Written Communication Model

The written model of communication helps people orient their written communication for specific audiences. The model graphically displays written communication as a triangle. The triangle represents all the elements necessary for the communication process: sender, message, channel, and receiver. Writing is a process of negotiating between the three different corners of this communication triangle. When one writes the purpose is to communicate about a subject to a reader. Depending upon the type of writing the focus can shift where the main focus becomes the reader instead of the writer or the text. Although the focus may shift, it always revolves around the medium, which is, of course, the print media.

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