classification of communications

1. intrapersonal communication
: communications with own self

2. interpersonal communication
: communications between peoples in looks in the face, what enables every its(the participant catching reaction of others directly, either in verbal and or nonverbal

3. dyadic communication
: communications entangling only two people

4. small group communication
: communications done by small group, thus haves the character of looking in the face

5. public communication
: communications between a speakers with a large amount of people ( audience), which cannot be recognized one by one

6. organization communication
: communications happened in an organization, haves the character of formal as well as informal, and takes place in network larger ones than group communications

7. mass communication
: communications using mass media, printing ( newspaper, magazine) or electronic (radio, television), having cost expensive relative, what managed by an institute or man who institutionalized, what addressed to a large amount of man which spread over in many places, anonymous, and heterogeneous

definition of communications

John R. Wenburg and William Wilmot
communications is business to obtain meaning
(komuniasi adalah usaha untuk memperoleh makna)

Donald Byker and Loren J. Anderson
communications ( man) be sharing information between two people or more
(komunikasi (manusia) adalah berbagi informasi antara dua orang atau lebih)

William I. Gorden
communications shortly can be defined as dynamic transaction entangling idea and feeling
(komunikasi secara ringkas dapat didefinisikan sebagai transaksi dinamis yang melibatkan gagasan dan perasaan)

Judy C. Pearson and Paul E. Nelson
communications is process comprehends and shares meaning
(komunikasi adalah proses memahami dan berbagi makna)

Stewart L. Tubbs and Sylvia Moss
communications is meaning forming process between two people or more
(komunikasi adalah proses pembentukan makna diantara dua orang atau lebih)