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So, we can highlight the following significant aspects from the communication: – the idea (what must be sent to the receptor); -  transmitter – receiver (the persons between the communication processes, occurs.; – word – understanding (the language used for the subjects to be in line with the content and with the importance of the idea.

The communication process – In the communication process the most important elements are: the emitter; the message or idea;  the means of communication;  the language of communication;  the receiver; the context; feedback

The emitter is the one that builds the message, initiates the communication choosing the right way to communicate and also the right message so that the receiver will understand the communicated message.

The message is the form in which the information is encoded by the transmitter; this form can be expressed as an idea, plan, order, decision, etc. The message scope is to bring the receiver in one of the states as knowledge, belief, impressed, development and the completion of an action.

Note: Between the transmitter and receiver, there may be some coding and decoding processes of the transmitted message by the transmitter and decoded by the receiver. The message may include verbal or nonverbal symbols, created in a text or a specific tone that may be liked or it may determine a specific threat. (the tone makes the music).

The means of the communication may appear as a communication channel (short or long) and is the message road map between the subjects of the communication.

The communication in this case may be: formally – when the hierarchical structure of the organization is respected; informally – when there are used some others connections in the message: ideas, opinions, rumors.

Note: The means of communication when there is a discussion from man to man, it can take the form of: official correspondence; meetings; telephone;  fax;  internet, etc.

The communication language. There are three types: verbal – the specific words of the common language; nonverbal – in which the words are replaced with the body language; paraverbal – using the tone, increasing the rate of the speech, etc.

The receiver is the subject of whom it is addressed the message. The context in which it is highlighted the place or the space in which the message is transmitted or received. Feedback is necessary to establish the perception degree, the message interpretation and the corrections what has to be made eventually.

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Interpersonal Communication – The relationship between people which takes “birth” in the dialogue of the two interlocutors is called the interpersonal communication. Within the company, this communication is dictated by the job duties and by the group objectives. When an individual transmits an idea, opinion or information to some other individual or to a group of individuals, there is an interpersonal communication.

The interpersonal communication represents that durable relationship in which one person listens to their inner voice and dialogues with it. Thus, the man himself advises, asking himself questions about his needs or his aspirations, facing his own moral conscience. By the way of the expression it can be identified several types of the communication:  oral communication, written and nonverbal.

The oral communication = the spoken transmission of the ideas or words: direct speech, discussion groups, teleconferencing. Depending on the number of the participants, we can make a distinction between the hypostasis of the person to person communication, group or from a person to a large audience, involving rules and call the help of different techniques:

The communication from person to person (interpersonal) – in which are implicated two individuals, it may have a different degree of the formalization.

The communications within the group – there are working groups and teams of which function is based on the structure and on the permanent or temporary runtime.

The communication in front of the public – the employee is often put in that kind of situations where he needs to speak in front of an audience, whether this consists people from the inside or from the outside of the organization .

The most common forms of the oral communication: -  monologue; – conference – classical conference; – exposure; – speech; – sermon; – appellation; -  dialogue; -  interview; -debate. The written communication includes reports, memoranda, letters, notes and other documents based on the written word. It has a greater accuracy than oral communication, having the advantage of keeping the information that might circulate.

The nonverbal communication – it is the transmission of thoughts or ideas without words. If there are used words too, it is transmitted more then just a simple meaning. The expression style, body language and space environment are the main forms of the nonverbal communication. The nonverbal communication has a great impact on the messages sending.

The nonverbal communication is in substance, an element of the psychology behavior. Another component of the same order with an important role in the interpersonal communication is perception. Through the different perceptions, the people select and organize the information in different ways which may or may not reflect the reality. The subconscious process of the neglect or avoidance of the information from the knowledge, that are not that familiar to us, or of the information that we don’t like, is called a selective perception.

Principles to increase the verbal communication efficiency:
- Every individual must be prepared for both role – transmitter and receiver – and transmitter has to: be careful with the message preparation, use a proper tones of the voice (an adequate flow is about 5 – 6 syllables per second with separation interval of 0.5 seconds between keywords), checking the meaning of the message; the receiver has to: know what he wants from the transmitter, to identify the relevant parts of the message and not forget them, to know the transmitter credibility.

- Any receiver must educate themselves in order to “listen actively” which means: creating a stat of mind that favor hearing, participation in discussion, focus on essentials and the intelligence listening in the sense of grating attention to the voice timbre pronunciation
- The friendly behavior. Usually when people coma in contact with others, they take a serious figure causing official a cold impression. They are reserved, secretive, in terms of discussion and that why is hard to communicate with them. The people who smile on the first date, they gate so friendly that the discussion unfolds by itself. The recipes of an efficient communication can be smile, friendly tone, listen closely, look into the eyes of the discussion partner, etc.

