Eight Phases of Communication Essay

Assignment #1 – Use the eight phases of the communication process to analyze a miscommunication you’ve recently had with a co-worker, supervisor, classmate, teacher, friend, or family member. What idea were you trying to share? How did you encode and transmit it? Did the receiver get the message? Did the receiver correctly decode the message? How do you know? Based on your analysis, identify and explain the barriers that prevented your successful communication in this instance. You should be able to complete this assignment in approximately two-three pages.

Eight Phases:

(1).Sender has an idea (2.) Sender encodes that idea in a message (3.) Sender produces that message in a medium (4.) Sender transmits that message through a channel (5.) Audience receives the message (6.) Audience decodes the message (7.) Audience responds to the message (8.) Audience might also provide feedback to the sender