Communication is Mediated

Communication is Mediated

Introduction

Apart from face to face communication, all other forms of communications are mediated. That is, there is a channel through which the communication is transmitted. These channels include both technological and non-technological channels. Technological channels are those that are propagated by technological advancements such as mobile phones, telegraph, television, computers, satellite communications et cetera. The most common type of non-technological communication channel is the use of letters. Since time immemorial, communication has been used to pass different types of communications in various ways. Communication is as old as societies. Hence it has been used as a method of identifying different cultures. In this essay, we are going to define the concept of communication. We are also going to get an understanding of how communication media is essential in our identity.

Communication Concept

Communication can be described as the process by which information is exchanged between two or more people. The principal parties in the communication are the sender, who is the source of information, and the receiver. The infrastructure through which the information is transmitted is called the media. Communication media can be electronic, print, radio and so on. Communication is responsible for making interpersonal relations close.

Communication is vital in pursuance of development in any given country by making information to flow faster and also ensures that the ideas and opinions are also shared among many people. Two or more people are said to have communicated if both parties have understood. Communication can be classified as either formal or informal, oral and written, internal and external, verbal or non-verbal.

Some of the roles of communication in the society include;

• Sharing and spreading information and knowledge among different people
• It forms the basis on which human relationships are founded
• It also helps in building societal foundations and cultures
• Communication can also act as a way of entertainment
• Is can also store the society’s cultural heritages hence ensuring that specific culture is alive.

Communication and identity

Communication can help build identity by enhancing a cognitive, social learning process, which includes mimicking behaviors, emotions, and attitudes from other people around us. We are equipped with the genetic identity that we inherit from our ancestors. However, these traits may never present themselves in us until such a time that we decide to practice them as parts of our lives. We tend to identify with those traits that we feel can make us comfortable and stronger while at the same time removing those we think are unnecessary, hence deleting them from existence.

Communication provides a means of interaction with the environment; hence enabling us to identify our personality traits. It helps us identify what exists in our immediate surrounding such as friends, parents, animals, and natures, hence helping us relate with these items as well as develop our traits from our interaction with these items. Therefore without communication, there will be no such interaction, and hence we will not be able to maintain our cultural identity. It also means without communication, and we are not able to build our personality or unless it has been imposed on us.

Conclusion

Communication is essential in many aspects of our life. Everything that happens around us such as business, politics, environmental talks, and culture has the communication aspect of it. Communication also helps people identify their roots and origin. By helping us interact with the environment, communication also helps us create our personalities.