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George N. Gordon
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Emeritus Professor of Communications, Fordham University, Bronx, New York. Author of The Languages of Communication and others.

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A woman telephone operator wearing a headset sits at a manual switchboard, connecting calls by plugging cords into rows of jacks, circa 1900.
Communication, the exchange of meanings between individuals through a common system of symbols. This article treats the functions, types, and psychology of communication. For a treatment of animal communication, see animal behaviour. For further treatment of the basic components and techniques of…
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