TC or transactional communication has four key factors, simultaneous communication, multidimensional communication, time factor, and the noise factor. In the following essay, I will look at what the key factors are and give some examples of how they work in my life.
Communication isn’t something we do to others; it’s an activity we do with each other, and sometimes we’re communicating at the very same time. The reason for this is, communication is visual as well as verbal. So if someone you’re talking to is shaking his head in agreement while you’re speaking, than this is simultaneous communication. It could be as simple as someone saying “yeah” while you’re speaking to them on the phone, to speaking in front of a group of people and watching their non-verbal feedback through body language.
We all experience simultaneous communication so often, that most of the time it goes unnoticed. Could it be called simultaneous communication when I was explaining to my girlfriend why I was late getting home and simultaneously had to duck to miss getting hit by a flying frying pan? Yes, this would be an example. She was letting know she was unhappy I was late.
Another example of simultaneous communication would be when I was giving a talk to the restaurant staff at the hotel I was working for, it was on a Sunday. After the first 30 minutes, while I was speaking, I noticed people starting to fidget, and stop paying attention. I found this understandable, but I still had to say something to draw their attention back. They were communicating to me they were ready to leave.
Of the four key factors associated with TC, multidimensional communication is my favorite. Many circumstances affect the way people communicat...
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...our body is telling you something and you have no choice but listen. You can’t listen to someone when you’re in pain or have to go to the bathroom. Just recently I had such bad shoulder pain that I was seeing stars. I thought I had slept wrong, but the pain was getting worse daily, I couldn’t turn my neck. When people tried to talk to me, I couldn’t hear what they had to say, I just wanted whoever was talking to fuck off and die. I found out I have severe arthritis in my neck. It wasn’t my shoulder at all. It’s under control now, but when I was in that kind of pain I didn’t want to talk to anyone and I didn’t want to listen to anyone.
So in conclusion, Transactional Communication is happening for me every waking moment, with or without a person to talk to. I find as long as I have someone in my thoughts or around my energy, we’re communicating.
Interpersonal communication is communication that occurs between two people within the context of their relationship and as that evolves, helps them to define their relationship (p.22). With interpersonal communication as a backbone for meeting our daily needs, whether we communicate verbally or non-verbally when we are in the presences of others then communication is taking place. The elements of interpersonal communication are broken down into the communicators, the message, noise, feedback, context, and channel (p.9). The models such as interaction and transactional show that interpersonal communication works as a two-way street between the sender and receiver. When both the sender and receiver are receiving messages and feedback that defines a relationship where both needs are being met. Floyd discusses that interpersonal communication many aspects of our lives, from our physical needs and other every day needs to our experiences with relationships, spirituality, and identity (p.4). When we overcome the challenges with communication we can meet our needs and build relationships. To meet our needs, we must be willing to
`“Every time one person interacts with another non-verbal communication takes place, it `may be intentional or unintentional, but it is part of the rapid stream of communication that passes between two interacting individual” (Gabbott & Hogg, 2001).
Communicative intentions and speech acts are related to the fact that an individual states a sentence, but that sentence has 2 or more several different meanings. The way the sentence is delivered, the tone used to deliver it and the entire body language is related to speech acts. In this paper, a particular scene will be discussed with regards to the participants’ communicative intentions and speech acts. The following scene will be discussed related to the communicative intentions and speech acts:
Communication is the most important tool when building relationships. The term “it is not what you say, but how you say it” should be applied to everyday life. As humans we are constantly building relationships whether professional or social. In order to better understand the key components of communication, we will look at the types of feedback, the appropriate channels to be utilized, noise, and context. This information will supply the tools to utilize the communication theory the in order to sustain healthy relationships.
Furthermore several of the communication problems that Holmes and Watson are faced with can be explained using the Transactional Communication Model (TCM). This model explains that people send and receive messages simultaneously and not in a back-and-forth manner( Adler, Proctor, 2012). The same model also explains that people occupy different environments which is the case with Sherlock and Watson. Nonverb...
Communication can be defined as ‘imparting or exchanging information by speaking, writing or through another medium’ (Stevenson A, 2010). It is part of everyday human interaction and involves the exchange of information between two or more people. The Transactional model of communication reflects what happens in everyday communication situations, whereby people act as the sender and receiver. It shows communication as an ongoing process and each person communicating will react differently depending on the environment, their personal experience, culture, self-esteem and attitude (Butland M, 2012). Verbal communication is conveying information through words by either writing or speaking and includes tone and volume of voice. Non-verbal communication is the use of body language such as gestures, facial expressions, posture, appearance and active listening to relay information to another person. Mehrabian (1971) states that 55% of communication is non-verbal, 7% is verbal and 38% is vocal (i.e. relating to tone of voice and sounds). This suggests that other than visual body language, listening and vocal expressions are also an important part of communication (Dunhill A, Elliott B and Shaw A, 2009).
