Levels of Communication

Various levels of Communication.

Human communication takes place at various levels:

(1) Extra personal Communication 

(2) Intra personal Communication 

(3) Inter personal Communication 

(4) Organizational Communication 

(5) Mass Communication

1. Extra personal Communication :

It is a communication between human beings and non human beings. This requires perfect coordination between sender and receiver. When your pet dog comes to you wagging its tail; as soon as you return home is an example of Extra personal communication.

2. Intra personal Communication :

This communication occurs within the individual's brain in the form of internal dialogue. For example when you “feel hot”, the information is sent to brain and you may decide to “turn on the cooler”, responding to the instructions sent from brain to hand. Here relevant organ is sender, electrochemical impulse is message and brain is receiver. Next the brain assumes the role of sender and sends the feedback that you should switch on the cooler. So this process can be termed as intrapersonal communication.

3. Inter personal Communication :

It is a sharing of information among people. It includes a few participants who are close to one another. Here many sensory channels are used and immediate

feedback can be obtained. This can assume in the form of face to face conversation, video conferencing. and telephonic talk and so on. It takes place in our day to day life.

4. Organizational Communication :

Communication in an organization takes place at different levels. It may be upward, downward, diagonal and grapevine. This kind of communication can be divided into :

(a) Inter-operational Communication contains the structured communication within the organization.

(b) External – operation Communication deals with people and groups outside the organization. It is the organization’s communication with its public – its suppliers, customers and general public.

(c) Personal Communication : Communication that occurs without purpose as far as business is concerned is called personal communication.

5. Mass Communication :

There are several mass media such as journals, television, newspapers, internet which mediate such communication to the large audience. Information in the oral form requires equipment such as microphones, amplifiers and information in the written written form requires electronic or print media. Oral  communication through mass media requires some equipment such as microphones, amplifiers etc and the written form requires or print visual media.