Communication refers to the transmission of information. What does this mean?

Communication is the exchange and transmission of information between people through certain media. Broadly speaking, no matter what method or medium is used, as long as information is transmitted from one place to another, it can be called communication.

Mode of transmission: ancient beacon towers, drumming, relay of fast horses in post stations, homing pigeons, semaphores, etc. Modern telecommunications, etc. In ancient times, long-distance communication took several days at the earliest, while in modern communication, instant communication was realized by telegraph, telephone, express mail, short message, email and other telecommunication means.

The definition of communication in the federal communication law of the United States is: including telecommunications and radio and television.

The definition of telecommunications in WTO, ITU and China's Telecommunications Management Regulations is: including public telecommunications and radio and television.

Communication means that the sender transmits information to the receiver in a certain format through a certain medium in order to achieve a certain purpose. In ancient times, people transmitted information through post stations, flying pigeons, bonfire alarms, symbols, body language, eyes and touch. Today, with the rapid development of science, various communication modes such as radio, fixed telephone, mobile telephone, Internet and even video telephone have appeared one after another. Communication technology has narrowed the distance between people, improved economic efficiency and profoundly changed human life style and social life.