Analysis of Lasswell's Communication Model: Components, Applications, and Properties
Overview
This paper examines Lasswell's Communication Model, a foundational framework in communication theory consisting of five components: sender, message, channel, receiver, and feedback. The paper applies this model to a practical scenario involving a president congratulating an athlete, and analyzes the communication process through properties of effectiveness, continuity, irreversibility, and symbolism.
What this coursework covers
- Introduction to Lasswell's Communication Model and its five key components (who, says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect)
- Practical application of the model to a presidential congratulatory message scenario via telephone
- Analysis of communication process properties including process structure, continuity, irreversibility, and symbolic significance
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Question one
Lasswell’s Communication Model
Lasswell’s Communication Model was initiated by Harold D. Lasswell, a well-known theorist of his time. It is one of the best communication models developed. There are several components in the Lasswell’s Communication Model: who (the sender), says what (the message), channel (the medium), to whom (the receiver), with what effect (the feedback). The above five components are the analysis tools that are used in the evaluation of the communication components and process (Ruben et al. 36). The components are considered as the questions that have to be asked for the communication to occur.
Who: This is the sender or the correspondent of the message
Says What: This is regarded as the content of the message
In Which Channel: This is the media or medium through which communication is taking place
To Whom: This is the audience or the receiver of the message
With What Effect: This is the feedback of a receiver to the sender
Question Two
Recently the President wanted to congratulate an athlete who had emerged the best in a global competition. The athlete was still abroad, and the President was in the home country. The President, therefore, prepared a congratulatory message for the athlete. The best way to communicate with the athlete by telephone call (Ruben et al. 38). In this case, Lasswell’s Communication Model came into play.
The President was ‘who’ as the person who wanted to communicate the message, and the model appropriate because the two people were far from each other.