34 Examples of Group Communication

John Spacey, March 09, 2023

Group communication is the process of exchanging meaning within a group of more than two people. This is an everyday process that is nonetheless very different from person-to-person communication, particularly as a group becomes large such that communication complexity increases. In large groups, social processes such as leadership, social status and groupthink begin to play a larger role in communication. The following are illustrative examples of group communication.

All-hands meetings and town halls	Brainstorming
Classes and training sessions	Collaborative writing
Committees	Conference calls
Consensus building	Debate
Diplomacy	Facilitation e.g. round table with moderator
Focus groups	Forums and social media posts that involve group conversation
Group chats	Group conversation
Group decision making	Group discussion
Group emails and messaging	Group interviews
Group negotiation	Group problem solving
Group work	Improv
Meetings	Networking events
Peer review	Public speaking
Remote work processes such as video conferencing work sessions	Study group
Team building	Team coaching
Team collaboration in virtual environments such as video games	Work processes such as customer service for a group of customers
Working group	Workshops

Large groups can build on each other's ideas and in theory should outcompete individuals and small groups. However, the politics and social dynamics involved in large groups often means that strategies, decisions, plans and designs formed reflect social compromises such that they can be somewhat irrational.

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