Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Supermodel of communication.

& nope I'm not talking about sexy babes here...
although I DO think models 'communicate' in a special way.
so yeah! MODEL OF COMMUNICATION yes? 



OKAY...so now u got your lil' dose of supermodel, 

Lets get back to business about the communication model. 
Boring? I know right.

So a communication model is...
a chart that simplifies the daily communication process using medias.
its like... those little things in life that we don't notice until we actually get told about.


Here's that simple...but not so simple chart by Shannon & Weaver


what do u think??
Bet ur like 




right now.

hahahahaha look at that dude!!!!

Alright, so lemme explain. :)

listen up to miss bunny here :)

The model Transmission Model of Communication,
consists of 5 elements. 




  1. An information source, which produces a message.
  2. transmitter, which encodes the message into signals
  3. channel, to which signals are adapted for transmission
  4. receiver, which 'decodes' (reconstructs) the message from the signal
  5. destination, where the message arrives.
there is also a 6th element which is a dysfunctional factor.
which means,
whatever that would
ahem. DESTROY,
or modify,
the message that has been sent originally
& cause it to be received differently.

To make it simpler,
lets say you're on the phone with your friend.
the telephone channel would function as the wire (digi/maxis line)
the signal would be an electrical current inside
& the transmitter and receiver are the handsets.
noise would be when...
u know when you're saying "HELLO??"
and the other line hears some weird cracking sounds?
 and decides to put down because he/she cant hear u?
yeah something like that.

Shannon & Weaver had a theory about the three levels of problems in the analysis of Communication

  • A The technical problem: how accurately can the message be transmitted?
  • B The semantic problem: how precisely is the meaning 'conveyed'?
  • C The effectiveness problem: how effectively does the received meaning affect behavior?
   although it does sound very naive to believe that sorting problems at one level would immediately cause improvements to the other levels.

"u think??" 

HOWEVER,
lemme finish this up.

The simplicity, generality & quantifiability gives us a better understanding about the basics of information transfer and communications theories.
Its somewhat like the first step that is thrown to your face 
which leads u to wonder and think about things.

& maybe at the same time,
DESIGNERS 
like us,
can start figuring out about how the messages in our artworks & creations
can be sent more efficiently
to our readers, viewers and clients! 


now THAT is awesome 
isn't it??

Okay looking at the length of this post is already killing me.
Thats all about the communication model that I wud wanna share wid u guys.

little quotation here for references.
all pictures were taken from google search results




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