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COMMUNICATION communication communication situation communication matrix sender -receiver receiver -sender pretext text context Complete Term List

 

Dictionary Definition from Wordnet

1. sender, transmitter -- (someone who transmits a message; "return to sender") 2. transmitter, sender -- (set used to broadcast radio or tv signals)

 

 

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Working Definition:

The person who communicates with another person through symbolic actions.

Disciplinary Definitions:

DeVito, who I use as an authority on the standard model of communication, replaces "sender" with "source." Interpersonal Messages: Communication and Relationship Skills, 10.

Comments:

See Burke's pentad

Notes

Since recent models of communication include a dialogical aspect where senders are also receivers some replace these terms with "communicator."

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