Research in communication: A progress report

In this review, research in Communication Theory is presented in four phases: analysis, research, development, and design, none of which has been thoroughly worked out. The attempts to analyze are shown by various “models” of the communication system. The research is presented mostly through the work of Shannon and Weaver as the modern school of “objectivists”. The semantics approach is discussed briefly, and finally, several experiments in communication are reviewed. The paper ends with the assertion that although very little has been accomplished so far in research in Communication Theory, the little that has been done indicates that there is much that can be done.