kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuh.
it's the way you pronounce communication, in case you're wondering.
okay, you see, before i was a Human Communication student, (chewah!) i thought communication is like, you talk, i listen, i understand.
now that i am a Human Communication student, it has prove to me that communication is more than what i thought it is. my notes says that communication is the process of humans responding to symbolic behavior and that there's a few types of communication.
intrapersonal communication is when a person talks to him/herself.
example: when you're on stage, about to speak in front of 500 people. you calm yourself by telling yourself, "calm down. everything will be okay la."
interpersonal/dyadic [dyad means two] communication is when two people communicate with one another. according to the text book, interpersonal communication is not just limited to twosomes, but also to threesomes and so on. but Mr. Murali said that we'd just be doing twosome for interpersonal.
now, for three to five people, it is called small group communication. it's called small group coz well, the group is small. like, when we're having a discussion among group members. like this..
as for public communication, it involves one person talking to a lot of other people. like when Mr. Murali stands (or sits on the table occasionally.) in front of all of us and lectures. and we do give feedbacks ! well, occasionally (:
and as for mass communication, *que for me to get excited*
it's something like what you're reading now ! yes, a blog is a form of mass communication. the Net is a form of mass communication. and so are magazine, newspapers, TV. and my favourite form of mass communication, radio broadcasting :D and as for this type of communication, feedbacks are occasional too.
so it's communication. can anything go wrong? of course it can! that's where the misconceptions of communication comes in.
communication doesn't need complete understanding.
say you dislike this person and he/she comes up to you and says, "hey !" you look at the person in dislike and reply "hey." in the go-away tone. the person would most definitely stop talking and walk away. unless of course the person is too blur and just don't get it.
communication isn't always a good thing.
ever heard of the term, mulut laser? laser mouth? yeah, this kind of people, should think before they speak. coz most of the time when they say something, it hurts people's feelings. so, communication isn't always a good thing.
no single person/event cause another's reaction.
okay, so when you're angry, you say things you don't mean. and let's say person A is angry and person B starts talking non-stop. person A gets igitated and starts saying things that hurt person B's feeling. person B has to know that he/she is not the only cause person A reacted that way. person A might have been in deep of thought when he suddenly hears person B's voice interrupting his/her thoughts.
communication doesn't solve all problems.
people always think that if only they could communicate better, could express themselves more, things wouldn't happen. things would improve. so, not being able to "communicate better" doesn't mean things won't go bad.
meanings rest in people, not words.
when someone says something, it's up to a person how they interprets the message. sometimes people may get the wrong idea of what you're saying because well, meanings rest in people and not in what you actually said.
communication is not simple.
communication is a skill that someone has to train and practice. even good communicators aren't perfect. they are sometimes misunderstood or just can't get thier message across. other than that, there's always the barrier to effective communication like culture differences and the environment.
more communication isn't always better.
say when you're angry at someone (remember what i said previously about how we often say things we don't mean when we're angry?) it is always best to just shut up and not talk. just in case we say things that might hurt people's feelings. so, we need to know when to talk, when to stop and when to not say a thing.
references:
- Dictionary.com, online, retrieved 6 September 2008, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/communication
- Partially Clips, interpersonal communication, online, retrieved 6 September 2008, from http://www.partiallyclips.com/
- Fast Track Coaching, small group communication, online, retrieved 6 September 2008, from http://www.fasttrackcoaching.co.uk/
- UBC Media, mass communication, online, retrieved 6 September 2008, from http://www.ubcmedia.com/
- Big Eye Deer, smoke signal, online, retrieved 6 September 2008, from http://bigeyedeer.wordpress.com/
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