P2 Describe the stages of the communication cycle

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Melissa Atkinson          S0168232

Unit 1- Developing Effective Communication

Describe the stages of the communication cycle (P2)

In this assignment I am going to describe the six stages of the communication cycle, which are ideas occur, message coded, message sent, message received, message decoded and message understood. Communication is where two or more people exchange information, ideas and feelings. Every time we want to start a conversation with another person we go through the six stages of the communication cycle with out realising it.

The first stage of the communication cycle is called ideas occur or aiming. This is the process where we think about what we need to communicate and to who to communicate to. We unconsciously ask ourselves questions such as, what do we want to say? Who do I want to say it to? What would make them interested? What is the best way to communicate the information? Is the information prioritised? We go through all these questions like a checklist before we move on to the next stage of the communication cycle.

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Once our thoughts have been organised, we move on to the second stage of the communication cycle, which is called message coded or encoding. This is the process where we think and plan how to say what we were thinking in the ideas occur stage. We ask ourselves what words or images are we going to use to express our ideas. We have to take in to consideration the language we are going to use and, how it can be influenced by gender, status, education, our experiences, mood and the assumptions we make. It is important for us to ...

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