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Types of Communication

•       Communication has been classified into several types depending upon the social groups in which it takes place and upon the technical devices used to facilitate it.


•       The types range from the intrapersonal and interpersonal to the group and mass communication. 
Intrapersonal Communication
•       Communication that takes place within an individual is called intrapersonal communication.
•       The individual functions here as the source and receiver.
•       It includes our reflection, contemplation, meditation, our inner monologues, our reflection upon ourselves, and our relationships with others and with our environment.
•       Conversing with the Divine may be termed trans-personal communication. 

Interpersonal Communication

•       Interpersonal communication is face to face communication between two persons or more in close physical proximity.
•       In other words, interpersonal communication describes any mode of communication, verbal or nonverbal, between two or more people.
•       It is considered the most effective type of communication because it is personal, direct, intimate and allows maximum interaction in word, gesture and expression.
•       Communication between two persons is also known as dyadic communication.
Group Communication
•       Communication by many persons in a face to face situation is described as group communication.
•       Here, as the group grows in size communication tends to become more and more of a monologue reducing participation.
•       The degree of directness, therefore, depends on the size of the group, the place where it meets and also the relationship of the members of the group to one another.
In group communication feedback is more difficult to measure and respond to

Public Communication 
•       Public communication occurs when a group becomes too large for all members to contribute.
•       One characteristic of public communication is an unequal amount of speaking.
One or more address their remarks to the remaining members who act as an audience

Mass Communication
•       Mass Communication is the process of delivering information, ideas and attitudes to a sizeable and diversified audience.
•       This is done through the use of media developed for that purpose namely newspapers, magazines, radio, television, websites, social media networks.
•       The act of mass communication is much more complex than that of face to face communication. It is addressed to masses, to an extremely large audience.

Verbal and Written Communication 
•       Verbal communication refers to spoken messages that we transmit by producing sounds.
•       In general, we spend a great deal of time participating in verbal communication either as speakers or listeners.
•       Verbal communication is important to human relationship starting from interpersonal, group communication to other communication contexts Written communication refers to communication through written or printed words.
•       Although, it is verbal in nature, written communication has a non-verbal dimension.
•       Written communication is formal, literate and follows the rules of grammar.

Non Verbal Communication (NVC) 
•       Human beings communicate verbally through words and nonverbally through facial expressions and body movements.
•       Non-verbal communication can be understood as the process of sending and receiving messages without the use of words.
•       However, it should be noted that nonverbal communication can take place either alone or with words.

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