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Which of the following are correct definitions of communication? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1.Process of ideating, searching and telling
2.Process of sending, receiving and interpreting the message
3.Communication is social interaction through messages
4.Process of thinking, writing and channelising the messages
A1 and 2 only
B1 and 3 only
C2 and 4 only
D2 and 3 only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 2 and 3 only
Explanation

The correct definitions of communication here are the process of sending, receiving and interpreting the message, and communication as social interaction through messages.

The first of these captures the full cycle in which a message is sent, taken in and given meaning.

The second captures communication as a social act, meaning shared between people through messages.

Defining it as ideating, searching and telling omits the receiving and interpreting that complete communication.

Defining it as thinking, writing and channelising leaves out the receiver and the making of shared meaning.

A sound definition must include both a receiver and the interpretation of the message.

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