What is Communication | IGI Global (2024)

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Chapter 10

Communication is the exchange of information, or the act of conveying meaning.

Chapter 23

Communication is an instrument of the mobile commerce marketing mix. It contains decisions about the necessary messages and the reasonable utilization of communication material and channels. Additionally the budgets for the different communicational arrangements will be defined by this instrument.

Chapter 12

The process of transferring information between humans or agents. In these experiments, communication between team members was measured by counting conversational moves, an uninterrupted utterance of a team member that has a discrete problem solving function.

Chapter 7

Sending and receiving thoughts, data, beliefs, behaviors, and emotions - through one or more media - that elicit a reaction ( Birdwhistell, 1970 ).

Chapter 364

The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.

Chapter 184

Human interaction with others to deliver information.

Chapter 16

The exchange of information (e.g., ideas, thoughts, emotions) via words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to someone else.

Chapter 23

A verbal or non-verbal exchange of information.

Chapter 30

The two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participant not only exchange information, news, ideas, and feelings, but also create and share meaning.

Chapter 13

Expressing thoughts verbally, visually, or written and listening, looking, or reading with the goal of understanding.

Chapter 44

Exchange of information between persons.

Chapter 13

It is the set of processes carried out by an organization in order to transmit its corporate information both internally and externally.

Chapter 13

Mutual transfer of emotion, thought, knowledge, exchange of news, feelings, thoughts, information, and news between individuals in any form and way that might come to mind.

Chapter 3

The exchange of information between different parties.

Chapter 4

Communication is a process and its purpose is to commune with rather than just to persuade or command.

Chapter 12

The extent to which language barriers and differences in communication styles, nonverbal communication, language fluency, and cultural fluency manifest in diverse work settings.

Chapter 7

The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. Means of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers.

Chapter 2

Ability of the student to understand, synthesize and transmit effectively the large volume of information available today.

Chapter 4

The oral or written exchange of information to transmit ideas or feelings.

Chapter 3

Refers to an exchange of ideas, information; involves the encoding of an intended message by the sender and the decoding of the message by the receiver; speaking, writing; crying, gesturing, whining, laughing.

Chapter 17

The transmission of meaning between at least two parties.

Chapter 9

The process and manner of transmitting information from one individual to another, through the exchange of a message processed according to the rules of a given common code.

Chapter 9

The mechanism by which individuals share meaning between one another.

Chapter 2

Exchanging of ideas or information through verbal or non-verbal methods.

Chapter 146

Strictly, the exchange of meaning. Less strictly, the exchange of information that may have meaning.

Chapter 201

Symbolic exchange between entities.

Chapter 14

This process involves transferring information and requires at least two individuals to participate. One is the sender or encoder of information and the other is the receiver or decoder of the information.

Chapter 11

Data exchange between processing elements.

Chapter 27

The ability to concisely state, either verbally or non-verbally, thoughts and ideas.

Chapter 50

The imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs (Dictionary.com).

Chapter 92

The flow of information through every level of an organization with the goal of communicating the information needed to produce feedback and to ensure that rules, policies, goals, and objectives are executed integrally by each area of the company.

Chapter 3

Exchange of information and ideas through talking, listening, writing, and fostering understanding.

Chapter 12

The process of exchanging information, both verbal and non-verbal, within an organization. An organization may consist of employees from different parts of the society. In order to unite the activities of all employees, communication is crucial. Communicating necessary information to the entire workforce becomes necessary.

Chapter 14

The ways of sending information to people by using technology.

Chapter 10

The exchange of information between robots within the swarm, which can be achieved through various methods such as wireless signals or physical interactions.

Chapter 29

The two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participant not only exchange information, news, ideas, and feelings, but also create and share meaning.

Chapter 44

The process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium.

Chapter 6

The activity of transferring information through writing or speaking.

Chapter 20

Communication is conveying information from person to person. Generally, the information is imagined to be expressed by language; however, humans have conveyed emotions before the emergence of language. The design of emotional channels in network-based communication is very important. Additionally, in a broad sense, communication can be understood as a kind of game, with the rules reflected in taking turns to speak, being focused on the context, exchanging useful information, saying something interesting, etc.

Chapter 17

A method of achieving smart citizens.

Chapter 44

The process of transmitting and receiving ideas, information and messages.

Chapter 105

The transference and understanding of meaning ( Robbins, 2005 ).

Chapter 102

A symbolic process whereby the social reality is produced, understood, maintained and updated in a given situation. Communication is the mediation that allows collective social action. Communication is contextualized information through pragmatics.

Chapter 9

The process of giving, receiving, imparting, or exchanging information/news.

Chapter 12

A two way flow of information, knowledge and experiences between entities (individuals, organizations, etc.) in society.

