Evolution of Communication

Evolution of Communication

1. By: Christian Mark O. Amor

2. Communication Communication is the process where one person is expressing his or her idea & the other one is listening to the idea being expressed by the one who is talking When this results to have an understanding to both of them, therefore there is already a communication.

3. To understand communication and other forms of communication at present. One has to go back to the past. They have roots that go back quite a way to the past. Since the beginning of time, people have had the need to communicate with one another.

4. The Smoke Signal It is one of the oldest forms of long distance communication. It is a form of visual communication used over long distance. In Ancient China, soldiers stationed along the great wall would alert each other of impending enemy attack by signaling from tower to tower. In this way, they were able to transmit a message as far away as 750km (470miles) in just a few hours. ( Haldia , 2012)

5. Pigeon It is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons were effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities. The Pigeons were transported to a destination in cages, where they would be attached with the messages, and then naturally the pigeon would fly back to its home where the owner could read his mail. Pigeons have been used to great effect in military situations. ( “The Evolution of Communication,” 2015)

6. Mail Mail or post is a system for transporting letters & other tangible objects: written documents typically enclosed in envelopes & also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19 th century national postal systems have generally been established as government monopolies with a fee on the article prepaid. ( Haldia , 2012)

7. Newspaper A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing of current events, informative, articles, diverse features, editorials, & advertising. Johannes Gutenbergs work on the printing press began in 1436. The invention of printing press led to an entire new era of mass communication. (Villa & Baetiong , 2000)

8. Electrical Telegraph Telegraph that uses electrical signals, usually conveyed via telecommunication lines on radio. The electromagnetic telegraph is a device for human-to-human transmission coded text messages. It is the first form of electrical telecommunications. Later electrical telegraph networks permitted people & commerce to almost instantly transmit messages across both continents & oceans. ( Haldia , 2012)

9. Telephone The Telephone referred to as a phone, is a telecommunication device that transmits & receives sounds, usually the human voice. They are a point to point communication system to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other. Developed in the mid- 1870s by Alexander Graham Bell. The telephone has long been considered indispensable to businesses, household & now one of the most common appliances in the developed world. (Parker, 1998)

10. Radio Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by electromagnetic waves with frequencies significantly below visible light, in the radio frequency range, from about 3 kHz to 300 GHz. These waves are called radio waves. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air & the vacuum of space. (Lambert, 2017)

11. Television Television: (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting & receiving moving images that can be monochrome (black-and-white) or colored with or without accompanying sound. Commercially available since the late 1920s, the television set has become common place in homes, business & institutions, particularly as a vehicle for advertising a source of entertainment & news. ( Haldia , 2012)

12. Computer Network It is a collection of computers & other hardware components interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources & information. Networks may be classified according to a wide variety of characteristics, such as the medium used to transport the data, communication protocol used, scale, topology & scope. (Putt, 1984)

13. Mobile Phones A device that can make & receive telephone calls over a radio link moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. The first hand held mobile phone was demonstrated by Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first to be commercially available. From 1990 to 2011 worldwide mobile phone subscription grew from 12.4 million to over 5.6 (“Evolution of Communication,” 2014)

14. Internet The internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, & government networks of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless & optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources & services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) & the infrastructure to support email. (Andres, 2006)

15. Electric Mail Electric mail: also known as email or e-mail is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author & the recipient both be online at the same time. Today’s email systems are based on a store-and-forward model. (Andres, 2006)

16. Social Networking A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, e.g. share interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, & a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web-based & provide means for users to interact over the internet, such as email & I. example: Facebook (800 million active users), Twitter, Google+ etc. ( Haldia , 2012)

17. The communication revolution has brought around many positive effects. One example is easing political tension around the world. Important political figures can now resolve their differences or make important decisions without having to travels hundreds of miles or meet face to face. The business world has evolved; companies can now communicate faster, more efficiently, and therefore turn more profits. More businesses can make themselves seen through the internet, which allows a large diversity of companies to emerge. Communication company like Microsoft is turning an enormous profit, allowing them to make technological advances and offer and develop more services for the public. It also increases employment and therefore decreases poverty in more developed countries. It breaks down social and worldwide barriers, allowing people to interact across the globe; different races, cultures, backgrounds and statuses interact.