PurCom - Module 1
PurCom - Module 1
PurCom - Module 1
Democratic Society
Communication is both an art and a science. It often • A person who sends the message
involves acts of speaking and listening, reading and • The communication process begins with the
writing, but it also goes beyond these and sender, who is also called the communicator or
incorporates the transmission of non-verbal source.
language, sign language, codes transmitted
electronically (e.g., Morse code), and physically Message
(touch; hormones; muscles, tendons, nerves), and Message is referred to as the information conveyed
messages communicated through music, and by by words as in speech and write-ups, signs, pictures
other means. or symbols. Message is the heart of communication.