Talk:List of basic communication topics

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[edit] Simplifying this page

May I humbly suggest that this page be divided / simplified. Personally, I find the sheer number of links present a tad overwhelming. However, I'm not sure I can think of a more concise method of organization off hand. Perhaps a page that talks about theory, a page that talks about history (the current 'history of communication' page is a tad misleading as far as the academic discipline of communication), and a page that talks about communication scholars.


[edit] Suggestion

topics which will help the beginner become familiar with the field of communications. For a comprehensive list, see List of communication topics.

This list helps the beginner become familiar with communications as much as a list of functions helps someone learn how to program for the first time. Can we at least organize/sort the topics into more logical groupings instead of alphabetical lists? - Magic5ball 23:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Doing an online course

And in the course of my course, one of the links I was sent to was this page, from here, so just wanted to give a shout of "right on" to whoever maintains/watchs this page...congratulations on a thorough list. JamieJones talk 00:44, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

As per the above, I would like to present the following:
On behalf of myself and the Kindness Campaign, I'd like to present this page with a gold medal for a job well done. Great job all contributors! Keep it up! ♥ JamieJones talk

JamieJones talk 03:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ocean of Links

The links in this page are like an ocean. Its very difficult to find anything. I'm going to attempt to bullet these, and possible group them further so that it is easy to read, but also not 10 pages long.Chapium 20:22, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Types vs Modes of communication

What distinguishes a mode of communication from a type of communication? The section on this seems to overlap.

I think this article is overly detailed. Television and radio are listed (types of Electronic Mass communication), Telephone (another form of electronic communication), etc. I think the main areas are missed in this article. This article really needs to be merged into Communication and Communication studies (unless this page serves another purpose that I am unaware of). Chapium 20:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)