Types of Communication

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Communication is a process of transferring information from one to another and is possible only when the sender expresses the idea, expression, feeling, message etc. in an understandable manner because everyone processes information in their own mind, due to which no one can usually tell what is going on in someone else’s mind, if someone wants to tell or ask, they must communicate through some understandable manner.

The sender encodes the information in some understandable mode/way and if the receiver can understand the encoded mode/way, then that encoded information is decoded by the receiver, so the right mode/way should be used to transfer the information.

Types of Communication

Types of communication mean how many ways we can generally express information. Following are the types of communication:

1. Verbal Communication:

Verbal communication does not only mean oral communication, but it also includes written communication. Verbal communication means expressing information through oral or written or both. Verbal communication is the most reliable type of communication if the other understands verbal communication. Verbal communication is divided into two parts:

1. Oral Communication:

Expressing information by speaking is called oral communication and it is the best and easiest way to express information because it takes less time, and it is easy to understand what the other wants to say, but it has less evidentiary value as compared to written communication, because it is not stable, but nowadays due to technology it can be kept stable.

2. Written Communication:

Expressing information through writing is called written communication and it is the best way to express information in the form of evidentiary value because it is stable, but due to technology, it can be destabilized. Written communication is more reliable than oral communication, but it takes more time than oral communication.

2. Non–verbal Communication:

Non-verbal communication means conveying information through gestures (facial expressions, body language, etc.). In simple language, apart from verbal communication, all other mediums are called non-verbal communication. This is the most useful method if anyone is not able to express information through verbal method.

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• What is Communication? Meaning, Features, and More.
• Process of Communication
• Barriers of Communication

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