Human Communication - Encoding My Concept - Part 2
The Next Level:
Now that we have a general concept of Human Communication, let us move to the next level of getting to into the intrinsic aspects of Human Communication.
One of the interesting aspects of human communication is that every human being is different from one another and there is this very interesting aspect in human called emotions which is the link that makes this subject vast. Gestures, facial expressions (which form an essential part of body language), intonation, loudness are some of some of the emotional factors which influence the message transferred.
The influence of emotions can be found in all types of communication (I mean human communication). For example, “I would like to see you” can be told as “I would like to see you” where the stress is on the word I. This implies that the person who wants to see (sender) the other person (receiver) wants to emphasize on the fact that he wants to see the peron for more important reasons than anything else. If the stress is on the word “see”, it implies that the person wants to stress on the fact that the physical presence of the person is more important aspect here. Tears, laughter, smile, frown are some of the types of emotions in oral communication. Use of exclamation and question marks, words used are all types of emotions used in written communication.
Human Communication is also very important in an organization because, when we deal with groups, it is very important to have effective communication so that, every member is able express his/her view, there are multiple options available and there is cohesiveness in groups. Also when there are cross – cultural environments, it is important that communication is done in a very effective way so as to not hurt (or) insult any culture. For example, some cultures don’t go with the habit of shaking hands which is a form of greeting people. So we have to respond (or) greet them in way that they are comfortable with (like bowing). It is when I talk about cross – cultural communication that I feel is the right time to mention about the Triangle of Meaning.
Triangle of Meaning:
The Triangle of Meaning tells us that the three principle elements in the model are “symbol”, “reference” and “referent”. The symbol is a particular phonological or graphical form such as elephant. The thought (or) reference is the meaning – content of the form, namely the idea of the elephant. The thought (or) reference is the meaning – content of the form, namely the idea of the elephant. The referent is the non – linguistic thing that is talked about (the actual elephant).
This means that, what might mean an elephant to one person mught not mean the same to another person, though they are represented by same symbol. These kinds of problems exist a lot in cross – cultural communication and it is very important to act accordingly.