Chapter 13

the exchange of meanings between individuals through a common system of symbols.

Chapter 6

The process of imparting or exchanging information by verbal, non-verbal or written medium to convey or share ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Chapter 9

A required tool used by individuals, organisations, families and even animals to carry out a message.

Chapter 1

Communication is the act of developing meaning among entities or groups through the use of sufficiently mutually understood signs, symbols, and semiotic conventions.

Chapter 585

A transactional process that involves the exchange of information by sharing and evaluating informational signs which include verbal (auditory), non-verbal (visual), written, and mass (radio, television, print, and Web medias) message types.

Chapter 21

Forms of expressions—written, oral, and aesthetic.

Chapter 5

The ability to exchange a simple message.

Chapter 73

The process through which people convey meaning to one another through the exchange of messages and information to carry out project activities.

Chapter 9

This refers to the practical process of the exchange of ideas, thoughts, guidelines, standards and so on between management/stakeholders and beneficiaries on the best practices available that can be applied toward mitigating/preventing problems and challenges associated with the environment in a given society. It also involves community mobilization and dialogue as well as the use media of communication to disseminate information associated with environmental development for long-term benefits to people.

Chapter 49

Human interaction with others to deliver information.

Chapter 6

Communication refers to the exchanging of information by speaking, writing, phone, computer or using some other medium.

Chapter 23

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.

Chapter 4

Communication is about sending, receiving, and understanding information and meaning.

Chapter 12

Communication is the act of exchanging one’s ideas, thoughts, and opinions effectively with one or multiple participants. This transferring of information can be made using verbal or nonverbal modes.

Chapter 7

Communication is the process of exchanging information and ideas. As an active process, it involves encoding, transmitting, and decoding intended messages.

Chapter 4

is the process of passing information and understanding from one person to another with a feedback.

Chapter 86

Interaction involving two or more entities that exchange information, especially information that is relevant to the involved entities.

Chapter 5

Dialog between two or more people.

Chapter 10

An exchange of information to create meaning between different people.

Chapter 3

The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

Chapter 8

It is the exchange of feelings, thoughts, behaviours and information between two people or groups of people in the position of sender and receiver.

Chapter 38

It is the act of conveying meanings from one entity or group through the use of mutually understood signs, symbols, and semiotic rules.

Chapter 16

The process of conveying one’s thoughts and feelings through gestures or words.

Chapter 224

In virtual communities, communication refers to the formal and informal distribution of significant and updated information concerning the interest around which the community is developed

Chapter 12

An exchange of information between people or systems.

Chapter 2

Sending and receiving information between two or more people. The information conveyed can include facts, ideas, concepts, opinions, beliefs, attitudes, instructions and even emotions.

Chapter 14

The concept of exchanging thoughts and ideas orally, by sign language, through written words, facial expressions, hand gestures, or the use of an augmentative and alternative communication device.

Chapter 9

It refers to transferring of ideas and feelings.

Chapter 98

Conversation to negotiate and make decisions through an augmentation process.

Chapter 14

It is the act of the imparting or exchanging information by means of speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

Chapter 3

Communication is a significant exchange of information amongst two or a group of people.

Chapter 25

The process of interacting with each other.

Chapter 5

A process of creating, exchanging and receiving information, messages, and ideas, etc. in order to influence or get a response from someone.

Chapter 13

Communication is a process that involves the exchange of information between two or more interlocutors.

Chapter 20

Is a process of sharing information through a medium/channel.

Chapter 19

The process of imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.

Chapter 14

Natural and social process in which at least two actors participate (sender-receiver) and are involved in organizations, which becomes an essential element to achieve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Chapter 4

The imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.

Chapter 5

The act of sharing and exchanging information from one person, group, or entity, to another by using mutually understood language.

Chapter 11

Individuals' interactions with each other, or with the elements surrounding the world in which they live.

Chapter 139

The means of sending or receiving information.

Chapter 14

Exchange of information.

Chapter 54

Communication is the exchange of information between two or more people with the intent that the sender’s message be understood and considered by the receiver.

Chapter 4

Sharing meaning between two or more people.

Chapter 3

Communication is a part of marketing that helps in providing information to the consumers about the product. Communication involves crafting messages and sending them to internal and external audiences.

Chapter 11

An exchange of information using a shared system of symbols or behavior; a process of meaning making.

Chapter 15

The exchange of messages or information between two or more beings.

Chapter 16

Communication in the context of soft skills are made up of a series of tools that allow to establish messages with others in a clear and effective way.

Chapter 5

Communication, in the context of this chapter, is a process through which information is exchanged from an encoder to a decoder.

Chapter 29

Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place, person, or group to another.

Chapter 1

The use of language and signs to transmit a message by a sender organization to one or more audience target groups aiming to inform, to persuade, to convince and to help creating a certain meaning.

