Communication process

 

Communication is a process that involves the transmission of meaningful information from one party to another through the use of shared symbols.

Elements of CP:

-sender/Source:

The person that has information to share with another person or group of people.

-Receiver /Audience:

The person(s) with whom the sender shared thoughts or information .

- Message:

The information or meaning the source hopes to convey .

- Channel:

The medium by which the communication travels from the source or sender to the receiver .

- Feedback:

Refers to verbal and visual responses to messages .

- Context:

The setting in which the communication takes place .

Models for communication:

- Communication as action

- Communication as transaction.

- Communication as interaction

 

** Communication as action:

Meaning sent or transferred from sender to receiver liner input/output.

Communication as transaction:

Back and forth like a ping-pong game we talk, we listen, we talk, we listen.

Types of CMC:

First : Asynchronous CMC : emails, shared network group folders

Second: Synchronous CMC : chat , instant messaging , video conferences. 

Internet

define the internet:
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (often called TCP/IP, although not all applications use TCP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support email.

Type of Networks:

One way to categorize the different types of computer network designs is by their scope or scale. For historical reasons, the networking industry refers to nearly every type of design as some kind of area network. Common examples of area network types are:

• LAN - Local Area Network
• WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
• WAN - Wide Area Network
• MAN - Metropolitan Area Network

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http://compnetworking.about.com/od/basicnetworkingconcepts/a/network_types.htm

Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content and content that uses a combination of different content forms. This contrasts with media that use only rudimentary computer displays such as text-only or traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, or interactivity content forms.

Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed, or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. Multimedia devices are electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art; by including audio, for example, it has a broader scope. The term "rich media" is synonymous for interactive multimedia. Hypermedia can be considered one particular multimedia

Hardware

Computer hardware is the collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system. Computer hardware refers to the physical parts or components of a computer such as monitor, keyboard, hard drive disk, mouse, printers, graphic cards, sound cards, memory, motherboard and chips, etc all of which are physical objects that you can actually touch..

An input device is any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system ..

Input devices:

• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Tracball
• Touchpad
• Scanner
• Microphone
• Optical Drive
• Touch Display
• Card Reader

An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information..

Output devices:

• Monitor
• Printer
• Plotter
• Fax Machine
• Speaker
• Headphone
• Projector