it.
Content: The Idea that you want to express.
Form: The method you use to convey your message to an audience. The form can be written (letters, essays, poems, short stories, novels, or plays),
or oral ( conversation, public speeches, debates, interviews, or dramatic performances).
Channels: this is the sight and sound of your message or your speech and action
Nonverbal Communication: This is when a message is conveyed without the use of sounds, instead is is communicated visually.
Verbal Communication: This is when communication takes place through sound.
Audience: Whomever you are communicating with
Feedback: the Audience's response to the speaker's message (usually nonverbal).
Responsibility in Communication
When we read James 3, we realize the power that our speech holds. It has the power to destroy or build up. When reading through this chapter, it is important to understand that we are responsible for what we say.
3 Principles of Communication from James 3:
1. You are responsible for what you share.
2. There is great power in speech for good or evil.
3. What you say gives evidence of who you are.
3 Principles of Communication from James 3:
1. You are responsible for what you share.
2. There is great power in speech for good or evil.
3. What you say gives evidence of who you are.
Wait till you hear what happened to me!
Personal Experience Speech:
Story telling is an important part of our culture. We tell stories all the time to relate information, entertain, explain events, and persuade others. For this speech, you'll be choosing a story that you are familiar with. You've probably told this many times while on the phone or in small groups. Now that you'll be telling it in a public speaking situation, it is important to apply what you've learned to you delivery. Gestures and body language should accompany the telling of your story. You also may want to refine how you tell your story so that it contains all the vital information organized into an introduction, rising action, crisis, falling action, and conclusion.
Story telling is an important part of our culture. We tell stories all the time to relate information, entertain, explain events, and persuade others. For this speech, you'll be choosing a story that you are familiar with. You've probably told this many times while on the phone or in small groups. Now that you'll be telling it in a public speaking situation, it is important to apply what you've learned to you delivery. Gestures and body language should accompany the telling of your story. You also may want to refine how you tell your story so that it contains all the vital information organized into an introduction, rising action, crisis, falling action, and conclusion.
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