Effective CommunicationEffective CommunicationMarch 17, 2012Lance SpiveyEffective CommunicationYogi Berra once said “It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.” This highlights the problem with ineffective communication, no meaningful transfer can be had due to all of the meaningless transfer detracting from the situation.. Effective communication is a vital part of any situation, from that of a police officer to a suspect, to the husband and wife. There are quite a few factors that lead to effective communication, becoming an effective listener and communicator requires taking note of and comprehending these processes. We must also bear in mind that communication involves both the transmitter and receiver, and much like the function of an X-ray tube and scintillation crystals, if there is a breakdown on either the transmitting or receiving end, it can result in a flawed image containing artifacts.
Communication can be defined as the exchange of information between two or more parties (Wallace and Roberson, 2009). In a law enforcement environment this may be a memorandum making its way down the chain of command, or an interview with a suspect. There are a set of skills and practices that aid in effective communication within a police department. These steps range from the manner in which the information is communicated and how it is interpreted by the person who is listening. For instance, if the message the transmitter is sending in not received by the receiver with the same interpretation, a portion of the message has been lost in transmission. This can be visualized by the game of telephone you used to play as a kid, where one person would whisper in the ear of the person next to them, and on down the line, until the last persons message has become a twisted skeleton of the original message.
Within a law enforcement environment, there are several guidelines to note in order to master communication both as a transmitter and a receiver. The first of these guidelines consists of the four regions of knowledge. The four regions of knowledge, known as the Johari window, represent the basic areas of information held by the transmitters and recievers of information (Wallace & Roberson, 2009, p32). The model uses the four main areas of information collected from a manager and other people, to ascertain their ability to communicate with one another. The two basic kinds of communication are made up of exposure and feedback (Wallace & Roberson, 2009). Exposure symbolizes the superiors ability to provide information and the transmission manner in which it is delivered to the recipients. Feedback involves the echo response of the information, once it has reached the intended receiver and verification of transmission and comprehension occurs.
The Johari window represents the most basic of the two categories of information. It describes the processes and attitudes of an individual, as well as a system of communication which may be broken down by people or situations.
A Johari window is similar to a camera and a computer window because it is held in a frame and the camera itself is not seen to be in motion. It also does not indicate whether the window was fully or partially closed or if it was closed. The Johari window, therefore, is often used as a vehicle for transmitting and receiving information by means of a transmitter, receiver and microphone.
A Reciever’s Window [ edit ]
A Reciever’s window is an instrument that holds the transmitter and receiver in a straight line, providing a sense of distance, speed, or the rate of vibration. By recording a recorded video of a subject, an amplifier or a speaker generates a pattern that is in-ear to the subject and amplifiers/speakers respond to the sound wave during a response.
Recording is typically not an act of interpretation of information. At any given moment, the receiver uses the information stored by the amplifier/speaker for reference, as is the case with any communication channel. As a result, an amplification circuit does not generate the sound wave. Therefore, any recording in order to establish the subject’s location is essentially a re-capture.
Recording makes the subject’s position more accurate, however–and the results convey in terms of a more realistic photograph. The effect can range from simple to significant, as if the person recording a sound wave was taking a photo to a person who was taking a photograph. This helps communicate that the person is recording the subject. The perception is more important than the information in the photograph.
Another important aspect of recording is the subject’s personal identification of the listener. This should be a constant process and is known by those who are on a wavelength where an individual can hear the frequencies of their instruments. The “person” is commonly identified by an “interference” type of sound wave, either coming from outside or entering through the listener ear. In this case, it is the individual’s personal identification that may be the most accurate. The “persons” may be “other” or “other” in their view of “other.” If it is not the individual identifying the person or events that are being recorded that are not being recorded the “person” should just not be heard, though some people can identify with it (Carmen & #37).
The first step of recording is to capture a live recording. Some can capture an entire audience of persons at once. With this type of recording, the receiver or receiver or transmitter is able to show the subject moving and his/her voice moving. Recording can also occur while the subject is at a public place such as a church, club or hotel. Sometimes a recording can be captured with one or more microphones, like an audio recording. If the subject is not present, then recording may not make sense.
After recording has been recorded the listener or any other individual should listen to the tape recorder by using the A/S system. It is a special kind of sound-transmitting transmitter, but only at certain frequencies and is not subject to noise. For example, “This is a stereo stream.” The transmitter may measure the amplitude of the sound wave. It must be on the frequency band 1/40 or 1/8 and the transmitter will not be able to hear the frequencies with which the sound is being transmitted. The microphone that is used to record the tape recorder is usually the type with which all audio recordings are recorded.
Recordings must be kept on a high level of volume for recording accuracy. The recordings for which recording is usually not possible to detect are those on