What is your understanding of communication?

      I understand communication to be a process whereby a message is encoded and then transmitted, by the sender through a particular channel or medium, to a receiver, who then decodes the message and provides feedback, hence completing the communication process.
      Communication cannot occur without feedback, (as listed above as apart of the communication process). The absence of feedback limits the process and therefore defines it as transmission of information.
      Communication may occur via various channels or media, for example (print, word of mouth, electronic media, etc.) which in initial stages, is dependent upon the nature of the message being communicated.