COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATIONSESSION ISESSION I

• 75 percent of each day engaged in communication

• Quantity & and frequency of communication are cleary no measure of how effectively people communicate with each other

WHYWHY• Communication affects all

facets of our lives• Success in one’s career

may well depend on communication

• Well – educated people are not necessarily competent communicators

• Personal theories can be as important as scholarly theories

• Defining communication can be difficult

Why Study CommunicationWhy Study Communication

• Communication is fundamental to our lives

• Communication is Complex• Communication is Vital to

Occupational Effectiveness• A Good Education Does Not Ensure

Good Communication Competence• Communication Is a Popular and

Vibrant Field of Study

Comm Is Fundamental to Our LivesComm Is Fundamental to Our Lives• A recent graduate interviews

for a job• Friends hundreds of miles

apart exchange e-mail messages

• A doctor talks with a patient about a health problem & suggests lifestyle changes

• Individuals from very different backgrounds struggle to overcome cultural differences that are barries to working together on a group project.

Communication Is Fundamental to our Communication Is Fundamental to our liveslives

• The way we understand communication influences the way we think about and react to situations and people

• The way we act and relate to others, in turn, can make a major difference in how they respond to us.

• The consequences of these actions & reactions will have significant implication for the kinds of relationships we form.

Communication Is ComplexCommunication Is Complex• Communication is

exceedingly complex and multifaceted

• Common sense• Uncommon sense

Communication Is Vital to Communication Is Vital to Occupational EffectivenessOccupational Effectiveness

• Ability to analyze communications

• Develop effective communication strategies

• Collaborate effectively with others

• Receive & present ideas effectively through various communication channels

• Integrity and Honesty• Listening• Reading• Oral Communication• Written Communication• Responsibility & Selft management• Problem Solving• Knowing how to learn• Self- Esteem• Sociability• Diversivity• Decision Making• Math• Creative thinking.

Competence CommunicationCompetence Communication• Writing, Listening• Public speaking• Interpersonal & Group

Comm• Leadership• Networking • Teamwork &

Collaboration• Meeting Skills• Communication Skill• Intercultural sensivity

& skill

A Good Education Does Not Ensure A Good Education Does Not Ensure Good Communication CompetenceGood Communication Competence

• Many aspects of comm are rarely addressed in most K-12 academic program

• Little attention in school is nonverbal communication

• Research demonstrates ---messages in human communication are created & conveyed through nonverbal comm

Communication Is a Popular and Communication Is a Popular and Vibrant Field of StudyVibrant Field of Study

• Historians generally trace the beginning of systematic study of communication & human behaviour to the early Greeks.

• Interest in communication study grew primarily out of philosophy

• The emergence of science & growing trend toward specialization

• The emergence of science & growing trend toward specialization -- study of behaviour

• August Comte (1798-1857) : gave the name Sociology to the study of society & behavior --- Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx

• Anthropology • Political Science : focuses on political facets of humanity

activity• Communication emerged as a behavioral discipline in the

1950s• Communication: study of message –related behaviour• As a disclipine, comm has also maintained intellectual ties :

philosophy,literature,religion,cultural studies & art.• Significant connections between comm & professional fields :

law,medicine,business, information science, education, computer science

• The field of communication is both a behavioral/social science & liberal art.

• Harold Laswell ( Politik)• Everet M Rogers

(Sosiologi)• Carl I Hovland & Paul

Lazars field (psikologi)• Shannon & Weaver

( Matematika & Teknik)• Kurt Lewin ( Psikolog)• Wilbur Schram ( Sastra

Inggris)

• Today, comm is both a behavioral science & aplied liberal art

• The discipline shares with psychology, sociology, anthroplogy & political science

• The pursuit of knowledge about human indviduals & the professions

• The communication fields : the traditions of humanities & professions

Why Study CommunicationWhy Study Communication• Academic Value• Professional Value• Personal Value

PROFESSIONAL VALUEPROFESSIONAL VALUE

• The ability to understand the nature of communication

• To communicate competently• To work effectively

Professional ValuesProfessional Values

• Communication is the primary focus of careers in : speech comm, mass comm,organizational com, political comm, health comm,PR, Advertising, etc

• To perform competently, a teacher, counselor, a politician needs technical ability & communication ability

Importance communication in Importance communication in organizational lifeorganizational life

• Managing Interpersonal relationship

• Gaining influence & managing information flow within organization

• Achieving results for the organization

Personal ValuesPersonal Values• Communication also has

practical value in understanding and coping with events around us

• It helps us to understand the dynamics of individual behavior, relationships groups, organizations, cultures & society

• Offers new insights about our own behaviour and our impact others in occupational & social situations.

Benefits of Human Benefits of Human CommunicationCommunication

• Present yourself as a confident, likeable, approachable, and credible person

• Build friendships, enter into love relations,work with colleagues, interact with family members

• Interview to gain information, to succesfully present yourself, participate effectively in a wide variety of other interview types.

• Participate effectively in relationship and task group- informative, problem solving, brainstorming group

• Communicate information to and influence the attitudes and behaviors of small and large audiences

• We communicate to meet our social needs

• We communicate to develop and maintain our sense of self

• We communicate to develop relationships

• We communicate to exchange information

BASICS OF HUMAN BASICS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION

Communication is a basic human Communication is a basic human needneed

• People communicate to satisfy needs in both their work and non-work lives.

• People want to be heard, to be appreciated and to be wanted. They also want to accomplish tasks and to achieve goals.

• Obviously, then, a major purpose of communication is to help people feel good about themselves and about their friends, groups, and organizations. For true communication, there must be a transmission of thoughts, ideas and feelings from one mind to another. 

• Communication is one of the most persuasive, important, and complex aspects of human life.” (Littlejohn, 2002, p.3)

Personal LifePersonal Life• Comunication has been linked

to physical well – being (Crowley 1995)

• Steward (1986) indicates that socially isolated people are more likely to die prematurely

• Communication is also closely associated with one’s definition of self

PERSONAL LIFEPERSONAL LIFE

• Human are talked into humanity • We gain our personalities identities by

communicating with other• We first see ourselves through the eyes of

others• Their messages form the foundation of our

self concepts

• George Herbert mead (1934)

Ramu: the wolf boyRamu is eating raw meat. What do Ramu’s behaviors suggest about how we developt self concepts

• What message is this grandfather conveying about how he views his grandchild ?

• How might his communication affect this child’s self - concepts

• Homo Socious : manusia makhluk sosial

• Homo ludens : manusia yg tertawa, senang

• Homo economicus : manusia ekonomis

• Homo sapien: manusia bijaksana

HAKEKAT KOMUNIKASIHAKEKAT KOMUNIKASI• Sesuai kodratnya “ Homo Socius, homo

luden, homo economicus dan homo sapien “, manusia tidak dapat hidup sendiri, manusia membutuhkan interaksi untuk memenuhi kebutuhannya.

• Manusia dikatakan sebagai mahluk sosial yang memiliki konsekuensi dimana manusia membutuhkan interaksi antara sesamanya. Interaksi dapat terwujud bila terjadi komunikasi