COMUNICACIÓN ORAL Y ESCRITA: ¿cuáles son sus diferencias? (Con ejemplos)💬

Summary

The video explains the meaning, characteristics, differences, shared features, and examples of written and oral communication.

Definitions and development

• Written communication conveys a message through written signs and a shared code, usually a language. It can appear on paper, screens, or other surfaces.
• Oral communication conveys a message through spoken words and voice. It requires a shared code and a medium, such as air, a telephone, or a video call.
• Writing developed from pictograms to alphabetic systems, in which letters represent sounds. The video credits the Phoenicians with inventing alphabetic writing and notes that writing helped preserve and pass knowledge between generations.
• Today, written communication is widespread in print and digital formats, including books, websites, social media, and email.

Main differences and similarities

• Persistence: Written messages can remain available over time. Oral messages are temporary unless recorded as audio or video.
• Distance: Both forms can reach people far away—writing through books, email, and messages; speech through calls and video calls.
• Timing: Written communication is usually sequential: the sender writes first, then the recipient reads. Oral communication is generally heard as it is spoken.
• Rules and revision: Writing is expected to follow spelling conventions and can be reviewed or edited before it is shared. Speech is often more spontaneous and is not revised in the same way.
• Media: Writing has appeared on many supports, from papyrus, parchment, and paper to digital screens. Oral communication uses voice, whether in person or through recording and communication technologies.

Elements required for communication

The video identifies five elements:

1. Sender: The person or device that produces the message.
2. Receiver: The person or device that receives and interprets it.
3. Message: The information or meaning being conveyed.
4. Code: The language or other system understood by the participants.
5. Medium: The physical channel or support used, such as paper, a screen, or air.

Examples

• Written: Books, magazines, newspapers, reports, emails, social media posts and comments, letters, and handwritten notes.
• Oral: Conversations, phone and video calls, video conferences, in-person meetings, shouts, discussions, classroom dictation, sermons, and spoken news reports.

Speakers and sources

• Speaker: One unnamed narrator or presenter.
• Other speakers or cited sources: None identified. The Phoenicians are mentioned in the historical explanation of alphabetic writing but do not appear as speakers.