Out of the Woods; Conclusion/References
Conclusion
Human communication is the exchange of thoughts, messages or information among humans. The most basic expectation of human communication is that a message is sent and received among one or more individuals. The message can be sent verbally or non-verbally, but what is essential is that there is both a sender and a receiver or communication will not occur. However, for communication to be successful, the same message that was intended and coded by the sender must be the one that is decoded by the receiver. Unfortunately, the varied experiences and expectations among individual human beings may result in different interpretations among senders and receivers. While human communication may not be completely reliable, without it human civilization as we know it could never have been achieved. Although many people do not make it a practice to dwell upon human communication as a concept and often take it for granted, it is important to remember that without human communication we might find ourselves wandering alone in the woods, waiting for trees to fall on our heads.
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