A Wide-Angle View of Communication

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1、AWide-AngleViewofCommunicationFrombirthtodeath,alltypesofcommunicationplayanintegralpartinourlife.Whateveryouroccupationorleisure-timeactivities,communicationofoneformoranotherhasarole.Infact,ifpeoplewereaskedtoanalyzehowtheyspendmostoftheirwakingday,theprimerespon

2、seswouldbe“communicating”or“beingcommunicatedwith”.Inreality,communicationisourlinktotherestofhumanity.Butwhatiscommunication?Andwhatisitweseektoaccomplishwithit?Letusbegintoanswerthesequestionsbyexaminingwhatweconsidertobetheessentialingredientsofcommunication.Sen

3、dersandReceiversCommunicationinvolvespeoplewhosendorreceivemessages.Assendersweformmessagesandattempttocommunicatethemtoothersthroughverbalandnonverbalsymbols.Asreceivers,weprocessthemessagessenttousandreacttothembothverballyandnonverbally.Sometimes,－asinface-to-fa

4、cecommunication－wemaysendandreceivemessagessimultaneously.Thismeansthattheroleofsenderorreceiverisnotrestrictedtoanyonepartytothecommunicationprocess;instead,weplaybothroles.Andthisisagoodthing,forifwewerejustsenders,wemightsendmessageaftermessagewithouteverstoppin

5、gtoconsiderwhetherthemessagewasbeingreceivedasweintendedittobe.Andifwewerejustreceivers,wemightbeopentoanyandallmessagesthatcameourway.Therearetimeswhenitseemsasifcommunicationispredominantlyoneway:receiversofmessagesfailtoreact;sendersofmessagesfailtoconsiderthere

6、actionsofthereceiverbeforesendinganothermessage.Butforcommunicationtobeeffective,themessagespeoplesendtoothersshould,atleastinpart,bedeterminedbythemessagesreceivedfromthem.Thepeoplecommunicatinghavesomerelationshipwithoneanotherthataffectstheirperceptionsoftheidea

7、sandfeelingscommunicated.Friendsusuallyhavegreaterlatitudeinhowtheycansaysomethinginordertobeunderstoodcorrectlythandostrangersoradversaries.Thatisonereasoncommunicationbetweenapublicspeakerandanaudiencediffersqualitativelyfromcommunicationbetweenfriendsorcolleague

8、s.FieldofExperienceWeeachcarryourfieldofexperiencewithuswhereverwego.Whenthepeoplecommunicatinghavehadsimilarlifeexperiences,chancesaretheywillbe