2. The transactional model shows that the
elements in communication are
interdependent. Each person in the
communication act is both a speaker and
a listener, and can be simultaneously
sending and receiving messages
3. THERE ARE THREE IMPLICATIONS IN THE
TRANSACTIONAL MODEL:
• “Transactional” means that
communication is an ongoing and
continuously changing process.
You are changing, the people with
whom you arecommunicatingare
changing, and your environment is
also continually changing as well.
4. • In any transactional process, each
element exists in relation to all the
other elements. There is this
interdependence where there can
be no source without a receiver
and no message without a source.
5. • Each person in the communication
process reacts depending on
factors such as their background,
prior experiences, attitudes, cultural
beliefs and self-esteem.
6. DESCRIPTION
• In the transactional model, two people
communicate with multiple messages
through what may be multiple channels
and with parallel messages.
7. • As with other models, the
messages may be distorted and
the people may be distracted,
resulting in misunderstanding
that fuels and hinders the model
10. • It assumes that people are connected through
communication; they engage in transaction.
First, it recognizes that each of us is a
sender-receiver, not merely a sender or a
receiver. Secondly, it recognizes that
communication affects all parties involved. So
communication is fluid/simultaneous.
11. • This is what most conversations are
like. The transactional model also
contains ellipses that symbolize the
communication environment (how you
interpret the data that you are given).
Where the ellipses meet is the most
effective communication area because
both communicators share the same
meaning of the message.
12. EXAMPLE:
• Hi there!
• Well hello, how are you?
• What are you up to, today?
• I'm just going to work. What about you?
