What is communication?
The ability to transmit information using words is a distinguishing feature of a person. The tool of informative transfer in this case is communication.
In this article, we will try to give a detailed answer to the question "what is communication" and where is the term used.
Definition
The word communication comes from the Latincommunicatio, which means a message or transmission. That is, in the general sense of communication we mean the exchange of information between the interlocutors or the transmission of a message from one person to another. An obvious fact is that if communication between two or more participants in the dialogue is not effective, people will not be able to agree on a common goal. And communication is the basis for the existence of any organization in society. Therefore, we conclude that communication is a term closely connected with the social sphere of a person's life.
The term is also used in various fields of knowledge. Let us consider in more detail what types of communication exist today:
- Communication within the framework of social (public)Science (political science, sociology, cultural studies, linguistics, philosophy, history, etc.) is a basic scientific discipline, a process aimed at building interrelations between members of the society, solving all possible goals and tasks through language and speech.
- Communication in psychology - is aimed at sharinginformation between living beings, and the establishment of contacts between specific people and groups of people. In this area, communication is viewed from the angle of the relationship between society and the individual.
- Mass communication is the process of formation andreproduction of mass consciousness within the society through just the same mass communication - all kinds of media: television and radio broadcasting, periodicals.
- Intercultural communication - communication betweenrepresentatives of different cultures. Implied as direct communication between communities, and indirect communication means such as speech, writing, language.
- Engineering communications (networks) - a technical term for the unity of communications and facilities, aimed at use in the processes of heat, gas, electricity, water disposal.
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