It is, therefore, first and foremost, a social activity.
Communication is a vibrant two way activity. Intially people considered that communication as an art and believed that it can be effectively carried out only by certain faction of the community now the market space has become global and the people in different countries feel that they are living in a global village because they can able to communicate with any person in any country.
The process of communication consists of six steps.
1. ideation
2. encoding
3. transmission
4. receiving
5. decoding
6. acting
Components of communication process
The sender : the developer of the idea and the intiator of the communication process
The receiver: the person / group supposed to get benefited by the message
The message : the content of the communication
The medium : the method of passing on information
The code : the system of signs or sounds used
The channel : sound waves or light waves
Interference : Noise which can affect transmission of information
Feed back : information on how information was received
Context : framework in which communication takes plave
Below figure shows the communication model
Self confidence is an essential variable to interpersonal communication. There is a difference between self confidence and shyness. People who lack confidence don't believe in their opinion and often feel it is inappropriate to share or converse with others. They tend to feel alone, that no one understands them, or fear that they will be laughed at by peers.
SELF-CONFIDENCE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Self-confidence is. an essential interpersonal variable for effective communication. The literary meaning of the word