Human Communication

Paper Code: 
PTV 151
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00

Introduction to Communication, Meaning, Definitions and importance of Communication.

 

12.00

Verbal Communication - Characteristics & Functions.

Non Verbal Communication – Characteristics & Functions.

12.00

Communication Process- Objectives and Elements.

Intrapersonal Communication, Interpersonal Communication –its three stages,

Focused & Unfocused Interactions

12.00

Group  Communication - Characteristics and Functions.

Mass Communication- Characteristics ,  Functions& Impact.

Barriers to Communication.

12.00

Significance and Functions  of Mass Media- Traditional media, Print, Audio, Audio-visual and New Media, Mass Communication and Society.

Essential Readings: 
  1. DeVito, Joseph A., Communication : Concepts and Process Prentice-Hall. New Jersey.
  2. McLuhan, Marshall., Understanding Media. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.
  3. Agee, Warren K. Ault Philip H., Introduction to Mass Communication, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi.
  4. Yadava, J.S., Mathur P. K., Adult Philip H., Introduction to Mass Communication. The Basic Concepts, Kanishka Publishers, Distributors, New Delhi.
  5. Murphy, Robert D., Mass Communication and Human Interaction Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 
  6. McLuhan, Marshall: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Penguin, 1969.
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