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Victim's Perspective
Introduction & Definitions2 Topics -
Victim/survivor story11 Topics
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Impact of crime I - Victims' needs and rights6 Topics
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Impact of crime II – victims' trauma4 Topics
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Impact of trauma on the victim - 23 Topics1 Quiz
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EmpathyIntroduction7 Topics
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The biology of empathy/social neuroscience3 Topics
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Empathy skills7 Topics1 Quiz
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Effective CommunicationIntoduction1 Topic
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Communication Models3 Topics
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The Importance of Noise2 Topics
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Non-verbal communication6 Topics
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Barriers to Effective Communication5 Topics
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What is Effective Communication?5 Topics
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Active Listening4 Topics
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Effective communication skills: Pay attention to nonverbal signals / Keep stress in check5 Topics
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Effective communication with traumatized victims3 Topics1 Quiz
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Lesson 10,
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Linear communication model / Shannon-Weaver Model
Ruben Dos Santos May 19, 2026
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Shannon and Weaver were both engineers for the Bell Telephone Labs. They developed the Shannon-Weaver model, which is also known as the linear communication model
(Weaver & Shannon, 1963). As indicated by its name, the scholars believed that communication occurred in a linear fashion, where a sender encodes a message through a
Channel to a receiver, who will decode the message.
Feedback is not immediate.
Examples of linear communication were newspapers, radio, and television.