9 STEPS IN THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
4. media
the communications channels through which the message moves from sender to receiver
8. feedback
the part of the receiver's response communicated back to the sender
6. recieving
the party receiving the message sent by another party
1. sender
the party sending the message
5. decoding
the process by which the receiver assigns meaning to the symbols
2. encoding
the process of putting thought into symbolic form
7. response
the reaction of the receiver after being exposed to the message
3. message
the set of symbols the sender transmits
9. noise
the unplanned static or distortion during the communication process, which results in the receiver's getting a different message than the one sender sent