Communication

While the technical realm of "communication" has unarguably evolved since the days without a computer, the fundamental idea behind it remains the same. That is, communication entails the relaying of information between senders and receivers, senders being the information transmitters and receivers being information receivers. Simply put, reading this blog makes the reader the receiver, and the writer, myself, the sender. On the surface of the stated definition, it is what it states it is: sender sends, receiver receives. However, of course such a broad topic is never ideally simplistic. Communication is met with several issues like information distortion, and the previously mentioned evolution of technology as it impacts not only the widespread nature of communication but its authoritative powers (Hardt 5). The World Wide Web has revolutionized communication to an extreme extent; it has engulfed modern society and has become part of everyday life for the millions of people with access to the Internet. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Myspace are essentially communication "giants" with the millions of users relaying information daily to one another.

Despite the impact of the Internet and dozens of other aspects that extend the definition of "communication," when it boils down to it, the fundamentals always remain the same: the relaying of information between senders and receivers.

- Brandon Lee