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What are the five basic elements in Lasswell's model of communication?

Communicator, message, medium, audience, and effect.

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Why: Lasswell's model names the communicator, message, medium, audience, and effect.

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Lasswell's model asks who says what to whom, not who says what to the wall.
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Answer: Communicator, message, medium, audience, and effect. Lasswell's model names the communicator, message, medium, audience, and effect.

  1. Public speaking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_speaking
    Five basic elements of public speaking are described in this theory: the communicator, message, medium, audience, and effect.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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