Communication is a process of transferring information from one entity to
another. Communication processes are sign-mediated interactions between at least
two agents which share a repertoire of signs and semiotic rules. Communication
is commonly defined as "the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or
information by speech, writing, or signs".
Communication is a process whereby information is enclosed in a package and is
channeled and imparted by a sender to a receiver via some medium. The receiver
then decodes the message and gives the sender a feedback. All forms of
communication require a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, however
the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate
at the time of communication in order for the act of communication to occur.
Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative
commonality. There are auditory means, such as speech, song, and tone of voice,
and there are nonverbal means, such as body language, sign language,
paralanguage, touch, eye contact, through media, i.e., pictures, graphics and
sound, and writing.
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