Friday 30 January 2015

Western theories of Communication.

1).Lasswell model of communication.
o   Who
o   Says what
o   In which channel
o   To whom
o   With what effect.



Ø This model is about process of communication and its function to society, According to Lasswell there are three functions for communication.
A) Surveillance of the environment
B) Correlation of components of society
C) Cultural transmission between generations.
Ø Lasswell model suggests the message flow in a mulcultural society with multiple audiences. The flow of message is through various channels. And also this communication model is similar to Aristotle’s communication model.
Ø In this model of communication component who refer the research area called “Control Analysis”.
Ø In which channel is refer to “Media analysis”. To whom is refer to “Audio Analysis” with what effects is refer to “Effect Analysis”.
Ø This model stresses on the effect rather than the message itself. Effect means observable or measurable change in the receiver. It also suggests that any change in the elements will change the effect.
v      Advantages of Lasswell Model
o   It is easy and simple
o   It suits for all types of communication.
o   The concept of effect.
v      Disadvantages of Lasswell model
o   Feedback not mentioned.
o   Noise to mentioned
o   Linear model.
2) Shannon and Weaver Model.
Ø Claude Shannon is considered one of the founding father of the communications age.
Ø Shannon Weaver model of communication has been called the “Mother of all models”. It embodies the concept of information source message, transmitter, signal, Channel, noise, Receiver etc…
Ø In 1948 Claude Shannon published “A Mathematical Theory of communication “article in two parts in the July and October numbers of the bell system Technical journal.
o   A Source
o   A Encoder
o   A channel
o   A decoder
o   A Receiver



Ø These six elements are shown graphically in the model. As Shannon was researching in the field of information theory, his model was initially very technology oriented. The model was produced in 1949, a year after lasswell’s and you will immediately see the similarity to the Lasswell Formula.
Ø Three other factors that affecting while communicating.
o   Physical noice
o   Sematic noice
o   Feedback
1)   The Source
Ø All human communication has some source, some person or group of person with a given purpose, a reason for engaging in communication.
2)   The Encoder
Ø When you communicate, you have a particular purpose in mind.
o   You want to show that you are a friendly person
o   You want to give them some information.
o   You want to get them to do something
o   You want to persuade them of your point of view and so on. You, as the form of a message. That message has to be formulated in some kind of code.
3)   The Message
Ø The message of course is what communication is all about whatever is communicated is the message. Denis McQuali in his book communication writes that the simplest way of regarding human communication is to consider it as the sending one person to another of meaningful messages.
Ø The Shannon – Weaver model and others like it tends to portray the message as a relatively uncomplicated matter.
4)   The Channel
Ø The physical noise Shannon is generally considered to have been primarily concerned with physical noise in the channel.
Ø For example….. Unexplained variation in a communication channel or random error in the transmission of information.
Ø Everyday examples of physical noise are…
o   A loud motorbike roaring down the road while you are trying to hold a conversation
o   ‘Snow ’on a TV set.
o   Smudges on a printed page.
5)   The Decoder
Ø Just as a some needs an encoder to translate her purposes into a message, so the receiver needs a decoder to retranslate. The decoder is an interesting and very useful development area, say the Lasswell Formula.
6)   The Receiver
Ø For communication to occur there must be somebody at the other end of the channel. This person or person can be called the receiver. To put it in Shannon’s terms information transmitters and receivers must be similar systems. If they are not, communication cannot occur.
7)   Feedback
Ø Without Feedback, the source would never know if the communication was successful. Ongoing communication is made possible by the cyclical route feedback allows; if more communication between the two parties is necessary.
   3) Osgood and Shannon Model.
Ø Where communication is seen as a dynamic process where there is a wealthy interactive relationship between the source and the receiver.
Ø Schramm defined communication as sharing of information, idea or attitude.
Ø He endorsed three important elements of communication.
1) Source
2) Message
3) Destination

Ø Schramm produced  from a simple human communication model two or more complicated model that accounted for the accumulated experience of two individuals trying to communicate and then to a model that considered human communication with interactive between two individuals.
v      Advantages of Osgood – Schramm model of communication
Ø Dynamic model shows how a situation can change.
Ø There is no separate sender and receiver, sender and receiver is the same person.
Ø Feedback central feature
Ø Assume community to be circular in nature.
v      Disadvantages of Osgood and Schramm model of communication
Ø This model does not talk about somatic noise and it assume the moment of encoding and decoding.
4) Ritual Model of communication
Ø The ritual view of communication is a communication theory proposed by James W.Carey, where in communication the construction of a symbolic reality represents, maintains and shares the belief of a society in time. In addition Carey acknowledges that, commonness, communion, and community, naturally correspond with the ritual view. In a similar way the term ‘ritual’ hold religious connotation.
Ø James W.Carey defines the transmission view in the term of imparting, sending, transmitting and giving information to others.
Ø  Rituals are a set of symbolic behaviors designed to have a particular effect.
Ø Rituals are typically both stylized and repetitive.
v      Ritual View of Communication

v      Transmission v/s ‘Ritual’
Ø Transmission communication is process by which messages are sent, transmitted, filtered and received.
Ø Objective of communication transmission of message is for the purpose of social control.
5) Communication as a dialogue.
Ø Dialogue is a communication tool that allows people to understand other view point without pitting themselves against different perspectives. In dialogue, there is no defending of opinions, and no counterpoints.
Ø Brazilian educationalist, Paul Friere.
Ø Communication as a dialogue and “Participatory” relationship is at the heart of South American perspective.
Ø They key elements here are “liberation”, “Participation” and “Concientization”.
Ø This model challenges the Aristotelian model of communication which focuses on “transmission” and “transportation”.
v      Dialogue between Narendra Modi and Obama
v Obama: kem cho
v Modi: Thank you
These all are western communication models.





                                                                                                    

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