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What is Communication?

About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee

Assistant Professor (Amity University), Digital Humanist
Ph.D in English (GITAM, India), M.A. and B.A. in English (B.C.C., B.K.U, India), P.G.D.E. -I by Research (B.C.U, UK), TESOL Prof. Certification (Arizona State University, USA)

Founder, Chair of the Secretaries of University Learner, India School on Internet Governance Fellow 2024, IIM-B, Member of Internet Society, Bangalore, Internal Complaints Committee Member, GITAM Deemed to be University, Bengaluru, Teach for India Fellow 2023 and Fellowship Recruitment Committee, Delhi

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  1. The word Communication is derived from:
    1. Communicare (Latin)**
    2. Communicatio
    3. Comunicacion (Old French) meaning ‘to Share’**
  2. Communication can be:
    1. Verbal
    2. Non-Verbal
  3. It is an interaction between a sender and a receiver. Elements involve: Sender, message, medium, channel, receiver, response, feedback.
    1. The communication process is: Sender (coder) —– >(Message through a medium/channel) —–> Receiver (Decoder) ——-> Response/feedback to Sender (coder)
  4. Important Terms:
    1. Study of the role of Eye Contact: Oculesics
    2. Study of use of time: Chronemics
    3. Study of touch: Haptics
    4. Study of variation in pitch, speed, and volume and use of pauses to convey meaning: Paralinguistics
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