Dialogue is the planned and controlled discussion between two or more persons, which has a specific purpose: the transmission of information, solving problems, getting new information, etc.
The rules of an effective communication are: -  positive quidace of the communication (in pleasant facts, stimulative ones); – communication should be bilateral (allowing the messages exchange, asking questions); – the concordance between the verbal and gestures communication; – avoid ambiguities (uncertainties); – avoid overlapping messages; – create clear messages, concise (expressed with usual words and phrases)

Dialogues – Verbal communication forms: it can be achieved in several forms such as : occasionally short speech having a high emotional load with a simple structure – the events, impressions, feelings, wishes, congratulations; the toast which is a very short speech in the occasional form, emotional loaded; conference; debate; dissertation; the speech.

The teaching communication elements are:
-  issue of the teaching message by the teacher or of other information source, from a certain distance;
-  the channel through the message is transmitted
-  the message reception by students
-  the storage and its processing in to decision making (formulating responses by the student, corrections or additions by the teacher)

Types of communication – Depending on the interaction: -  interpersonal; – group; -  table; -  public or media; -  intra-subject. Depending of the type of code used: verbal (oral and written); paraverbal; nonverbal. Depending on the channel used: direct (immediate); media (when intermediate channels are used such as books, television, radio, phone, internet, cameras, etc).

The teaching communication has several characteristics which makes it to differ by other form of interpersonal communications: – takes place between two or more agents: teachers and students, with the common purpose of their training, using an oral communication, written, nonverbal, etc. -  educational message is designed, selected, organized and logically structured by the teacher, based on specific educational objectives set out in school programs. -  the teaching style of communication is determined by the teaching concept of the teacher.

The rules of an effective communication are: – you have to listen, to keep account of the views and of the others interests;- you have to observe, to be interested in what happens in the communication situation and to understand the state of receptors; – you have to analyze and know the receptor situation; – you have to express yourself, to expose your views and feelings near the communication subject; – you have to control, to follow the quality and effectiveness of communication.

To be effective, the teaching communication must have certain characteristics:
1. The teacher: clear messages; precision;the use of an appropriate and accessible speech; use the right form of the speech; to have an logical structure in the all messages sent; an interesting presentation of the training content; creating an appropriate communication
2. Of the students: to have the capacity to concentrate ( in order to receive and understand the messages); to have prior knowledge to learn whatever is next; To be motivated to learn; To know the language used (by teacher or computer)

The body language prints also an atmosphere note in which the interaction has its place. An individual with smiling mimics, dynamic, induces a state of good as opposed to an apathetic individual, lacking tone and dowdy. The nonverbal behavior base is the mimics, gestures and body movements. I will try to explain the nonverbal language of eyes expression because it occupies a very important role in human relationships, consciously or unconsciously.

Eyes: There was that saying when they say that eyes are the window of the soul and is certainly very true; the shape, brightness, color and of course their movement reveals a lot of information about that person. One of the most important features of the eyes is its shining. This feature is unique to each person is because the interaction between light and tears from the eye surface. The bright characterizes a smart and lively person while the dull eyes show not only fatigues and discouragement, but also a spiritual collapse. The eyes send messages related to moods. The look may be mild, soft, hard and friendly.

The studied elements of the nonverbal communication about eyes are the opening grade, eyelid movement, pupil and eye. The opening grade varies form the staring view until the eyelids closed. The bulging eyes are coupled with horizontal fold which is expressing surprise, fear, curiosity, extreme, tense, helpless, inability to understand a thing, etc.

The wide open eyes signify the spiritual creativity and innocence; the open eyes reflect a state of interest. The half-open eyes are expressing the fatigue, nervous tension, a reduced involvement in what is around them, boredom. This show indifference, inertia, resignation, the fact that the discussion partners “does not deserve any look”, etc.

The tight closed eyes signify the spiritual concentration on external stimulus or an idea. The closing of one eye it is a friendly gesture, collusion which means cunning, prudence, skill, art; it is being used by the one who wants to be important. The relaxed eyes closing is the natural consequence of  the desire to meditate, to listen to something or enjoy something but in the same time it can also mean the refusing to see and from here comes the “to overlook”.

Eyelid movement is involuntary and it is used to remove some kind of a foreign object of the eyes. Lombroso noticed that to the innate criminals the central area of the upper eyelid is often lowered giving a sleepy air.  When the whole eyelid is much lowered generating the known appearance as the “the eyes of scimitar”, it show, as expected, lechery, seduction concern, etc. The pupil reacts to light radiation and to the depth image; it narrows when we look in the distance at an object and when the light is strong. Communication is the most important thing.

