Out of the Woods; Shannon-Weaver
The Shannon-Weaver Model
For a message to be exchanged there must be a human representing the information source and another human representing the destination. The Shannon-Weaver Model, as described by C. E. Shannon (1948), can be used to explain communication. The message leaves the information source through a transmitter where it is coded as a signal that can be carried across a channel to a receiver where the message is decoded at its destination.
We can use James and Becky as an example. James (the information source) codes his fear of Becky being hit by a falling tree into words that he shouts using his voice (the transmitter). The sound of his voice travels through the air (the channel) and is picked up by Becky’s ear (the receiver) which deliver the message to Becky’s brain (the destination) where it is decoded and Becky realizes that her life is in imminent danger.