the image of a world without communication and the examples of seven communication models

 By：He YiPeng（Bruce）

I think we should discuss the problem in stages.  In the first stage, the whole world was in a barbaric state, with no civilization or even human beings, but only some single-celled, low-level creatures. At that time, even without any information exchange, the world was still functioning normally, and natural laws dominated the whole world, and everything was "natural".  In the second stage, the exchange of information began as soon as humans emerged, even though language did not exist.  Human ancestors tried to understand each other's meaning through simple information exchange, and only by cooperating with each other and taking care of each other could they survive in the harsh environment and cruel competition.  When human civilization began, in order to continuously improve living conditions and lifestyles, it was more necessary to communicate with each other and form a unity, so as to promote the continuous development of productive forces and production relations and jointly promote social progress.  Even animals need to follow a certain principle of "communication" to determine division of labor and cooperation in order to survive, which is determined by instinct.  In the third stage, when human technology has developed to a high degree, people can directly understand each other's mind through brain wave guidance, without information exchange, let alone language communication, through some "brain wave current exchange", can convey meaning.

1. A world without communication has both good and bad sides.  The good: People don't have language misunderstandings, they're individuals, they just have to live their lives, they don't have to worry about anything, and maybe not even worry about it.  The bad side: ① the living standard is low.  Without communication, there would be no fusion of human civilizations, no collision of ideas, and it would be difficult for novel and scientific ideas to be verified and replicated. It would remain the most primitive ecological state forever.  ② Limited social interaction.  According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, "social needs" are essential. Without communication, human needs will not be satisfied, which may also be a kind of pain, and the scope of human communication will be greatly limited.  ③ The way of thinking cannot be improved.  Without communication, the human experience would not be passed on to future generations, and the world would remain in a low-level cycle of epochs that could stagnate forever. To sum up, I think a world without communication does more harm than good.

2.①Rhetrical：For example, in blind dates, both two need to show each other their excellence, ability and good character in order to win each other's trust and goodwill, that is a one-to-one communication. Aristotle proposed the three elements of rhetoric: "credit, emotion and logic". In the spread of human activities, most of the earliest spread is the spread of face to face, this belongs to a kind of nature with rhetoric in speech activities, all of them is to spread information to try to set a good personality, personality appeal by for the audience to understand the speaker's personality, as well as the audience in an appropriate position, let the audience feel your presentation is held for them. In addition, it is important to use techniques and techniques to make the audience believe what the speaker is saying. ②Semiotic: Like the language of any country or nation in the world. Including semantics, pragmatics and syntax, different languages connect things with their own words or pronunciation, forming a huge meaning system. People can combine symbols in infinite variety according to language rules to express rich meanings.③Phenomenological：For example, when I look at a table, the color, shape, size and other components of the table enter into my intentional activity, so that I only see the table itself. I did not try to piece together the sensory material, what I get is the object of intention that is presented to me directly. It is through conscious attention and "natural experience" that reality is understood, truth is acquired, and prejudice is avoided.④Cybernetic：When we are communicating with each other, we must take into account factors such as mores and etiquette. For example, there are also common taboos in Chinese and Western cultures, such as taboos on birth, aging, illness and death. No matter in China or in western countries, it is taboo to mention "death". If it must be mentioned, euphemisms will be used instead, such as "gone" and "immortal passing" in Chinese, and "Go to Heaven" and "be with God "in English. The difference is that the English euphemism for death is closely related to Christianity, while the Chinese euphemism for death is influenced by Buddhism and Taoism. ⑤Social-psychological：Public opinion, rumor, ballad and so on are one of the phenomena of human linguistic communication, which is a kind of social psychological phenomenon. For example, public opinion has great influence on individuals and collectives. Psychologically consistent with social opinion is an effective way to adapt to the social environment, otherwise it is regarded as "abnormal", resulting in incompatible with people around or social conflict, and even suffered from all aspects of the society.  For example, a  Yunnan miner in suffer is not as valuable as three cows. ⑥Sociocultural：Reality is "constructed" through the interaction of groups, communities and cultures，including interaction, identity, community and context. For example, in Chinese dining table culture, subordinates should take the initiative to toast to the leader and send their own blessings. When the junior or lower ranking people are toasted by the elder or higher ranking people, they need to stand up to show respect. ⑦Critical：It focuses on the dominant and taken for granted systems in society, reveals oppressive social conditions and distribution of power to promote social liberation, criticizes tradition, privilege and power, and combines theory with action, such as Marxism, Frankfurt School, Feminism and so on. In view of the defects in the capitalist communication industry, it puts forward profound and sharp criticism. These critical voices have a certain restraining effect on the savage growth of communication under the condition of capitalism, so as to better promote social fairness and balanced development, and consider the welfare and life of vulnerable groups.