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Defining “Communication”

The problem with definitions

They are partial

One (partial) definition

The transactional process of creating and sustaining social order through symbolic meaning

Model 1: linear

*noise*

Linear model: example in history

Model 2: interactive

*noise*

(internal & external)

Model 3: transactional

*Context*

Context-shaped

Context-shaping

Communication is a process

*Irreversible*

Communication is a process

*Irreversible*

Communication is a process

*Dynamic*

Axioms of communication

Occurs on content level and relational level

“What are you doing this weekend?”

“I’m so glad we’re friends”

Axioms of communication

Occurs in complementary and symmetrical exchanges

Axioms of communication

One cannot NOT communicate