Means of communication a few centuries ago people

Means of communication

- a few centuries ago people could speak to each other, they could send their messages from one place to another by smoke signals - later one, they also had some newspaper - the first expansions of media was when the radio and television were invented - the second and the biggest boom started in 1960 s when first communication satellite was launched into orbit

The most popular means of communication throughout the history until today: - letters, messages (messenger on a horse were delivering secret or very important messages) - sounds or visual signals (primitive way of giving message – drums in Africa, smoke signal of American Indians) - phone calls, fax, emails (emails allow you to send a lot of data) - video-conferencing

Succesful communication - improving your communication skills needs to take full responsibility for the result of each conversation - we are responsible for what we say and what the other person hears

3 different types of communication: 1) VERBAL communication - we communicate face-to-face - we use words, speech

2) NON VERBAL communication - we don‘t use any words - messages, eye contact, expressions, gesture

3) WRITTEN communication - cave painting in the past, hieroglyphs and written words

Smoke signals were used in the past to give a short message as a warning or call for help. Each one had a different pattern.

Pictograms – international, no matter what language you speak, you understand them.