Communication as meaning creation
Overview
Encoding Communication is an openly licesed image from Wikimedia commons liceensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. It focuses on the process of communication as promotion of undersatanding through shared symbols, context, and feedback. There is an indirect pointer to possible barrriers to effective communication (noise) emanating from various sources.
Communication as meaning creation
Communication is a complex process that involves many elements. The major goal of any communicative action is to promote understanding. For this to happen, there needs to be an exchange of messages either through verbal or non-verbal means. It is important, too, that those in the communication event have common symbols or other means to promote meaning creation.