Communications of the Past and the Present

Communication of the Past and the Present

Lorelei Mau

COM/170

09/26/11

Stephanie Ching

Communication of the Past and the Present

"Regardless of the changes in technology, the market for well-crafted messages will always have an audience."— Steve Burnett. How amazing is today’s advanced communication compared to communication of the past? From the beginning of time, as a species, we have learned how to communicate. New concepts of communication are still being introduced every day. Even though there are many different ways we communicate, the traditional ways are still practiced, with a slight enhancement.

Communicating in person has always existed and always will. This is one concept I am certain will never change. Cavemen with their unintelligible grunts, Egyptians with hieroglyphics, the inventions of Morse code, the telephone, radio, and computer video chat are a few of the numerous advancements in communication. To this day, we still practice communicating verbally with one another. Whether in person, on the telephone, or through the computer via web cam, this will be among our culture until the end of time. Body language and facial expression is human nature. It may not always be the most effective and may even be misleading or misinterpreted at times, but it is how we are engineered from birth. Sign language is included in body language because we use our body to communicate with those who cannot communicate verbally. The invention of the radio opened a whole new line of communication for us. It enabled us to know what was going on in the world more quickly. For example, in the case of an emergency, we could be informed instantly verses awaiting a telegram, which could sometimes take days and even weeks. The invention of the television allows us to not only relay important happenings around the world, but also allows us to visualize the events. Writing is also a form of communication. The ways...