How: Different Types of Communication

There many different types of communication, there is verbal communication, non-verbal communication, written communication and body/visual language. 

Verbal Communication

Verbal communication includes sounds/voices, language and speaking from the sender and the receiver should listen what is being told to him/her. Verbal communication is one of the informal ways to communicate around the world as long as you have the right language (channel) that the receiver can understand.The basis of languages is made up from social elements, gender, class and profession. Then again verbal communication is split down to two parts, interpersonal speaking and public speaking.

Interpersonal Communication

Conversations with one and another or multiple people in the society. The message can be either send to the other privately or with multiple recipients. A message that is send out to an individual, two or more. Interpersonal Communication not only can be used with non-verbal communication and body communication.

Public Speaking

Public speaking includes conveying a message to a large group or the society, to inform, support or influence. Public speaking tends to be more polite and formal compared to interpersonal communication.

Non -Verbal Communication

Non-verbal communication includes body motion, smell, symbol,signs, touch and objects that can represent a message to the audience or recipient. It also includes creative communication like, art, dance, sculptures, images and so on. Non-verbal communication normally includes a large audience, like during a concert or performance. Non-verbal communication can be split into two sub topics, Written communication and visual communication.

Written Communication

Communication can also be in a written form, on a paper, an email, a report, an article on the newspaper and so on. Written communication is used as a formal way to consult a higher rank in a business industry, Worker to Manager Communication. Written communication has no limited audience but it is mostly formal as they do not know who are the audiences reading their information. 

Visual Communication

The last type of communication includes messages that can be transferred by looking at an object in particular, an object that conveys a message easily to the audience. It is a display of information, like photograph, image or an object.