Editing Message (section)

==Roles in human communication ==

In communication between humans, messages can be verbal or [[nonverbal]]:
* A verbal message is an exchange of information using words. Examples include face-to-face communication, telephone calls, voicemails, emails, etc.
* A nonverbal message is communicated through actions or behaviors rather than words, such as conscious or unconscious [[body language]].

The phrase "send a message" or "sending a message" is also used for actions taken by a party to convey that party's attitude towards a certain thing. For example, a government that executes people who commit acts of [[treason]] is sending a message that treason will not be tolerated.<ref name="Cambridge">{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/send-a-message|title=Send a message definition |work=[[Cambridge English Dictionary]]|access-date=September 24, 2023}}</ref> Conversely, a party that appears through its actions to endorse something that it opposes can be said to be "sending the wrong message",<ref name="Cambridge"/> while one which appears to simultaneously endorse contradictory things can be said to be sending "mixed messages".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/mindfully/a-mixed-message-is-the-message-b6c9b36e6fa7|title=A Mixed Message is THE Message|first=A.|last=Marie|work=Medium|date=November 8, 2022}}</ref>