TUTORIAL: THE COMMUNICATION PROCESSThis tutorial is divided into seven segments, each of which concerns itself with a major question or field of study within the discipline of Communication. The main tutorial web page lists all, gives a brief description of each, and provides a link to the first page of each segment.
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TUTORIAL: THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
INTRODUCTION . SYSTEMS . THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION . HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN COMMUNICATION . THE SHANNON/WEAVER MODEL OF COMMUNICATION . CONTENT AND CODE .
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