Publisher's Synopsis
Throughout history, people have communicated in a number of ways. Human technical communication began with the drawing of images on cave walls. By the year 200 BC people had used clay tablets and animal skins and they were beginning to use parchment paper. Around 1450, the process of communicating on paper became much easier with the invention of movable type for the printing press. Thoughts, ideas, and entire books could now be produced at a much lower cost and higher speed. This method of printing has led to major innovations in the area of communication. Today, books, newspapers, and flyers can all be mass produced for the general public. Today, new trends in communication are centred on the emerging area of digital communication. Digital communication is a branch of electronic communication that is based on small bits of data. The Internet, mobile phones, e-mail and DVD players are all examples of digital communication. The volumes contain communication revolution and changing mass communication perspectives. -
