Communication Model

Communication Model: a newspaper article

The sender is a Wenatchee World news reporter, a local covering the annual Ridge to River race. The reporter interviews participants and encodes the message through writing an account of the day's proceedings. The article includes winners, times, and a personal account, the message. A small family reads the paper in the morning with their breakfast, the receivers. They decode the message by fully reading its contents and looking at the included pictures. Impressed with the coverage, the mother writes to the newspaper, complimenting the story and photos, the feedback.

Communication Model: a magazine article

Seventeen Magazine, is a fun composure for teens with new fashions, celebrity news, and dating secrets, the sender. A seasoned fashion editor encodes the message through a full spread of the newest hairstyles, complete with celebrity pictures. The message presented is the most fashionable way to wear your hair this fall. A stylish seventeen year old from California decodes the message by reading its contents and analyzing the new looks. Deciding that she would never wear any of those hairstyles, she places her feedback on the magazine's website.

Communication Model: a radio program

The sender KW3 is the funnest radio station in town with the latest music. The DJ encodes the message by picking a song and entering it on the transceiver machine. The message is that the song "One Step At a Time" by Jordin Sparks is the latest and greatest song. A teenage girl, the receiver, drives home from school, windows down, radio blaring. She decodes the message through listening to the song and analyzing its quality. Loving the beat and lyrics, the girl calls the radio station, requesting to play it again, the feedback.

Communication Model: a TV show

Disney Channel, the sender, is a favorite in my house. The editors and producers encode a message through the taping, editing, and transmitting of Hannah Montana. The message from a new song on the episode is to enjoy life and have fun. My little sister decodes this message through watching the episode on the television and singing along with the lyrics. She places her feedback through continuing to view Hannah Montana and buying her song.

The communication model works more efficiently in some media than for others in certain aspects. Newspapers and magazines generally receive more feedback from the public than television shows and radio programs. Perhaps this is because newspapers and magazines are on a more personal level. For example, a home and gardening magazine has a smaller audience than American Idol, and this allows more feedback to be heard and answered. However, as technology advances, different ways of communication are becoming more efficient and allow feedback. Although American Idol has a wide audience and feedback cannot be directly viewed and answered, the audience chooses the winners, making the communication model effective.