Communication Typing

 

Intentional and Unintentional Communications

If we look at the root nature of communication, we can see that it is a wide spectrum of intentional and unintentional signals. One can categorize popular media, speech and so on as intentional communication methods; they involve an act of cognition. In contrast, unintentional communications take place when unplanned content of some form is passed from a source to one or more targets.

The typing isn’t static. Intentional communications (IC) can quickly become unintentional communications (UC), and vice versa. For example, a signal sent to destination A may be carried via a broadcast method and received by stations B, C and D, who are all unintentional recipients. Furthermore, station C may decide to intentionally forward the signal to another site, which is then an intentional communication. Based on this, we can conclude that it is easier to manage the transmission of intentional communications relative to unintentional, as a cognitive act is required for the transmission to take place.

We can also conclude that…

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