theories of cummunication by mary munter

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Question # 1: briefy explain the three theories o communication suggested

by Mary Munter?

Answer:

Denition :

1! the imparting or exchanging o inormation by spea"ing writing or

using some other medium$! the act or process o using words sounds signs or beha%iors to

express or exchange inormation or to express your ideas thoughts

eelings etc! to someone else! &1'! (y and large )ommunication *rom +atin comm,nic-re meaning .to

share./ is a purposeul acti%ity o

exchanging inormationand meaningacross space and time using

%arious technical or natural means whiche%er is a%ailable or preerred!

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0eed 2mportance o communication:

(y considering all the denition on must thin" that why there is the need

importance o communication! 3hough it is %ery %ital or anyone to ha%e a

proper communication or his4her needs! 2t help us to de%elop a "nowledge

based ci%ili5ed society that can transmit rom one generation to another! And

to be a social organi5ation one must be the part o proper communication!

2n general communication gets more importance to human society andorgani5ations and to business specically! 6eople are hired their ser%ices are

rendered! 6olicies are prepared implemented learned and perormed! 3here

is no practical way which ma"es these happening possible without proper

communication!

3heories o communication:

3he theories o communication dened by Mary Munter are as ollows7

1! 8lectronic 3heory

$! 9ocial 8n%ironment 3heory'! &hetorical 3heory

8lectronic 3heory:

ne %ery infuential theory is called the mathematical or

electronic theory o communication!
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3his idea emphasi5ed the technical probelsms o trnamistting a

message or a sender to a recei%er 2t is based on uses the languages electronics!

3he message begins with the inormation sources the mind o the

sender who spea"s a message encodes it into words or action and

sentences!

3he message can be anything a written note or saying o words a mar" on

piece o paper or sound wa%es that tra%el through a proper channel! ;here it

is distorted by either typing or noise and in the end it reaches the recei%er

and recei%er decodes the message!

Message

=recei%er> in

communication gi%en by this theory and the possible intererence! And also

the accuracy aspect o communication is emphasi5ed by this theory!

3he useulness o electronic theory is limited as people are not machines!

(ut one can possibly design a perect accurate electronic communication

system!

1! 6reoccupation$! 0ew techniue or impro%ing our writing and spea"ing s"ill

Audience

As

=recei%er>

)ommunicator

As

=9ender>


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8%eryone has a dened roles and obs and under such role and obs one must

communicate within a certain social en%ironment! And one can practice

policies!

And to any unwritten or pre@described rules li"e who how when and what it

is appropriate or us to communicate with in a certain organi5ation!


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9ome o the problems need to be highlighted

)ommunication is in general complicated

2ndi%iduals might ha%e diFerent expectations when they start a

con%ersation no matter what context Missing common ground ma"es it sometimes dicult to communicate

with each othe 9ome people brea" the =rules> e!g! ignore non%erbal clues or

intercultural communication principles deliberately &'

&hetorical theory:

3he last theory which is dened by Mary Munter which denes that

communication is not a one sided process is multidimensional and multi

responsi%e!

ne can be a sender can also be a recei%er and %ice %ersa! And message can

also be response and response can also be a message!

&hetorical theory pro%ides an important addition to communication process

or any business organi5ation! ne can be so in%ol%es in the accuracy o the

message ad orget the other infuencing and crucial %ariable which can

produce the desired response!

3he importance o response which incorporates the idea rom electronic

theory and situation orm social theory the below model shows that thecommunication i circular not linear!

3o diFerentiate the business communication with other communication you

should consider the circular uality o your communication and the

eFecti%eness depends on the uality o result you achie%e

Message

)ommunicator Audience

&esponse


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8n%ironment

Aristotle was the rst who addressed the problem o communication and attempted

to wor" out a theory that is "nown as =&hetorical theory>! 2n which emphasis is

placed on both parties clearly understanding the message in the communication

ater the circular communication process &G

;hy is it more important than two other theories o communication?

3hird set o theorists add more dimensions to our understanding o the

communication process:

)ommunication is not linear but circular7 not ust sending a message to be

recei%ed but producing

a response7 not static but dynamic!

H &hetorical theorists pro%ide an important addition to a communication model or

business

communicators

Many people caught up in the accuracy orget third crucial %ariable producing the

desired response

orm their audience! &I

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