4.1.2. Definition

4.1.2. Definition

According to Leagans (1961) communication is the process by which two or more people exchange ideas, facts, feelings, impression in ways that each gains a common understanding of the meaning, intent and use of the message.

Rogers and Shoemaker (1971) defined communication as the process by which messages are transmitted from a source to a receiver.

Communication process involves the following

- It is a conscious attempt to share information, ideas, attitudes and the like with others.

- It is the act of getting sender and receiver tuned together for a particular message or series of messages.

- It means movement of knowledge to people in such a way that they act on the knowledge to achieve some useful result.

- It includes learning process.

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