WordNet
n. the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study" [syn: communications]
Wikipedia
Communication theory is a field of information theory and mathematics that studies the technical process of information and the process of human communication.
Communication Theory is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research articles, theoretical essays, and reviews on topics of broad theoretical interest from across the range of communication studies. It was established in 1991 and the current editor-in-chief is Thomas Hanitzsch ( University of Munich). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 1.667, ranking it 13th out of 76 journals in the category "Communication". It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Communication Association.
Usage examples of "communication theory".
And therefore sex had its origins in the informational physics of transmission, in communication theory.
Now we don't claim to be expert in cosmic phenomena but we do know something about communication theory.
He had assimilated vast quantities of basic science, linguistic and communication theory, astronautics, space and energy technology, biometrics, meteorology, geology, toxicology.
He remembered Professor Douglas, his communication theory teacher at UCLA, a good-natured, round-faced little man who’.