In interpersonal communication there are many theories that are similar yet different in many ways. The theories can be combined to describe people and how those people interact and communicate with each other. Many of these theories help explain how people in society form impressions of others, how they maintain these impressions, why people interact with certain people in society, and how people will use these impressions that they have formed later on in life. These theories also help people to better understand themselves, to better understand interpersonal communication, and to better understand people in general. There are two theories in interpersonal communication that, despite their differences, can go hand in hand. The first is interaction adaptation theory and the second is emotional contagion theory. These two theories’ similarities and differences and their relevance to my everyday life will be discussed in this paper. These two theories are very important in understanding how people interact with others and why people do the things they do sometimes.
In life people communicate every day through many types of responses and behaviors. There are plenty examples that have been expressed over time by people trying to explain these communicative behavior and analyze them in different ways.
Brian Tracy once said, “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It 's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you 're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” Communication is defined as the process of acting on information. Communicating is a very essential component of everyday life. According to the text book, the average person spends between eighty and ninety percent of their “waking time” communicating (Beebe 2). Communication improves our relationships as well as our overall health. Without communication, the human species would end because it is such a necessity. There are a variety of forms of communication including interpersonal, mass, public, small group and intrapersonal
Communication is how individuals often convey their thoughts, ideas, feelings, understandings and is a two-way process. Interpersonal communication is how individuals “transfer meaning between and among each other” (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p. 355). Not only does a person need to effectively utilize their transmission method to send their message, the receiving party needs to acknowledge what the sender is communicating, as well as the intent. Even if the message is well intended, if the receiver does not sufficiently interpret the meaning, then there will be miscommunication between both parties. This can result in unintended conflict and misunderstanding, which can be unfavorable to a relationship pending the situation. This is why it is necessary to understand the various methods of interpersonal communication and how miscommunication can occur.
Verbal communication includes anything written, or spoken. Nonverbal communication includes eye contact, body movement, facial expression, tone of voice, touch, silence, and several different expressions. This book discusses verbal & nonverbal communication jointly. It has become obvious that you can't really separate the verbal & nonverbal parts. As stated by D.J. Higginbotham & D.E. Yoder, "It is impossible to study either verbal or nonverbal communication as isolated structures. Rather, these systems should be regarded as a unified communication construct."
Theories of Communications, is a course that allowed me to further gain a far better perspective and has also broadened my understanding and knowledge of some of the major theories. I appreciate the fact, that during the course of the semester, this class really did an admirable job introducing me to a variety of well known and widely studied theories in the communication feild. One of the biggest things I took out of this class, was how the class impled me to learn how to apply some of the theories to my life in a practical way through some of the class activities, readings, group work, presentations, and assignments. In the following paper, there will be three main things I will be covering. I will start off by introducing all members of my family, and describing a little bit about them individually. I will then be talking about the five theories I selected that I can applyto myself and my family. I will then describe each of the five theories, give an example of my own families experiance that aplies to the theories, and give an analysis of the experiance using the theory. And lastly, I will share with you my conclucion, which will conclude basically all of the things that I learned through writing this paper.
The basic concept of communication is interaction between two or more people that results in the passing of information. However, for this process to happen effectively one must understand the different methods and standards required to achieve the process because without this knowledge one may miscommunicate information. Therefore, to assure that the receiver receives the information correctly one must understand the effects of interruptions and when backup your information for clarity (Wallace & Roberson, 2009).
I learned a lot about Human Communication in this class when I read the chapter about Nonverbal Communication. Nonverbal Communication is the process of using messages that are not words to generate meaning. I learned that it happens every day. I also learned that is very hard to read or understand depending on the person you are speaking to or with. Verbal and Nonverbal codes work in conjunction with each other. The words we speak or say are used in conjunction six different ways: to repeat, to emphasize, to complement, to contradict, to substitute, and to regulate. I never knew until reading this chapter that we do these things all most every time we communicate. These are things I took for granted until now. I now know that I will pay
There are different types of communication (verbal, nonverbal, paralinguistic). Verbal communication is communicating with words. For instance, an individual speaks to another at a business meeting regarding profit margins. Second, nonverbal communication is communicating without the use of words but through gesture, body language, facial expression and eye contact (Baron, Branscombe, Byrne). Also these physical expressions can provide powerful and valuable information about others’ current feelings and reactions without the need of words. Lastly paralinguistic is defined as the use of emotional expression, gestures, and the location of the body in relation to the other's body, eye contact, and level of voice instead of verbally expressing these cues (Triandis). Additionally, paralinguistic is also known as paralanguage as a way to modify or nuance meaning, or convey emotion, with the use of pitch, volume, and intonation (Triandis). For instance, as described by Triandis’ article Culture and Communication, “in Bulgaria and south India a nod means "no,” and a shake of the head, means "yes".” It’s interesting how Triandis describes the amount of difficulty it was to compre...