The four challenges of Communication and how to overcome them (p. 12 13)

1. Effective communication requires significant intellectual and psychological resources.

2. value of communication

3. digitally mediated communication

4. intercultural

5. Emotions, past experiences, relational history, and fears

6. A persons orientation to communicating, and communicating well, influences ones ability to collaborate effectively, solve problems, and generally get along with others

7. text messaging, online social networking, email

8. people and groups across national, ethnic, and other cultural boundaries.

The Linear Model of Communication (p. 14 15)

Sender

1. Deciding on the message
2. Encoding the message
3. Transmitting/ Channel the message

Receiver 4....