COMMUNICATION THEORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does communication theory mean? 

• COMMUNICATION THEORY (noun)
  The noun COMMUNICATION THEORY has 1 sense:

1. the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)

  Familiarity information: COMMUNICATION THEORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMUNICATION THEORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

communication theory; communications

Context example:

communications is his major field of study

Hypernyms ("communication theory" is a kind of...):

bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)

Domain member category:

entropy; information; selective information ((communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome)

 Context examples 

It overlaps considerably with communication theory and cybernetics.

(Information and Communication Theory, NCI Thesaurus)