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Chapter 1
Genesis of Personal
Communications
Communication leads to community through understanding, relationships and
mutual value.
—Rollo May
1.1 Nature of Communications
Human beings have an innate need to interact with one another to support, nurture, and enrich
lives. Various forms of communication through sight, sound, and perceptions reveal the world
around us. ese revelations provide a framework that shapes our understanding of one another
through the acquisition, processing, and distribution of information. At the same time, the vari-
ous modalities of communication are being shaped by our behaviors. is is an interdependent
cycle th