Communication and Adoptation

COMMUNICATION AND ADOPTION 3(3+0)

Lesson 1 : Meaning and Concept of Communication

Definition

There are numerous definitions of communication. Some of them are :

1. Oxford Dictionary: Transfer or conveying meaning.

2. Colin cherry: Transmission of stimuli
   

3. Charles Osgood: It is the mechanism through which human relations exist and develop.
   But communication is not only transferring on transmitting of ideas or thoughts.
   

4. Newman and Summer: Communication is an exchange of facts, ideas, opinions or emotions by two or more persons. Communication is also defined as intercourse by words, letters, symbols or messages and as a way that one organization member shares meaning and understanding with another.
   

5. Leland Brown: Communication is the transmission and interchange of facts, ideas, feelings or course of action.

6. Paul Leagan has comprehensively defined communication as “a process by which two or more people exchange ideas, facts, feelings or impressions in ways that each gains a common understanding of the message.”