Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Functions of Communication

Considering the essentiality of communication, scholars enumerated the following unctions of it.

Education: To transfer knowledge for the progress of the society
(Example: class room communication)

Information: To find and explain
some thing new (Example: News media)

Cultural promotion : To help foster social values and pass them from generation to
generation (Example: Festivals, parties, celebrations)

Social contact: To help make enjoyable companionship (Example: Friendship, clubs,

Integration: To create harmoniousrelationships among various social groups (Example:
Political parties, conferences, meetings etc.)

Stimulation: To create interest and develop positive thinking /behavior(Example:
Advertisements)

Counseling: To alleviate anxiety and lead to better ways (Example: guidance, consolation
etc.)

Expression of emotions (Example: crying, smiling etc)

Entertainment: To help pass time and enjoy life (Example: drama, song etc.)

Control function: To get someone to behave in an appropriate way (Example: management,
censorship etc)

  

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