COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION

*Communication is the act of conveying meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs, symbols, and semiotic rules.

* The ancients, in fact, revolutionized communication throughout their various methods of writing.  Their methods were based on spoken language that was already established by their prehistoric ancestors. They communicated through writing by various forms of media, metal, stone, wood, pottery and wax

* The people used letters to communicate with each other. Also the telegraph but only a few people had it back in the 1800 s. The telegraph, mail, newspapers and other people. ... During the 1840 s, the invention of the telegraph by Samuel F.B Morse was able to send messages much more quickly.

* Today means of communication has increased such a lot that we can receive or send messages from or to far off places. Various means of communication which we use in the modern world are Posts and Telegraphs, Telephone, Radio and Television, Telex, Fax, Pagers, Email, Newspapers and cinema.

*The evolution of technology has changed society in both positive and negative ways. People all over the world use and benefit from modern technology

*Many people do not realize that technology has its negative affects society as well, and its rapid advances has changed life for worse in a number of different ways.

*Technology can have a large impact on users' mental and physical health. Being overly connected can cause psychological issues such as distraction, narcissism, expectation of instant gratification, and even depression.

*PERSONAL COMMUNICATION:-

ØThe communication that takes place between the sender and receiver is called personal communication.

ØThere are various means of personal communication.

1.Postal service

2.Telephone

3.Fax

4.Email

*MASS COMMUNICATION:-

ØThe communication that sends messages to a large number of people at the same time is called mass communication or mass media.

ØThere are various means of mass communication.

1.Radio

2.Television

3.Newspapers & Magazines

4.Cinema & Advertisements

SOCIAL NETWORKING

*Social networking is a new method of communicating over Internet. We can communicate with a group of friends on the Internet  using the services of a social networking site such as www.facebook.com. Any message we leave on this site gets shared among all members of the group .