ABSTRACT
Perhaps one reason that communication is so difficult to define is that it appears self-evident, obvious, and in need of no further explanation. Communication is sending and receiving messages, sharing information, interacting with others face to face or via any number of old and newly emerging technologies. To communicate is to impart thoughts, ideas, and information. However, like many concepts used in the social sciences, its simplicity is deceptive. A deeper understanding of the thing itself is needed in order to clearly understand the construct and thus study its many functioning parts. Furthermore, communication as a discipline is obviously connected to communication as a construct, but the two are distinct and an understanding of each is needed, one to inform the other.
