FSc Notes & Essays

Communication comes from the Latin word communis, which means common. When we communicate we are trying to establish a “commonness” with someone. That is we are trying to share information, an idea, or an attitude. At this moment I am trying to communicate to you the idea that the essence of communication is getting the receiver and the sender “tuned together for a particular message. At this same moment, someone somewhere is excitedly phoning the fire department that the house is on fire. Somewhere else a newspaper is trying to persuade its readers to believe as it does about a particular party. All these are forms of communication, and the process in each case is essentially the same. Some Definitions and Meanings of Communication A sending, giving, or exchanging of information, ideas, etc. A process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior is also a technique for expressing ideas effectively in a speech. A giving or...

Journalism means writing newspapers or magazines. It is the communication of information through writing in periodicals and newspapers. The people have an inborn desire to know what’s novel or new. This curiosity is satisfied by a journalist through their writing in the newspapers and journals on current affairs and news. Definition The word journalism is derived from the journal, which means a daily register or a diary. Today the word journal also connotes a newspaper published every day or even less often or a magazine, Thus journalism means the communication of information reading the events of a day through written words, sounds or pictures. And a journalist is a person who writes for or conducts a newspaper or a magazine. He is also called a pressman. The earliest journalism is connected with periodical journalism. A periodical is printed at a regular and fixed interval. A periodical can be called a newspaper if it appears at least weekly in recognized newspaper format and has ge...