Education on Communication

             Everyone communicates in some way or another everyday. Whether
             deaf, blind, or mute, they still have some way they can
             Communication is the social process by which people in a
             specific way, construct meaning using symbolic behavior. As social
             beings, we use the communication process to establish the
             connections with others on which our very survival depends. Human
             beings communicate through art, music, dance, and many other
             means, but our primary ways of communication are reading,
             There are three different kinds of communication. Small group
             communication occurs when three or more people gather in a crowd
             where every person can participate actively with the others. Some
             examples are: your family, your co-workers, or a group of
             classmates working on a project. Public communication occurs when
             people gather in a group that is too large for everyone to be able to
             talk and contribute. Mass communication happens when a message
             is created and spread so that many people, in many different
             places, and often at different times, can receive the same message.
             Some examples are: television and radio.
             We may spend as much as 60% of our waking hours engaged
             in some form of communication. Communication allows us to
             inform, to express feelings, to express imagination, and to
             Physically, we need to communicate just to stay healthy.
             Socially isolated people are 2-3 time more likely to die prematurely
             than are people with strong social ties. Socially, we need to
             communicate in order to feel included, to feel affection, and to feel
             some sense of control over our lives. Psychologically, we need to
             communicate in order to develop a sense of identity as a human
             being, and of who we are as related to other human beings.
             It is important for teenagers to know how to communicate
             effectively. They will use communication throughout their lives. If
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