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Communication not just an actor process but a social and cultural togethernessCommunication as a Social Science
Communication Science or Communication Studies involved with popular cultures, people as communicators
Owes origin to US 1930s Institute of Propaganda Research established for influencing public opinion
India established with govts need for propagating family planning, socialdevelopment and national integration
Both social & individual needCommunication involvesActive interaction with environments physical, biological & socialWhen we acknowledge this, we adapt to the environmentThe basic need for communication can be traced to the process of mankindsevolution from lower species (animals sensory faculty to find food, protect )Lack of communication (& Excommunication) or sensory overload can bedisorienting can lead to anxiety, apathy, impaired judgement, hallucinations,schizophreniaSensory overload info explosion satellite TV, internet etc Communication & Language
Right to Info declared fundamental right -United Nations Charter and Freedomof Information Bill May 1997 (India)Defining Communication
Communication is a process which increases commonality but also requireselements of commonality for it to occur at all Denis McQuail
Human Communication is a clash of symbols and covers a multitude of signs. It is more than media and message, information and persuasion; it also meets adeeper need and serves a higher purpose. Whether clear or garbled, tumultuousor silent, deliberate or inadvertent, communication is the ground of meeting and the foundation of the community. It is, in short, the essential human connection. Ashley Montagu and Floyd Mason
Interaction within a culture is governed not so much by language, but by body synthesizers set in motion almost immediately after birth and thereafter conditioned by culture. Communication, therefore, is not a matter of isolated entities sending discrete messages back and forth, but a
process of mutual participation in a common structure of rhythmic patterns by all members of aculture. W S CardonTypes of Communication
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal (Face-to-face)
Transpersonal
MassIntrapersonal Communication
Dialogue, conversation
The Intimate Stage (for friends, relatives, degree of intimacy, reveal innermostthoughts and feelings)Transpersonal Communication
The larger the group, the less personal and intimate in possibility of exchange
Degree of directness and intimacy depends on size of group, the place where itmeets, relship of members to one another, and to group leader
Group communication has now been extended by tools of mass communication: books, press, cinema, radio, TV, internet, mobile
Via new media video, cable, tele-shopping, video-on-demand, teletext,computers, internet termed interactive communications