Communication

Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, "to share") is the purposeful activity of information exchange between two or more participants in order to convey or receive the intended meanings through a shared system of signs and semiotic rules.

Description

The basic steps of communication are:

• The forming of communicative intent
• Message composition
• Message encoding
• Transmission of signal
• Reception of signal
• Message decoding
• Interpretation of the message by the recipient

Categories

Communication in general takes place inside and between three main subject categories:

• Human beings
• Living organisms in general
• Communication-enabled devices (sensor networks. control systems, etc.)

Humans

Human communication is unique for its extensive use of language.

Living organisms in general

Communication in the category of living organisms (studied in the field of biosemiotics) usually occurs through visual, auditory, or biochemical means.

See also

• Biosemiotics
• Language
• Semiosis
• Sign

External links

• Communication @ Wikipedia