Chapter 29

Communication is the act of transferring emotions and thoughts from one entity or group to another through the use of understood signs, symbols, and semiotic rules.

Chapter 1

A single transmission of meaning or information between one or many sender(s) and one or many receiver(s) (Lim & Benbasat, 1991).

Chapter 2

The transmission of information via written, verbal, or nonverbal channels to facilitate interaction and comprehension.

Chapter 7

The two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange information, news, and ideas but also create and share meaning.

Chapter 10

Mathematical skill that enable students to express their mathematical thinking. Under the NCTM (2000) approach, this implies organising and consolidating such mathematical thinking and analysing and assessing the mathematical thinking and strategies of others.

Chapter 13

Means of sending or receiving information in a two-way process.

Chapter 114

The complex transfer of ideas, attitudes, and information.

Chapter 9

It is simply the act of transferring information from one person to another or from one place to another. Although this is a simple definition, when one thinks of how we can communicate, the subject becomes much more complex. There are several categories of communication and more than one can occur at any time. Communication can be verbal or non-verbal.

Chapter 13

The exchange of information and meaning between two or more individuals.

Chapter 11

Refers to passing messages from the school to the parents. The school uses various means to communicate to the parents like face to face, newsletters, phone calls, emails, et cetera.

Chapter 1

It is the completion of the process by converting the emotions and thoughts of a sender into codes and transmitting the messages to the receiver through various channels and sending the responses of the recipient to this message in a similar way to the sender.

Chapter 30

The use of available resources to convey information, to move, to inspire, to persuade, to enlighten, to connect—is an inherently ethical undertaking. Regardless of context, communication involves choice, reflects values, and has consequences. These three key elements of communication form the basis of its ethical makeup.

Chapter 4

Communication is a process that involves the exchange of information between two or more interlocutors.

Chapter 1

Complex process of exchange information from sender to receiver assuming common meaning. From the perspective of etymology, the idea of entrance of comprehension and understanding each other reflected in the term communication is derived from Latin word, ‘communis’, which means common and ‘to share’. Multiple typologies of definitions include conflicting perspectives: elusive phenomenon, emergent discipline, concept, skill/ capability, process, activity, scientific study of signs and symbols, etc. related to the discriminations between phenomena, concept and term.

Chapter 8

The two-way exchange of opinions, news, and information by writing, speech, or gestures including body language and facial reactions.

Chapter 67

“…The process by which information is exchanged between communicators with the goal of achieving mutual understanding” (Osland, Kolb, Rubin, & Turner, 2007 AU11: The in-text citation "Osland, Kolb, Rubin, & Turner, 2007" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. , p. 195).

Chapter 5

Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas, and feelings but also create and share meaning. In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places. In business, it is a key function of management--an organization cannot operate without communication between levels, departments, and employees (Business Dictionary: http://www.businessdictionary.com/ ).

Chapter 17

Represents a process of transmitting information, ideas, and feelings (attitudes, opinions) from one individual to another, from one individual to a social group, and vice versa. Communication is the process by which the exchange of meaning between people takes place (Ordache-Platis & Josan, 2009 AU25: The in-text citation "Ordache-Platis & Josan, 2009" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).

Chapter 3

Communication is a process by which signals, data, information or knowledge is transferred from one location to another. Usually this involves a sending agent, a transmission mechanism and one or more receiving agents. Communication can take place between people - for example, one person talking to another. It can also take place between people and the various other types of object that they use - such as computers and mobile phones. Often, the use of technology to support communication between people is often referred to as technology-mediated communication. Communication can also take place between different types of machine - particularly, computers.

Chapter 16

The processes through which museums convey messages to existing or potential visitors (e.g., via heritage interpretation techniques, digital tools, marketing).

Chapter 3

As sending, receiving, and understanding information and meaning.

Chapter 6

Set of ways to put in contact someone who wants to give something to some other that probably are searching or that it could do it.

Chapter 5

Messages, emails, discussion forum comments within or outside and online course and between the instructor and student or between students.

Chapter 3

Communication involves exchanging information through verbal and non-verbal means, facilitating practical expression, understanding, and connection between individuals or groups.

Chapter 34

Basically, communication can be defined as the process of sharing information between individuals to reach mutual understanding. Communication includes preparation by a transmitter, (physical) transportation, and integration by a receiver. With regard to organizational knowledge communication, transmitter and receiver can be individuals, groups, organizations, and so on.

Chapter 3

The act of transfer meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs, symbols, and semiotic rules.

Chapter 1

Social meaning-making conducted in interaction, though not necessarily in real time. Communication may be in person or through varieties of media, including print, sound, and online.

Chapter 7

Access to postal services can be considered as proxy for good communication system. Better access to postal services helps to transport mail and small packages to destinations around the world. Also it involves providing domestic and international postal services-receipt, transport and delivery of mail and so on which are very important for economic activities to take place.