Communication is carried out on three levels: logic; para verbal; nonverbal. Language is the code by which information is transmitted, is the communication tool. The language goes in the first category; it is the communication code, is the connecting link between the information you send, transmitter and the one who receives the information, the receiver. The language determines the communication form. There are three kinds: written language, verbal speech and nonverbal speech.

If we talk about the group we observe that although society where we belong is a group. Group means rules, reputation, goal, team work, etc. Directions are determined by the communication. As long as there is a good communication there it is also maximum efficiency, but if it is missing it can lead to dissension or even worse.

Operation of a larger group is based on the network that connects its various parts and assures consistency. The nuance inserted by Blumer might even surprise: “A network or an institution does not work automatically because of an interior dynamic or of a requirements system: It works because the people at different points do something, and what they do is the result of defining the situation in which are called to act”.

The art of communication is a natural process or a skill that we have got trough birth. We learn to communicate. Therefore we need to study and so we can use our knowledge more effectively. Any communication involves creation and exchange of meanings. These meanings are represented by “signs” and “codes”. It seems that people have a real need to “read” the meanings of all the human actions.

Observing and understanding this process it may make us be more aware about what happens when we communicate. It is another reading of the communication and its significance related to the date of these social processes, such as preserving the identity and cohesion, the vital function exercise of social integration, maintenance and consolidation of common psychological humus.

In none of this major hypothesis, the society (human community) can not exist without communication: not in the acquisition of common experiences (involving dialogue), or in the transmission of cultural dowry, not in building of the agreement on some issues and untying; communication means much more than the exchange and dissemination of information, the communication creates and maintains the society.

Use the communication power
If you ask any couple which is the most important thing that they would like in their relationship, they will all say they want is a better communication. It seems that most times, account is taken of what we discuss; this is the only thing that has the power to destroy or to build a relationship. If you want to bring some improvements to this chapter in your relationship, get some free minutes and read these tips and ideas for a better communication between partners.

1.Communication means power – don’t abuse it
Like any other type of power, the fastest way to ruin, is the abuse. Remember that your words have long – term effects more then you ever imagine; it may happen later that the reason for which you have thrown in argument and which has created problems, not to be remembered but the feelings and words that you used, will not be forgotten. If you feel you want to say something offensive or without any importance, do not say anything. You can try other tactics such as to take a walk, write or clean, anything else to get you out of that state.

2.Communication means power – use it.
If you would have a tool to make you the richest man in the world, not using it would be the most absurd thing possible. This also can be applied to the communication. Take time to show that your love your partner, that she/he is gorgeous and great. Both, women and man love to hear nice words and know how much they are appreciated. If you won’t take time to tell your partner things like that, you will waste the most important tool you can ever use for a better relationship.

3.Tacit communication
Have you ever seen a movie in which the most powerful and sensitive scenes are those where no one speaks? This might happen to you too in the moment that you convince your boyfriend that about your feelings. Spend few minutes each day looking in each other eyes without saying anything; use your other senses to express what you want to communicate. You’ll be surprised how much joy this might bring.

4.Communicate without knowing that you do it
Sometimes you find that some stories from the past are special and extraordinary but at that time you did not believed this. You can create those moments including yourselves in activities; listen to music, play chess, talk about the dreams you have, play on the computer together, cook together, etc. The more time you spend together in various activities, the more there will not be any communication problems between you.

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When we fail to reach any of these objectives, means that something is not working properly in the communication conduct, that something interfered while sending the messages. Everything that interferes with the communication process is called the barrier, difficulty or “noise”.

The communication barriers occur when the receiver of the communicated message, does not receive or misinterpret the desired meaning of the transmitter. The purpose of studying communication is to reduce the reason that causes these phenomena. As I said before, “the meanings are found in humans and not in the words, and so the first step is to identify the factor that leads to incorrect assumptions. These are:

Differences of perception – the way we see world is influenced by our previous experiences so that people of different ages, nationalities, cultures, education, occupation, gender, temperament, etc, will have other perception and they will interpret situation differently.

Rushed conclusions – we see often only what we want to see and heart what we want to hear, avoiding recognizing the reality itself.

Stereotypes – learning constantly from our experiences, there we may face the risk of treating different people as if they were one single. “If I met an engineer (student, merchant, etc), I have met them all”.

Lack of knowledge – it is difficult to communicate effectively with someone who has a different education, whose knowledge is much lower about one particular topic. It is certainly possible but it requires skill from the one who communicate; he must be aware of the discrepancy between levels of knowledge and he must adapt accordingly.

Lack of interest – is one of the largest and most common obstacles; where the lack of interest is obvious and understandable, it should be act with ability to direct the message to correspond with the interests and the needs of the person who receives the message.

