COMMUNICATION STUDIES SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY Levels and

COMMUNICATION STUDIES SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY Levels and Functions of Communication Dr. Marquita Byrd Marquita. byrd@sjsu. edu

LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION Organization of Research and Study

ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE Field of Communication • • Intrapersonal Interpersonal Public Speaking Small Group Organizational Mass Comm New Media Intercultural

LEVELS OR CONTEXTS • • Intrapersonal Interpersonal Public Speaking Small Group Organizational Mass Comm New Media Intercultural • • With Self Two or more One to many Five to nine Formal rules and units Technology/Audience Internet, social media Across various boundaries

FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION There are Three

DEVELOP HIGHER MENTAL PROCESSES • Talking and interacting with others can increase one’s ability to think and engage in problem solving • Develops with the acquisition of Language • Manage own behavior • Plan • Process information

SOCIAL Humans are social animals. We need contact with others for Good mental, physical and emotional health. • Become human • Work with others • Understand who we are in relationship to others • Group membership • Culture

CONTROL • Internal (self) and External (others) p e r s u a s i o n Self Others

LEVELS AND FUNCTION • 8 Levels or contexts of Communication • 3 Functions • Communication can take place at several levels at the same time. • Levels and context are social constructs we use to organize what we know about communication • Functions are the purpose and consequences of human communication Oral symbolic activity defines us as a species.