Level of Communication

Intra personal communication  

Intra personal communication is self communication such as reading, writing copying, thinking, imagining, dreaming, analyzing, guessing, calculating, meditating etc. This is the most basic level of communication. “We engage in intra personal communication when we talk to ourselves to develop our thought and ideas. This intra personals communication precedes our speaking of acting”. (Vivian 367)

The context or text of intra personal communication consists of thought, emotions, and feelings. The medium or channel for this kind of communication is the neurological/chemical apparatus through which thoughts are processed in the brain (Adhikari Communication, Mass media and journalism 8)

Inter personals communication

Communication between two person or individuals is called inter personal communication. In this communication feedback is received immediately. “It is a process of using language and nonverbal cued to send and receive message (between individuals) that are intended to arouse particular kinds of meaning” (Deflureta 132)

“In its simplest form, inter personal communication is between two person physically located in the same place. It can occur however, if they are physically separated but emotionally connected “(Vivian 367). Saying ‘Nameste’ to your teacher and conservation in a telephone are call example of inter personal communication.

Group communication

When group are involved in communication that is group communication. Communication with countable person is also known as group communication. Group may be small, medium and large. In simple word communication or discussion between more than two people is called group communication. Class, committee meeting and gathering etc. are some examples of group communication. Group setting permits both verbal and non-verbal communication. Group communication may be direct (face to face, without the aid of a mechanical device) or it may be mediated (machine-assisted)

Organizational communication

Communication activities performed between organizational is as organization communication. The communication taken place with in or among organizational communication. It has been defined as “the transmission of message through both the formal  and the informal channels of a relatively large, deliberately designed group, resulting in the construction of meaning that have influences on its members, both as individuals and on the group as whole” (192)

Mass communication

Mass communication is the term that refers to an open process of sharing information with the help of the mass media. Mass communication includes the use of mass media impersonal manner, gatekeeper role and impact. It occurs when a small number of people send message to a large anonymous and usually heterogonous audience through the use of specialized communication media. It represents the creation and sending a homogeneous message to a large heterogeneous audience through the media.