20160128 Shannon - irene de la torre arenas

Shannon’s model of Communication Irene de la Torre Arenas Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking - Spring 2016 Northeastern University

Noise source / channel

Engineering noise

sizes

may create

Entropy

Semantic noise can be

produces

Information source

decodes

has

how much information

Distortions Message

encoded by

turns into

Signal

transformed by

creates

Received signal

Possible messages

Communication system

by

from

Transmitter

successively selecting discrete symbols previous

Communication

is

depending on

procedures / human behavior through

has

mechanism

affects

mechanism accuracy

Technological

related to

in

Semantic

related to

between

meaning message’s meaning

Effectiveness

related to

between

symbols / signal identification

3 levels of problems

transference

sense / purpose

induces

conduct

received by

Receiver / inverse transmitter

interprets

Message

arrives

Destination