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Communication

The many kinds of communication let people share information and enjoy themselves in many ways. The pictures above show some examples of how people communicate with each other, with small groups and with huge audiences.
The many kinds of communication let people share information and enjoy themselves in many ways. The pictures above show some examples of how people communicate with each other, with small groups and with huge audiences.

๐Ÿ“– In short

Communication is the sharing of news, ideas and information between people, by speech, writing, signs or pictures. It has changed a lot, from shouting and smoke long ago to phones and the internet today, so we can talk to anyone in the world in seconds!

๐Ÿคฉ Did you know?

  • The Frenchman Nicรฉphore Niรฉpce made the first permanent photograph in 1826.
  • The first telegraph cable under the Atlantic Ocean was laid in 1858, but it broke down after a few weeks.
  • The first radio broadcast with speech and music went out in 1906.
  • Sign language is a way of communicating that deaf people use with their hands.

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๐ŸŒŸ Old ways

Long ago people sent news with town criers and messengers on horseback, smoke and fire signals on mountains, drums and homing pigeons.

๐Ÿ” Writing and printing

When people invented writing, they could keep their ideas and send them in letters. Then printing came, and books and newspapers reached thousands of people.

๐Ÿ’ก Electricity carries speech

The telegraph was invented to send electric signals along wires, then the telephone to carry voices, then radio and television to send sound and pictures through the air.

๐ŸŽฏ The internet age

Today satellites and undersea cables link computers and phones all over the world, so we send messages and photos and video-chat with people far away.

๐Ÿ“ธ More pictures

Arabic publications and newspapers
Arabic publications and newspapers
A home computer helps a girl solve arithmetic problems. The small, general-purpose computer became popular in the late 1970s.
A home computer helps a girl solve arithmetic problems. The small, general-purpose computer became popular in the late 1970s.
Business and industry need fast, reliable communication. This company uses printed materials, telephones and computer systems with display terminals and electronic boards.
Business and industry need fast, reliable communication. This company uses printed materials, telephones and computer systems with display terminals and electronic boards.

๐Ÿงฉ Test yourself

1 Which bird was used long ago to carry messages?

2 What links the world's phones and computers today?

3 Which picture shows โ€œCommunicationโ€?

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