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  2. Communication, the exchange of meanings between individuals through a common system of symbols. This article treats the functions, types, and psychology of communication.

  3. Communication - Verbal, Nonverbal, Digital | Britannica

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    Communication - Verbal, Nonverbal, Digital: Signals, signs, and symbols, three related components of communication processes found in all known cultures, have attracted considerable scholarly attention because they do not relate primarily to the usual conception of words or language.

  4. Telecommunication | Technology, Examples, Devices, & Facts

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    Telecommunication, science and practice of transmitting information by electromagnetic means. Modern telecommunication centers on the problems involved in transmitting large volumes of information over long distances without damaging loss due to noise and interference.

  5. Telecommunications media | Definition, Types, Examples,...

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    Telecommunications media, equipment and systems—metal wire, terrestrial and satellite radio, and optical fibre—employed in the transmission of electromagnetic signals, facilitating mass communication and mass media. Every telecommunications system involves the transmission of an information-bearing.

  6. Nonverbal communication | Description, History, Characteristics...

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    Nonverbal communication, transfer of information from one person to another without the use of words or spoken language. Nonverbal communication can occur in a variety of ways, including through facial expressions, gestures, and body posture or position. Studies on nonverbal communication became.

  7. Mass communication | Definition, Examples, & Theory

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    Mass communication is accomplished via mass media—that is, technology capable of sending messages to great numbers of people, many of whom are unknown to the sender (e.g., television). The purposes of mass communication include entertainment, education, and political propaganda.

  8. Rhetoric is the principles of training communicators—those seeking to persuade or inform. In the 20th century it underwent a shift of emphasis from the speaker or writer to the auditor or reader. This article deals with rhetoric in both its traditional and its modern forms.

  9. Social media | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts

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    social media, a form of mass media communications on the Internet (such as on websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos).

  10. Broadcasting, electronic transmission of radio and television signals that are intended for general public reception, as distinguished from private signals that are directed to specific receivers.

  11. Communication - Models, Process, Channels | Britannica

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    Communication - Models, Process, Channels: Fragmentation and problems of interdisciplinary outlook have generated a wide range of discussion concerning the ways in which communication occurs and the processes it entails.