Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:58 am
Communication as taught in modern Language Arts college classes:
The components of communication are a sender, a receiver, a message, a medium, and noise.
The sender and receiver are the two entities that are communicating. Of course, there can be more then one entity on each side, and each entity can switch roles as a conversation unfolds.
The message is what information is being communicated.
The medium is what the message is being sent through. This assumes the idea of "distance" that Hubbard mentioned.
Noise is anything that changes the intended content of the message or how it is encoded or decoded.
The process of communication is; a sender encodes a message and transmits it through a medium. The receiver takes the message from the medium and decodes it. Noise interferes with the entire process.
Hubbard attempts to improve communication by reducing the effects of noise. Keeping the definition of words consistent means that everyone encodes and decodes them in the same way.
Taking your example of "It is raining in Denver," it very well could mean different things to different people. Two people encountering a light drizzle in the suburbs might disagree about whether it is really raining or if they are in Denver. Commonly held definitions help avoid such misunderstandings.
Of course, Scientology has a lot of other methods to ensure that followers have consistent methods of encoding and decoding amongst themselves.
The components of communication are a sender, a receiver, a message, a medium, and noise.
The sender and receiver are the two entities that are communicating. Of course, there can be more then one entity on each side, and each entity can switch roles as a conversation unfolds.
The message is what information is being communicated.
The medium is what the message is being sent through. This assumes the idea of "distance" that Hubbard mentioned.
Noise is anything that changes the intended content of the message or how it is encoded or decoded.
The process of communication is; a sender encodes a message and transmits it through a medium. The receiver takes the message from the medium and decodes it. Noise interferes with the entire process.
Hubbard attempts to improve communication by reducing the effects of noise. Keeping the definition of words consistent means that everyone encodes and decodes them in the same way.
Taking your example of "It is raining in Denver," it very well could mean different things to different people. Two people encountering a light drizzle in the suburbs might disagree about whether it is really raining or if they are in Denver. Commonly held definitions help avoid such misunderstandings.
Of course, Scientology has a lot of other methods to ensure that followers have consistent methods of encoding and decoding amongst themselves.