| A | B |
| communication | a process for exchanging ideas and creating meaning |
| message | something you want to communicate |
| sender | one who communicates a message |
| receiver | one for whom a message is intended |
| feedback | the receiver's response |
| metacommunication | comunication about communication |
| encoding | the process of turning ideas into messages |
| decoding | the process of translating communication into meaning |
| context | time and place |
| channel | the means used to transmit a message from sender to receiver |
| interference | anything that blocks or distorts communication |
| intrapersonal | communication within ourselves |
| interpersonal | communication in which people exchange messages |
| mass media | technology that brings a message to people |
| person-to-group communication | communication in which a speaker addresses a group as one receiver |