Chapter 7

This refers to the transmission or exchange of information and implies the sharing of meaning among those who are communicating.

Chapter 11

Communication is a process that involves the exchange of information between two or more interlocutors.

Chapter 1

A technique to distribute information via verbal, non-verbal, and visual methods. Also, communication is the result of cultural practice.

Chapter 11

The act of conveying meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs, symbols, and semiotic rules.

Chapter 9

A social process of information exchange by any kind of mean that connect people.

Chapter 2

It is the ability to effectively transfer information in oral, written, and nonverbal forms. It is also to learn to communicate in a diverse range of purposes (for example, to inform, motivate, etc) and in a diverse environment (also considering multi-lingual).

Chapter 13

It is the transfer of feelings, thoughts, and all kinds of information between individuals. It is performed double-sided, verbally and non-verbally, using various tools.

Chapter 7

Action or process of exchange of messages of varied character between individuals, machines, or entities, aiming at solution, agreement of differentiated views on a theme, subject or controversy.

Chapter 8

The act of sharing or exchanging information, ideas, or feelings.

Chapter 67

Communication is the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.

Chapter 8

A process to transmit information from one communicator to another, through channels.

Chapter 40

To share information with others.

Chapter 9

The transaction of feeling, thought, information and news between people and the transmission of feeling, thought, information and news between people in every way possible.

Chapter 1

The transmission of information to another individual.

Chapter 1

Expressing information to an individual or group.

Chapter 17

The use of protocol for data transfer or signaling by putting synchronous or asynchronous data streams into channels.

Chapter 21

Communication is defined as the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. Communication is the purposeful activity of information exchange between two or more participants in order to convey or receive the intended meanings through a shared system of signs and semiotic rules.

Chapter 18

The use of available resources to convey information, to move, to inspire, to persuade, to enlighten, to connect is an inherently ethical undertaking. Regardless of context, communication involves choice, reflects values, and has consequences. These three key elements of communication form the basis of its ethical makeup.

Chapter 7

A meaning making process which occurs between two or more people.

Chapter 3

A complex, multifaceted process of establishing and developing contacts between people, generated by the needs for their joint activities.

Chapter 25

The process of exchanging information, both verbal and non-verbal, within an organization. An organization may consist of employees from different parts of the society. In order to unite the activities of all employees, communication is crucial. Communicating necessary information to the entire workforce becomes necessary.

Chapter 4

The exchange of information, ideas, or thoughts between individuals or groups.

Chapter 44

This is the ability to effectively share with another using any of the many media available.

Chapter 13

It is the exchange of relevant information between universities and their host communities.

Chapter 9

“The specific blend of promotion tools that the company uses to persuasively communicate customer value and build customer relationships” (Kotler & Armstrong, 2007 AU29: The in-text citation "Kotler & Armstrong, 2007" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. , p. 456).

Chapter 9

The process by which information and feelings are shared by people through an exchange of verbal and non-verbal messages.

Chapter 11

A multifaceted and fundamental process encompassing the exchange and transmission of information, ideas, thoughts, and emotions between individuals or entities within a social, cultural, or organizational context. It serves as a pivotal mechanism for the conveyance and reception of meaning, enabling the establishment of shared understanding, the dissemination of knowledge, and the facilitation of interpersonal relationships and cooperation.

Chapter 2

Verbal and nonverbal exchange of signs and messages to share meaning with others.

Chapter 2

From the Latin comunicationis , which means “to make common” (the information), communication is a global and social phenomenon based on the transmission of information through verbal or non-verbal messages from an emitter to one or more receivers.

Chapter 16

a complex social process in which people coordinate their behavior by creating and maintaining a shared definition of the situation

Chapter 31

The process of exchanging information and ideas. It involves encoding, transmitting, and decoding intended messages.

Chapter 10

Communication is a process that involves sending and receiving messages through verbal and non-verbal methods.

Chapter 14

The process of sharing information between two or more individuals to reach a common understanding of the ideas or information being conveyed. In the context of this chapter, communication also includes information, or data, that is shared, or transmitted, between two or more actors. These actors may be human or machine. This sharing of information between human and human; machine and machine; or between human and machine is underpinned by the need for the information to be understandable to both parties.

Chapter 5

It is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

Chapter 16

Structured and unstructured transfers of information strategically designed to build connections between team members and departments.

Chapter 324

The two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participant not only exchange information, news, ideas, and feelings, but also create and share meaning.

Chapter 5

A transaction between two or more interlocutors requiring effort and the joint construction of meaning. There is no guarantee that what is understood will be the same as what is meant.

Chapter 4

The exchange of ideas, messages, or information by speech signals, or writing.