oral communication
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Oral Communication
Pyaaj aur Peekal
What is communication
• Definition: Communication is the transmission and reception of ideas and feelings and attitudes, both verbally and non-verbally eliciting a response.
• <insert pics of people talking to each other, email, chat, etc>
Human Communication
Oral Communication
• Communication by way of speech
• One of the oldest means of communication
Advantages
• Promotes two-way interaction
• Flexible as immediate feedback is possible
• Simplifies & facilitates easy transmission of info
• Allows convey of emotions
Disadvantages
• Not open to everyone
• Speaker should be good in delivery, pronunciation and clarity
• Tone plays an important role
Oral communication in Ancient India
• Narad Muni: news giver, omnipresent communication activist
• Sanjaya: war reporter
• Kautilya in Arthashastra: news collection through spies
• Vedas were recited & transmitted orally
• Budhha, Mahavira, Nanak used oral medium
Medieval India
• Mughals developed 3 categories in news reportage:
– Vaquila Navis
– Swanih Navis
– Khufia Navis
• Harkara: Oral reporters
• Siraj-ud-daula had 22,000 harkaras
Modern Era
• Today, you can ‘tweet’ your conversation
• Mobile phones have taken oral comm to a whole new level
• Distance no longer a barrier due to social media
In Pre Print Era
• Plato, in Phaedrus, explains how writing tends to diminish power of recollection
• Epics of Homer, Vyasa & Valmiki were learnt by professional bards & minstrels
• Every court throughout the world had a professional royal minstrel to chant the dynastic history
• Persistence of war or natural catastrophe could destroy the collective wisdom of a race