chp 3

3. Process: The cyclical steps taken to successfully convey and interpret a message between a sender and a receiver.
5. Loop: The process where the receiver responds to a message, allowing the sender to verify if the information was understood as intended
7. The stage where the target audience first encounters and takes in the sender's message.
9. The process of converting an idea or mental image into words, symbols, gestures, or actions that can be transmitted.
10. Communication: The exchange of information, ideas, and emotions between two or more people through verbal and non-verbal methods.
11. Personal factors—such as experiences, culture, and emotions—that influence how a sender encodes or a receiver decodes a message.

1. Skills: The "soft skills" or traits used to interact, communicate, and build relationships with others effectively.
2. The mental process by which the receiver translates and interprets the sender's words or symbols into a meaningful form.
4. The act of sending the encoded message through a chosen channel (like speaking, writing, or electronic media).
6. The person, group, or organization who initiates the communication by encoding and sharing a message.
8. The individual or group who is the target of the message and is responsible for decoding and interpreting it.