Methods of Communication

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Forms of communication. 3. Methods of effective communication. 4. Communication and meaning-making. 5. Automatic and controlled communication. 6. Power of visual communication. 7. Computer-mediated communication. 8. Telecommunication methods. 9. Organisational communication. 10. Business communication strategies. 11. Managerial communication. 12. Integrated communication. 13. Communication technologies and social development. Bibliography. Index.

"This book in the five volume set on communication is meant as a guide and referral on the channels and modes of communication. It can be safely ascertained that communication was inevitable since the beginning of human civilisation, perhaps even before, and there is no reason to believe that it would cease to be so. The transmission of concepts, ideas, thoughts and objects comprise almost the whole of communications, and is a vast arena.

This volume recounts the first known methods and channels of transmitting information, such as pigeon carriers and human messengers, and traces the growth and development therein. The present status of communication modes have been extensively researched and discussed, and the future of communication has been especially emphasized upon as the future of communication is of great interest to a vast number of people its relevance cannot be ignored and it has been quite comprehensive covered." (jacket)