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Communication

Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Communication. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Communication.

Sub-Categories

Terms

Abbreviations as Topic - Shortened forms of written words or phrases used for brevity....

Access to Information - Individual's rights to obtain and use information collected or generated by others....

Advertising as Topic - The act or practice of calling public attention to a product, service, need, etc., especially by pai...

Anonyms and Pseudonyms - Designations for persons whose names are not known or who wish to remain anonymous (anonyms) and for...

Answering Services - Communication services provided by a person or a machine to record and relay the message from the ca...

Authorship - The profession of writing. Also the identity of the writer as the creator of a literary production....

Biofeedback, Psychology - The therapy technique of providing the status of one's own AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM function (e.g., ...

Communication - The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups....

Communication Barriers - Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful in...

Computer Literacy - General learning, knowledge, and fluency with computer terms; also, becoming familiar with how compu...

Correspondence as Topic - Communication between persons or between institutions or organizations by an exchange of letters. It...

Cybernetics - That branch of learning which brings together theories and studies on communication and control in l...

Diffusion of Innovation - The broad dissemination of new ideas, procedures, techniques, materials, and devices and the degree ...

Electronic Mail - Messages between computer users via COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS. This feature duplicates most o...

Feedback - A mechanism of communication within a system in that the input signal generates an output response w...

Feedback, Physiological - A mechanism of communication with a physiological system for homeostasis, adaptation, etc. Physiolog...

Feedback, Psychological - A mechanism of information stimulus and response that may control subsequent behavior, cognition, pe...

Feedback, Sensory - A mechanism of communicating one's own sensory system information about a task, movement, skill, etc...

Feedback, Sensory - A mechanism of communicating one's own sensory system information about a task, movement, skill, etc...

Hotlines - A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to...

Information Dissemination - The circulation or wide dispersal of information....

Information Seeking Behavior - How information is gathered in personal, academic or work environments and the resources used....

Interdisciplinary Communication - Communication, in the sense of cross-fertilization of ideas, involving two or more academic discipli...

Language - A verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings....

Language Arts - Skills in the use of language which lead to proficiency in written or spoken communication....

Linguistics - The science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, ...

Lipreading - The process by which an observer comprehends speech by watching the movements of the speaker's lips ...

Manual Communication - Method of nonverbal communication utilizing hand movements as speech equivalents....

Multilingualism - The ability to speak, read, or write several languages or many languages with some facility. Bilingu...

Names - Personal names, given or surname, as cultural characteristics, as ethnological or religious patterns...

Negotiating - The process of bargaining in order to arrive at an agreement or compromise on a matter of importance...

Neurolinguistic Programming - A set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience. Techniques ar...

Nonverbal Communication - Transmission of emotions, ideas, and attitudes between individuals in ways other than the spoken lan...

Paleography - The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing. It includes the deciphering of manuscripts a...

Persuasive Communication - A mode of communication concerned with inducing or urging the adoption of certain beliefs, theories,...

Phonetics - The science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their a...

Propaganda - The deliberate attempt to influence attitudes and beliefs for furthering one's cause or damaging an ...

Psycholinguistics - A discipline concerned with relations between messages and the characteristics of individuals who se...

Reminder Systems - Systems used to prompt or aid the memory. The systems can be computerized reminders, color coding, t...

Semantics - The relationships between symbols and their meanings....

Sign Language - A system of hand gestures used for communication by the deaf or by people speaking different languag...

Speech - Communication through a system of conventional vocal symbols....

Technology Transfer - Spread and adoption of inventions and techniques from one geographic area to another, from one disci...

Terminology as Topic - The terms, expressions, designations, or symbols used in a particular science, discipline, or specia...

Translating - Conversion from one language to another language....

Vocabulary - The sum or the stock of words used by a language, a group, or an individual. (From Webster, 3d ed)...

Writing - The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in l...