Explain the physical context, the social context, and the psychological context of communication.

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Three aspects of communication contexts are the physical context, social context, and psychological context.
The physical context includes the location of the communication encounter, the environmental conditions surrounding it (temperature, lighting, noise level), and the physical proximity of participants to each other. Our ability to share meaning can be affected by the physical context. For instance, when you telephone a friend instead of talking to him or her face-to-face, you lose nonverbal cues such as posture, gestures, eye contact, and facial expressions.
The social context of communication is the nature of the relationship that already exists between participants. The better you know someone and the better relationship you have with him or her, the more likely you are to accurately interpret the messages.
The psychological context refers to the moods and feelings each person brings to the communication encounter. For instance, if a person is under a great deal of stress, he or she may display that stress in the form of irritation. Even if it has nothing to do with a specific communication encounter, the other person could misinterpret it as something he or she did.

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