List and give one hypothetical example of each of the six communication types in the context of your college/university.

What will be an ideal response?


Examples will vary. The six communication types are intrapersonal (when you try to decide what classes to take, think about how to handle a situation in your life), interpersonal (communication between you and your friends, you and your roommate), small group (working on a group project or participating on a team or committee), organizational (communicating at your part-time job, the staff and faculty of your college/university communicating with one another), mass communication (your college radio or TV station), and public communication (your professors’ lectures, your presentations in class).

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