Evolution of Communication

Communicating is an important part of human life. It is a natural instinct that all humans, even animals have. From the moment we are born, we try to communicate our feelings by crying as a little baby. As time goes on, we try to communicate in more of a complicated matter which would carry more information. From the simple warning or expression of pain which animals are capable of, we try to go further and express our feelings and even jokes. Furthermore, the advancement technology brought new ways of communicating.

The most primitive method of communicating is through shouts, cries, and roaring, with no language. As it is not only the human's but all living organism's natural instinct to communicate, it does not require intelligent knowledge of language. But humans now communicate with language, which is syntactically organized system of signals of voice sounds or pitch, and written symbols where both the sender and receiver can not only communicate danger or pain, but thoughts and feelings as well. Language is the basis of all communications for humans. It was probably okay for a time, but people probably wanted to communicate with people at a great distance, thus the second advancement of communications started.

At first, signals such as smoke signals were probably used, but it would not be able to carry a lot of meaning. Messages and letters are sent out by people, carried by messengers who either run or ride transportations. Though it carried enough information through writing, it took too long, and this is where science took over. An encoded transmitting of telegraphic information carrying a series of dots and dash called Morse code was developed by Samuel F. B. Morse in the early 1840s. The Famous S.O.S. signal, involving three dots, or 'dit' representing the letter S and three dash or 'dah' representing the letter O, used in many movies is from the Morse code. This can be transmitted in many different ways: originally as electrical pulse along a telegraph wire, but it can also be sent through an audio tone, radio signal, or flashing light.

After the invention of Morse code, many other inventions involving electronic method of communication followed. Phones were invented by Bell for communication purposes of a single sender to single receiver, which now has developed into a cell phone; radio and TV were invented to reach the wide mass of people from a single broadcaster. Each method brought revolutionary changes to the world we live in, and ultimately, the internet came about.

All the different communication methods, such as phone call, letters, video phones can be done over the internet and more. The most noticeable method of communication that is specialized for use only online is the personal space in the social network service. Social network service includes websites such as xanga, facebook and wetpaint. They supply personal websites to share information made by individuals and a space on the website to leave a comment or even correct some information like the many wiki sites. Through these social network service websites, you are able to share information to your personal friends and even the public for easy access.

As time goes by, the world seems to be getting smaller and the gap between people seems to be getting smaller and smaller since communicating with each other is easier than ever. There seems to be less and less room for excuses for not saying hello, so try to keep in touch with your loved ones today.

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