Communication Mosaics: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Report

This report examines the evolution of communication, tracing its historical roots and contemporary manifestations. It begins by exploring the classical foundations of communication, including Aristotle's principles of persuasion, and then progresses to analyze the impact of technology on communication methods. The report highlights the shift from public speaking to the rise of interpersonal communication and the influence of digital media and social platforms. It also discusses key concepts like self-talk and the role of communication research, as well as the primary areas within the modern communication field. This report provides a comprehensive overview of how communication has changed over time and how it continues to evolve in the face of new technologies and societal needs. The report also references scholarly sources to support its claims and analysis.

The field of communication
from historical and
contemporary perspectives

Contents
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REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................4

SUMMARY
Communication is considered as the way of expressing own thoughts and ideas. The
ways of communication has changed a lot in past few decades because of technology and other
factors. In ancient time, Aristotle gave three pillars of effective persuasion; Ethos, Pathos and
Logos. First one is related to credibility of speaker, second was connected to appealing the
emotions of listeners and last one is logics. These three are the key elements is any form of
communication (Löblich and Scheu, 2011). There was a time when people use to communicate
through signs but with time people learnt how to use a language for representing their thoughts.
Concepts like public speaking started losing their shine in early 1900s when people got align
towards progressive thinking. They wanted to debate, discuss & listen new ideas and Hilter is
perfect example of this claim.
Gradually, the concept of Intrapersonal communication i.e. self talk came in limelight but
some people call in “thinking”; which is not new in human kind. The concept was wide and it is
not restricted to thinking. People use it for trials so they can practice and end up with the best
option. Interpersonal communication changed in lot because of new concepts like digital media
(Mazzoleni, 2017). Technology made a huge impact on mode of communication but the effect
was positive or negative is still a topic of debate. Social media can be considered as the latest and
most popular mode of expressing ideas in present time. It is going grow at same pace as number
of internet users in continuously increasing.

REFERENCES
Löblich, M., & Scheu, A. M. (2011). Writing the history of communication studies: A sociology
of science approach. Communication Theory. 21(1). 1-22.
Mazzoleni, G. (2017). Changes in contemporary communication ecosystems ask for a “new
look” at the concept of mediatisation. Javnost-The Public. 24(2). 136-145.