definition
Communication is an interaction between two or more people
purposes of communication:
share knowledge
imagine stories
to influence
meet social expectation
express feelings
elements of communication:
sender: the one who sends the message
receiver: the one who receives the message
message: the things the sender wants to let know
channel: the way the message is delivered
barriers
there are some reasons why the communication can fail, some are:
linguistic
psychological
cultural
emotional
types of communication
it can be formal when it occours trough pre defined channels, or informal when it's used for personal reasons
it can also be:
verbal when we use words to communicate something
non verbal when we use other ways like gestures or facial expression