Communication

Communication is the process of information usually via a common system of symbols. "Communication studies" is the academic discipline focused on communication forms, processes and meanings, including speech, interpersonal and organizational communication. "Mass communication" is a more specialized academic discipline focused on the institutions, practice and effects of journalism, broadcasting, advertising, public relations and related mediated communication directed at a large, undifferentiated or segmented audience.

Examples of communication

• jungle drums
• smoke signals
• Non Verbal Acts: hand signals and Body Language
• 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
• 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
• Photography
• Art (including Theatre Arts)