​Lesson 1: The Role of Media in the Communication Process

​Humans are social beings. Every day, we use communication to express our thoughts and opinions, to respond to other people, and to transact formal and commercial dealings. Whether it be willingly or compulsory, communication has been carved deeply into our existence that its loss and misuse would have undesirable effect on our everyday lives.

To understand more the concept of communication, let us start by looking at the origin of the word and its definition. The root of the word “communication” in Latin is communicare, which means to share, or to make common (Weekley, 1967). Furthermore, communication is defined as the process of understanding and sharing meaning (Pearson & Nelson, 2000). With this, we can see how communication has a lot to do with information sharing and arriving at a common understanding.