Communication Models
JAKOBSON’S MODEL
(Roman Jakobson)
(6) SIX COMPONENTS:
I. ADDRESSER
II. ADDRESSEE
III. CONTEXT
IV. MESSAGE
V. CONTACT
VI. CODE
(6) Functions of language:
I. Cognitive (relating to facts
or information about
something/someone)
II. Emotive (expressing
emotions)
III. Conative (influencing
behavior)
IV. Phatic (emphasizing
interaction)
V. Metalingual (focusing on
code or language used)
VI. Poetic (figurative language)
ADDRESSER
CONTEXT MESSAGE
ADDRESSEE
CONTACT CODE
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JAKOBSON’S MODEL
SAUSSURE’S MODEL
(Ferdinand Saussure)
 HAS BEEN CALLED A SPEECH CIRCUIT MODEL.
SHANNON’S
MODEL (Claude
Shannon)
Information source
message
transmitter
signal
receiver
received
signal
noise source
destination
message
BERLO’S MODEL (David
Berlo)
 DESCRIBED HIS SMCR MODEL OF
COMMUNICATION.8
SOURCE MESSAGE CHANNEL RECIEVER
encodes decodes
Communication skills
Attitudes
Social System
Culture
Content
Elements
Treatment
Structure
Code
Hearing
Seeing
Touching
Smelling
Tasting
Communication skills
Attitudes
Social System
Culture
Nida’s Model(Eugene
Nida
DeS EnDe EnR
M
M
feedbacks
feedbacks
Noise
CODE MODEL BY KJELL
BERG
 THE LINEAR, CONDUIT MODEL (FOCUSES ON THE CONDUIT OR CHANNEL)
 THE CIRCULAR, DIALOGIC MODEL (GIVES MORE ACTIVE ROLE TO THE RECEIVER)
 THE FEEDBACK, INTERACTION MODEL
 THE SELF-REGULATORY MODEL (FOCUSES ON WHAT THE SENDERS AND RECEIVERS
GET FROM THE ENVIRONMENT)

Communication models