Emotions – the transmitters and receivers emotionalism can also be a barrier. Strong emotion is responsible for almost complete blocking of communication. One way to prevent this deadlock is to avoid communication when transmitters are affected by strong emotions. However, sometimes the receiver message may be less impressed by a person who speaks whiteout emotions or excitement, considering him boring.

Personality – not just the differences between personality types can create problems but often our own perception of the people around us is affected; consequently, our behavior affects the partner’s behavior.  “Personalities clash” is one of the most common causes of failure in the communication. We are not always able to influence or change the personality, but of the other but, we must be prepared at least to study our own person to see if a change in our behavior can generate satisfactory responses.

Those are just a few factors that can make the communication less effective or even to fail completely. The potential barriers of communication not only depend on the receiver/ transmitter , but the communication conditions that we must know and also control and so the communication process will have a chance to be effective. Perhaps, this might be a barrier

To human, communication has reached a new level; moving from primary requirements, reaching the sharing states (feelings, physical stimulation), of the actions ( strategy, history ) and of ideas. The technical way through which communication takes place, evolved too; from the African drumming , or the Indian smoking clouds to the writing, telegraph, telephone, radio, television, internet.

The Sociology dictionary defines communication as a process of issuing a message and submit it in an encrypted manner, to a recipient for the reception with the help of a channel. The Psychology dictionary defines communication as: a relationship between individuals involving the intentional transmission but not to affect the receiver but with retroactive effect. The internet communication may have as interlocutors two people ( one man and one computer) or two computers.

Once with the development of the internet structure (quantitative and qualitative) the available services have multiplied and diversified too. Initially on the internet you could only send emails, talk in real time and send files from one computer to another. After that they were created some services for publishing the information, index services and searching services. Later, occurred a service of publishing the information (text and graphics), World Wide Web, which has become so popular that today many users consider it as a synonymous with the internet.

For understanding the internet, we must talk a bit about computer networks. In items of communication, we are interested especially in the physical environments trough which communication is performing and the rules for transmitting the information between computers.
-  Local network, LAN ( Local Area Network ), consisted by closely spaced computers, they are relatively small, usually a department, company , etc.
- Metropolitan networks, MAN ( Metropolitan Area Network), which they are covering a town or a part of it, for example a university with more buildings lying apart.
- Wan networks, WAN ( Wide Area Network ), which they are covering large areas as a country, a state.

Typically, the speed of communication between two computers (both – the theoretical and practical), decreases when the distance between them increase, and also the security and stability. We must make the distinction between theoretical speed and the real speed of communication which in some cases, can be significantly lower, depending on the network load or of the delays that can appear.
From case to case, communication can be:
-   Simplex – one of the computers only transmits, and the other only receives.
-  Duplex or full duplex – the computers transmit and receive simultaneously
- Half-duplex – one computer issues and one is receiving and after a time the roles are reversed.

Like most of the words of a language, the “communicate” verb and noun, both are polysemantic, in other words it has a plurality of meanings. Those in charges of communication domains, they met from the very first beginning, a major difficulty: they do not deal with a well-determined operation, but with a variety of operations, which is hard to say certainty, to what extent resembles.

Encyclopedic Dictionary Vol. I, gives to the “communication” term a very complex definition, covering almost all areas in which this term is used:
- Notice, news, message; bringing to the knowledge some parts of the procedural process, (action, decision, encountered), for the rights exercise and enforcement of obligations arising from these acts, within the limits of some terms, which are flowing as its usual course from the communication date.
-  Presentation in a circle of specialists, of one scientific paper.
-  3 (SOCIOL) “Fundamentally psych-social interaction of people, made in articulated communication way or trough other codes, for the information transmission, obtaining stability or of some individual/group behavior changes.
- Semiotics provides the most general definition of communication. From her point of view, communication is a “sigh system handled by some rules for fixing, processing and transmission of information” ( Birdwhistell, 1974 )

When a word is in fashion how it is today the word “communication” ? When it represents the activities or the events which they are multiply, the meaning tends to broad. Thus, once with the diversification of communication, politicians, enterprises heads, known artists and even any person whose career depends of the opinion that the public have about himself, appeals to the service of the specialists, named appointed advisers in communication domain.

We must understand in this case, trough the images communication transmission, the transmission is made mainly though the media. Of course, this image must be strong and in the same time favorable because otherwise we say that the subject does not have the “crossing pass to the public”, that the “communication failed”; his image is not the one that he wants to offer and rather than to leave it in the wind, is his interest to strengthen it and make it positive.

Anyway, this depends on many factors such as clothing, physical appearance, voice timbre,  elements that often have nothing to do with the real personality of that person. It remains to be established if we talk about communication to the true sense of the word, only to extent in which way this image is wanted (by the person in question or by its agents), or when some evidence say to the person in question, unintentionally “something”.