Reading #3

The Mechanics of Illustration

Communication deals with the process of sending messages between people in a number of different ways.

Four steps of communication process:
1- you: the communicator or originator of the message
2- message: the "thought" and the code used to communicate that thought
3- channel/medium: means and media type used
4-destination: decoding of the message and the intended destination

Two schools of communication:

The process school:
-separates elements and parts in order to see how the whole process functions

The semiotic school:
-concentrated on "text"

Communication is important because everyone needs to send messages.