Summaries

In the lecture, the author points out some differences between interpersonal and mass communications. The process of communication involves four basic elements: sender, the person who sends information, receiver, the person who receives the information, message content of information send by sender, and feedback response from receiver. Interpersonal communication is the process of sending and receiving information between two people. In contrast, mass communication refers to using many devices and materials to communicate to millions of people simultaneously. Message in interpersonal communication is flexible. The source can modify the message, but in mass communication message is produced by a production team, so it is not particularly flexible. When we are talking about the source, we can say in interpersonal communication it is individual and in mass communication it is usually a team. Noise is a kind of interruption which can be divided into two parts. First, physical noise is an interruption by sound or any kind of the voices. Another interruption is semantics noise, which interferes with the main message.

There are some differences between interpersonal and mass comunication . The interpersonal communication is between two people, usually face to face. In contrast, in the mass comunication the identical message is created by a team of people usually professional and also is produced and distributed by technology to large numbers of people. The source in the interpersonal comunication is individual and people have control over what they want to say. On the other hand, mass comunication this is not true. In addition, in the interpersonal comunication the message is used to inform, to persuade and to entretain. The message usually is flexible. However, in the mass communication the message is not flexible at all because of the lack of the media feedback. The reciever in the interpersonal comunication has a direct contact with the source. Whereas, mass communication doesn't. Similary, both types of communication can be affected by semantic and physical noises, which interrupts the decoding of the message.

In the lecture, the author points out some differences between interpersonal and mass communications. The definition of interpersonal communication is face-to-face between 2 people; in contrast, the mass communication is distribution which is using technology. The difference of source between interpersonal and mass communication is that in interpersonal communication the source is an individual with a high level of control, whereas the source in mass communication is a group and is much less controled. Likewise, the receiver in interpersonal communication is usually one person, and the source is connected to that person. Additionally, noise can be physical or semantic. The noise is more of a problem in mass communication because of lack of feedback. Lastly, the message is different in interpersonal and mass communications. Interpersonal comm uses both sound and gestures.