English noun: communication theory | |||
| 1. | communication theory (cognition) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.) | ||
| Samples | Communications is his major field of study. | ||
| Synonyms | communications | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field | ||
| Domain category members | entropy, information, selective information | ||