The sender is the person encoding the message to a receiver who decodes the message. Encoding is the process of putting our thoughts and feelings into words, non-verbal cues, and images. Decoding is the interpreting what the message means. The sender encodes their thoughts through channels which is the route the message is traveled. These channels can be verbal, non-verbal, or images. The receiver interprets or decodes the message from the sender, but an obstacle to receiving the message could be hindered by interferences or noise. These interferences can be internal or external distractions. Physical interferences are sights, sounds, and other environmental stimulus. Psychological interferences are thoughts, feelings, or emotional reactions which fall into two categories: internal and semantic noise. Internal are thoughts and feelings that compete for attention interfering with the communication process. Semantic interferences are distractions aroused from certain symbols that take our attention away from the main message. Feedback is the reactions and responses to a message that indicate to the sender whether and how that message was heard, seen, and interpreted. There are different types of feedback such as verbal and non-verbal which include body language, emoticons, and acronyms.

The sender is the person encoding the message to a receiver who decodes the message. Encoding is the process of putting our thoughts and feelings into words, non-verbal cues, and images. Decoding is the interpreting what the message means. The sender encodes their thoughts through channels which is the route the message is traveled. These channels can be verbal, non-verbal, or images. The receiver interprets or decodes the message from the sender, but an obstacle to receiving the message could be hindered by interferences or noise. These interferences can be internal or external distractions. Physical interferences are sights, sounds, and other environmental stimulus. Psychological interferences are thoughts, feelings, or emotional reactions which fall into two categories: internal and semantic noise. Internal are thoughts and feelings that compete for attention interfering with the communication process. Semantic interferences are distractions aroused from certain symbols that take our attention away from the main message. Feedback is the reactions and responses to a message that indicate to the sender whether and how that message was heard, seen, and interpreted. There are different types of feedback such as verbal and non-verbal which include body language, emoticons, and acronyms.