Model of Communication

My illustrated model of communication is very self-explanatory. It's a mouth speaking in French. This is an intentional verbal message because the mouth is asking "Hello! How are you?" and is looking for feedback from the receiver. The mouth is one of the most commonly used channels in communication because it is a major sensory organ. In general, many channels are used during communication and when more are used the greater the number of stimuli are transmitted. By using input from our past and present experiences, we are able to communicate with one another.

This example of communication would be interpersonal because it is a face to face experience that one would share with another. And because of the French used in this model, it can also be considered intercultural communication which is communication between different members of different cultures. When there are many people speaking at once, this message could be lost in interference, which is anything that distorts the information transmitted to the receiver or distracts him or her from receiving it. There are two types of interference that can occur, semantic and technical. Semantic interference happens when the receiver doesn't attribute the same meaning the sender does. And technical interference occurs when the factors cause the receiver to perceive distortion in the intended form or stimuli. A critical aspect of a message receiving is listening. Both the sender and the receiver have to be listening to one another in order to communicate positively. When the sender/receiver listen, four conflicting yet interrelated processes occur. These are attention, hearing, understanding, and remembering. All these aspects are used in intentional verbal communication.

Communication is shown in this picture through the mouth, which is the main channel for communication but without the input from past experiences there would be no way of communicating. The sender/receiver look for feedback from one another in order to get a message across. The sending of this message is verbal and intentional because it is a conscious attempt to communicate with others through speech. If we didn't have all of these factors, it would be nearly impossible to communicate effectively.