What Is Communication?n nCommunicationinvolvesthetransferofmeaning.Ifnoinformationorideashavebeenconveyed,communicationhasnttakenplace.Thespeakerwhoisntheardorthewriterwhoisntreaddoesntcommunicate.n nThephilosophicalquestion“ifatreefallsinaforestandnoonehearsit,doesitmadeanynoise?”must,inacommunicationscontext,beanswerednegatively（否定地）.n nHowever,forcommunicationtobeHowever,forcommunicationtobesuccessful,themeaningmustbesuccessful,themeaningmustbeimpartedimparted（告知）（告知）andalsoandalsounderstood.
