Communication can occur in many forms, but in the broader sense communication is the transference of information from a sender to a receiver. The sender’s goal for the receiver is to get the information across entirely clear, but often times this does not occur 100 percent. Some of more popular forms of communication we see today in our society are in print, visual, speech, and even body language. Years ago, communication was not possible in ways that it is in today’s society. Not only do we have the ability to convey messages through the telephone, but also one can simply text a friend and send a message. Media has also greatly helped to expand the way the world receives information.
In a global sense, Hanno Hardt describes, “mass communication” to be “the discourse of society, which defines, organizes, and determines life in its social or political manifestation”[1]. Through mass communication, the world can receive news faster than ever before. For example, mass communication helped spread the word of the events that have recently taken place in Egypt. More people can become educated in an infinite number of fields now due to the “circulation of knowledge and the public use and exchange of information”[2].
I agree with your assumption that communication can occur in many forms.In addition to this I like how you showed how communication has evolved through time. I would just at that communication is a cycle, where the receiver can become the sender and the sender the receiver as we discussed in class.
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