THE PROCESS
OF COMMUNICATION
Communication as a process
connotes that it is a dynamic course that when set in motion, evolved from one
stage to another, James, Ode and Soola (1990:4) states that "communication
process involves an action, reaction and then interaction".
This refers
to the initiative taken by a sender or source to share information, observation
or opinion with others. This could be done through writing, speaking, drawing
or gesturing. This means a response to the action by the sender. The kind of
response determines whether or not the receiver is willing to party to the
communication encounter, and sets the tone or atmosphere for it, reaction on a
communication process may come by ways of reply, rejoinder, answers,
acknowledgement, retort or defense.
It is the
spontaneous reciprocity of messages between a send and a receiver; it is a
stage of exchange of message between two or more persons sharing common experience,
codes and symbols. Interaction as process of communication creates an overlap
of field of experience between a source and a recipient. With this they are
tuned to each other physically, mentally or psychologically, and provide a
basis to carry on the encounter (interaction) meaningfully and successfully.
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