1. Definition of Communication: Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information.

It requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication process is complete once the receiver has understood the message of the sender. The word communication came from the Latin communis, meaning common. To be common means to come together or to communeto share something in common. Thus, we view communication as a means of coming together, sharing a common frame of reference or a common field of experience, which is the idea of convergence.

2. Processes of Communication Linear Model Harold Laswell explained that communication is a one way-transmission. It consists of the sender encoding a message and channeling it to the receiver in the presence of noise. Draw backs the linear model assumes that there is a clear cut beginning and end to communication. It also displays no feedback from the receiver. For example; a letter, email, text message, lectures. Interactive Model is two linear models stacked on top of each other. The sender channels a message to the receiver and the receiver then becomes the sender and channels a message to the original sender. This model has added feedback, indicates that communication is not a one way but a two way process. It also has field of experience which includes our cultural background, ethnicity geographic location,

extend of travel, and general personal experiences accumulated over the course of your lifetime. Draw backs there is feedback but it is not simultaneous. For example, a question/answer session where you just ask a question then you get an answer. Transactional Model assumes that people are connected through communication; they engage in transaction. Firstly, it recognizes that each of us is a sender-receiver, not merely a sender or a receiver. Secondly, it recognizes that communication affects all parties involved. So communication is fluid/simultaneous. This is how most conversations are like. The transactional model also contains ellipses that symbolize the communication environment (how you interpret the data that you are given). Where the ellipses meet is the most effective communication area because both communicators share the same meaning of the message. For example, talking/listening to friends. While your friend is talking you are constantly giving them feedback on what you think through your facial expression verbal feedback without necessarily stopping your friend from talking.

2.1. Sub-processes: The sub-processes are encoding and decoding. Encoding is the process of converting a message (as a body of information) from one system or element of communication into another. Decoding is the process of recognizing or interpreting data into intelligible form.