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Communications

Scope note

Science and technology of the transmission and reception of information, between or among small or large groups of people, other living beings, or machines, including the study of signs and symbols in vocal, pictorial, gestural, and digital languages, of behavior and interaction through messages, and of large-scale institutions and systems.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300054349

Broader Terms used

social sciences

Created

13yrs ago

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