Classification of channels of communication
- 1. Classification of channels of communication BY: GENESIS APONTE
- 2. Visual channel: • Facial expression, • body language, posture, gestures, pictures & written words, electronic mails, mass media, etc.
- 3. Auditory channel: • Spoken words, • sounds, • telephone or mobile communications, • delivering audio content (radio, voicemail), etc.
- 4. Tactile channel: • Touch sensations, • therapeutic touch, etc.
- 5. Combined channel: • Audiovisual media, • consoling a person with touch • & spoken words.
- 6. Receiver A receiver is an individual or a group of individuals intended to receive, decode & interpret the message sent by the sender/source of message. A receiver also known as decoder. • He is expected to have the ability & skills to receive, decode & interpret the message.
- 7. Feedback It is a return message sent by the receiver to the sender. It is most essential element of the communication process as it shows that the receiver has understood the primary message sent by the sender & the communication process is now consider complete. A successful communication must be a two-way process where the sender sends the message & receives feedback from the receiver. These feedback could be verbal & nonverbal.
- 8. Confounding elements These elements are not a direct part of the flow of the communication process but influence the communication process significantly indirected. • These elements are interpersonal variables of the sender & the receiver & the environment where the communication process take place. • Interpersonal variables such as perception, beliefs, values, sociocultural background, educational & developmental levels, emotion, gender, physical & mental health, etc. may significantly affect the communication process.