Communication 2

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watching, reading, or even a member of a group, such as a discussion group, a lecture audience or even an individual member of a particular group. All the above illustration is referring to what is called the traditional concept of communication.
On the other hand, the discovery of communication consists more in a new way of thinking about the human condition than in a new awareness of
particular form of human action. Commonsense notions of communication often refer to it as one thing among others that human beings do. That is, sometimes human beings sleep, sometimes they eat, and sometimes they communicate. Although this seems reasonable enough , it is not a sufficiently rich way to think about communication. The problem comes from constructing any viable definition of communication that excludes sleeping , eating , and other forms of activities. Sleeping while in class is a communicative event, and the manner place, and the companions with whom one eats ...

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