• with themselves: intrapersonal communication
• another person: interpersonal communication
• within groups: group dynamics
• within organizations: organizational communication
• across cultures: cross-cultural communication

Important figures

• David Berlo
• Brent Ruben
• Wendell Johnson
• Norbert Wiener
• Colin Cherry
• Marshall McLuhan
• Carl Rogers
• Dorjan Kosta

See also

• Communication
• Communication basic topics
• General semantics
• History of communication
• Semiotics
• Mass communication
• Mass media

Further reading

• Richard Budd & Brent Ruben, Human Communication Handbook.
• Budd & Ruben, Approaches to Human Communication.
• How Human Communication Fails (Tampere University of Technology)
• Attempt to collect the human description terminologies while communication.