The correct sequence of following models of communication is A. Linear model…

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The correct sequence of following models of communication is

A. Linear model

B. Helical model

C. Aristotelian model

D. Circular model

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer: B. C, A, D, BConceptCommunication models can be arranged chronologically by the stage at which each idea entered communication theory. The broad development moves from…

  1. A.

    A, B, C, D

  2. B.

    C, A, D, B

  3. C.

    B, D, A, C

  4. D.

    D, A, C, B

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Correct answer: B

Concept

Communication models can be arranged chronologically by the stage at which each idea entered communication theory.

The broad development moves from speaker-centred persuasion, to one-way transmission, to feedback-based exchange, and finally to a cumulative model that grows with experience.

Application

  1. Aristotle described a speaker-speech-audience framework in ancient Greece, so the Aristotelian model is the earliest of the four.

  2. The linear model belongs to the modern one-way transmission phase, represented by twentieth-century formulations such as Lasswell and Shannon-Weaver.

  3. The circular model developed the process into a feedback-based, reciprocal exchange rather than a single direction.

  4. Frank Dance proposed the helical model in 1967 to show communication as cumulative, expanding, and shaped by prior experience.

Cross-check

  • Historical order: ancient rhetorical model precedes twentieth-century transmission models.

  • Conceptual order: one-way transmission precedes feedback-based circular exchange, and the expanding helical model follows both.

Therefore, the chronological sequence is C, A, D, B.

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