An extremely complex phenomenon is we consider the variety of codes, channels, situations and the methods how it is produced, the human communication is using different typologies, differentiated according to the entered criteria. Depending on the number of participants and the type of their relationship, are defined the following types of communication:



-         intrapersonal communication

-         interpersonal communication

-         group communication

-         public communication

-         mass communication

Intrapersonal communication is that type of communication in which the transmitter and the receiver are the same person. It is that mysterious relationship where one person listens to their inner voice and dialogue with it. The individual wonders about things and also answer to them, analyze, reflect, take decisions, repeat in his mind the messages meant for others. In terms of training and personality development, the dialogue with himself is a therapeutic practice of intellectual and emotional kind: to put first the issues in relation with their own cognitive awareness means purification but also an emotional discharge.



Interpersonal communication (the teaching) is that communication in which the receiver and the transmitter are distinct persons. It respects the classical scheme of the communication process and is probably the most common form of the communication. It is important to note that in an interpersonal communication, the partners share a clearly defined relationship. The interpersonal communication provides the best highlight of the fundamental dimension of being a human: the need for the other. Thanks to it, we can know better the people around us and we can establish relations or we can make friends, we can exert our influence on others, and thru them we can know better ourselves.



Group communication is clearly a form of the interpersonal communication, because it meets the challenges of it. (the receiver is different from the transmitter). The communication within the working groups at different educational disciplines, within sports teams, families, discussion about the educational projects, is all examples what we mean by the group communication.



Public communication is also a form of the interpersonal communication: the transmitter is unique and the receiver includes an audience wider (public). In this category are included university lectures, speech, symposiums, educational circle. The public communication benefits of the most effective media and relevant analysis. The classical oratory was looking on this form of communication – the speech to the crowd (greater or lesser extent). Most of the times, the objective of the public discourse was gaining audience through conviction and persuasion.



Mass communication is determined by at least two features: the amplitude of the public receiver and the channels through which is achieved the communication. Regarding the communication channels, they must provide the open information to these considerable masses of people (journalism, television, radio, cinema, etc). They are generic identified through the term mass-media. The mass communication it remains an intentionality: we can not know the exact nature of the receiver, the finality of the communication, whether it achieved its purpose or not. The transmitted messages through the media, benefits of one delayed feedback, weak and incomplete, from the public. However, it is a form of the communication frequently used and also with a considerable impact.