Communication

Communication is the process of wiktionary:exchange information usually via a common system of symbols. "Communication studies" is the academic discipline which studies communication. ==Forms of communication== *Animal communications *Interpersonal communications **Marketing **Internal communications **Propaganda **Public affairs **Public relations **Technical communication *Intrapersonal communications *Nonverbal communications *Languages *Cross-cultural communication *Telecommunications **Computer-mediated communications ==Forms and components of human communication== Humans communicate in order to share knowledge and experiences. Common forms of human communication include sign language, speech, writing, gestures, and broadcasting. Communication can be interaction, transactive communication, intentional communication, or unintentional communication; it can also be verbal communication or nonverbal communication. Communication varies considerably in form and style when considering scale. Internal ommunication, within oneself, is intrapersonal communication while communication between two individuals is interpersonal communication. At larger scales of communication both the system of communication and media of communication change. Small group communication takes place in settings of between three and 12 individuals creating a different set of interactions than large group such as organizational communication in settings like companies or communities. At the largest scales mass communication describes communication to huge numbers of individuals through mass media. Communication also has a time component, being either synchronous or asynchronous. There are a number of theories of communication that attempt to explain human communication. == Communication technology == In telecommunications, the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast occurred on July 25th 1920. As the technology evolved, communication protocol also had to evolve; for example, Thomas Edison had to discover that ''hello'' was the least ambiguous greeting by voice over a distance; previous greetings such as ''hail'' tended to be lost or garbled in the transmission. As regards human communication these diverse fields can be divided into those which cultivate a thoughtful exchange between a small number of people (debate, talk radio, e-mail, personal letters) on the one hand; and those which disseminate broadly a simple message (Public relations, television, film). Our indebtedness to the Ancient Romans in the field of communication does not end with the Latin root "communicare". They devised what might be described as the first real mail or postal system in order to centralize control of the Roman Empire from Rome. This allowed Rome to gather knowledge about events in its many widespread provinces. As the Romans well knew, communication is as much about taking in towards the centre as it is about putting out towards the extremes. In virtual management an important issue is computer-mediated communication. The view people take toward communication is changing, as new technologies change the way they communicate and organize. In fact, it is the changing technology of communication that tends to make the most frequent and widespread changes in a society - take for example the rise of web cam chat and other network-based visual communications between distant parties. The latest trend in communication, decentralized personal networking, is termed smartmobbing. ==Communication barriers== Anxiety associated with communication is known as communication apprehension. Such anxiety tends to be influenced by one's self-concept. Besides apprehension, communication can be impaired via bypassing, indiscrimination, and polarization (psychology). Failing to share a common language is also an important barrier in many parts of the world. Apart from that there may be following barriers in communication # Language # Time lag # Politics == References == [1] Dance, Frank. "The 'concept' of communication. ''Journal of Communication, 20'', 201-210 (1970). ==See also== * Knowledge visualization * Communication basic topics * Communications satellite * Computer network * Diffusion of innovations * Ethernet * Global telephone network - also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network PSTN * Information theory * Internet * Journalism * Linguistics * Mail * Mass media * Media studies * Neuro-linguistic programming * Radioteletype * Rhetorical criticism * Semaphore * Social software * Telegraphy * Telephony * Vocalization ==External links== * [http://www.hains.net/communication/studying.html Studying Communication: An introduction to the field, by R.C. Hains] * [http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/ University of Iowa - Communication Studies Resources] * [http://www.unm.edu/~emmons/communications.html UNM General Library Communication Studies] Communication Cybernetics fa:ارتباطات simple:Communication su:Komunikasi th:การสื่อสาร

Communication

''An event mentioned in this article is a Template:July 25 selected anniversaries'' ----- communication is crazy. This is page is so poor an introduction to the subject area that to edit it would entail rewriting it completely. I recommend anyone approaching the topic to read "On Human Communication" by Colin Cherry. :Yeah, no kidding. I've been working on a new version offline, but it's coming slowly. I'll probably just post what I have and we can take it from there. -- User:Stephen Gilbert 21:04, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC) Hmmm... I've done some incremental stuff - want to send me something offline and collaborate? User:Richardpitt Nov. 16 I'd love to collaborate, but let's let others in on it too! Collaboration is Wikipedia's middle name. Er... don't ask me what its last name is... I've tried to work your current contributions into my sketchy notes. If anything got lost in the transition, be sure to pull it from the history and add it. -- User:Stephen Gilbert 19:55, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC) I've moved the outline here; it's more of a to-do list than article material. -- User:Stephen Gilbert ::Stephen it is much better but still too many links and chapters. If this page is to be a proper page I think a general introduction saying something like that communication happens whenever data transfers from one sentient being to another would help a lot. --User:BozMouser talk:BozMo 13:31, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC) == Overview == *Types of communication **One to One ***Conversation (implies two-way communication) ***Message passing (limited to one-way) - see pheromones below for example **One to Many ***Lecture to live audience or recorded for later playing using various media or sent via computer or TV to remote audience. ***"Marking" a territory by scent or with something like police tape (communicates stay out, I'm bigger/badder than you) ***Journalism including use of newspaper, magazine, or other mass medium ***Public Relations including spin doctoring **Many to Many ***Conference - gathering of peers (in a paricular subject to debate) ***party or other social gathering **Now to Future ***diary ***blog ***time capsule *Purpose of communication ** To inform ** To avoid misunderstanding ** To remind ** To review beautiful memory ** To gain control ** To teach ** planning *Examples of communication **jungle drums **smoke signals **sign language and semaphores (use of devices to increase the distance "hand" signals can be seen from by increasing the size of the movable object) **vocalization **territorial marking (animals such as dogs - stay away from my territory) **Pheromones communicate (amongst other things) "I'm ready to mate" - well known example is moths where the pheromones are put into traps to attract them **Gold-plated disk (sent on Voyager 1 into interstellar space) **writing **telecommunications - use of technology to aid and enhance distance communications ***Digital telecommunications ****encoding and decoding ****data compression and encryption (as they relate to enhancing or specifying communications) for example the use of encryption to turn a one to many into a one to one communication. ****Digital Transmission Media including telegraphy and computer network ***analog telecommunications ****telephone ****radio ****TV *Overview of debate: what is and isn't communication? == Communication models == *encoding, sending and receiving messages *symbols, language *verbal communication: speaking, writing *nonverbal communication, body language (see [http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/entries.htm#Entries Nonverbal Dictionary]) == Communication technology == *general overview of changes and advances *effects of communication technology on culture and society *systems of communication * Timeline of communication technology * The United States Federal Communications Commission == The study of communication == *historical sketch *important people, theories == Communication Topics == === Importance of Communication === ==== in Family ==== ==== in Business ==== ==== in Politics ==== === Communication in XX Century === === Communication in War === ---- I removed a paragraph on the expressive hand as the "original communication tool". It seemed somewhat POV and no sources were given. User:Qwert ---- The eo: article is about information technology. I think the interwiki link should be removed. User:Andres 07:02, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Communication

Communication is the process of wiktionary:exchange information between entity via a common system of symbols. In a protocol, communication sent one-way is a message; a set of messages back and forth between one entity and another constitute a session of conversation. Communications is the academic discipline which studies communication. Human societiesFundamentalMediaCommunication engineering

Communication

Communications is a disambiguation page. Do we really want a disambiguation page to be in a category? User:AdamRetchless 16:57, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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