I’m working on a communications discussion question and need an explanation to help me learn.
The reading in Chapter 1 defines communication as “the process of generating meaning by sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal symbols and signs that are influenced by multiple contexts.” Obviously, this definition is strong. It is in our textbook, after all. Still, every definition could be improved – we could make it stronger, more comprehensive, more broad, more abstract, easier to understand, and so on.
Come up with your own definition of communication. How does it differ from the definition in the book? Why did you choose to define communication the way you did? What do we gain from your definition that wasn’t clear in the textbook definition?
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