Communication Task

A Communication Task is an information sharing task based on communication instances (with meaningful message exchanges).

• AKA: Communicative Task, Message Exchange Task.
• Context:
  • It can typically enable Information Transfer through communication channels with communication protocols.
  • It can typically support Cognitive Agent Interaction through communication acts between communication participants.
  • It can typically facilitate Message Exchange through communication mediums using communication formats.
  • It can typically implement Communication Strategy through communication planning and communication execution.
  • It can typically maintain Communication Quality through communication feedback mechanisms and communication error correction.
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  • It can often involve Multi-Modal Communication through verbal communication elements and non-verbal communication elements.
  • It can often require Communication Skill through active listening capability and message formulation capability.
  • It can often support Communication Network Formation through communication node connections and communication pathway establishment.
  • It can often enable Knowledge Transfer through communication-based learning processes and communication-based teaching methods.
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  • It can range from being a Simple Communication Task to being a Complex Communication Task, depending on its communication complexity level.
  • It can range from being a Synchronous Communication Task to being an Asynchronous Communication Task, depending on its communication temporal mode.
  • It can range from being a Formal Communication Task to being an Informal Communication Task, depending on its communication formality degree.
  • It can range from being a Unidirectional Communication Task to being a Bidirectional Communication Task, depending on its communication directionality.
  • It can range from being an Individual Communication Task to being a Mass Communication Task, depending on its communication audience scale.
  • It can range from being a Non-Linguistic Communication Task to being a Linguistic Communication Task, depending on its communication symbol system.
  • It can range from being a Direct Communication Task to being a Mediated Communication Task, depending on its communication intermediation level.
  • It can range from being a Private Communication Task to being a Public Communication Task, depending on its communication visibility scope.
  • It can range from being a Planned Communication Task to being a Spontaneous Communication Task, depending on its communication preparation level.
  • It can range from being a Short-Form Communication Task to being a Long-Form Communication Task, depending on its communication message length.
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  • It can be instantiated in Communication Acts during communication events.
  • It can utilize Communication Tools for communication facilitation.
  • It can follow Communication Protocols for communication standardization.
  • It can occur within Communication Contexts affecting communication interpretation.
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• Example(s):
  • Human Communication Tasks, such as:
    • Verbal Communication Tasks, such as:
      • Speaking Task for oral communication purpose.
      • Conversation Task for interactive communication exchange.
      • Public Speaking Task for audience communication delivery.
    • Written Communication Tasks, such as:
      • Writing Task for textual communication creation.
      • Documentation Task for information communication preservation.
      • Email Communication Task for digital communication correspondence.
    • Non-Verbal Communication Tasks, such as:
      • Gesture Communication Task for physical communication expression.
      • Facial Expression Task for emotional communication conveyance.
  • Technical Communication Tasks, such as:
    • Scientific Communication Task for research communication dissemination.
    • Legal Communication Task for legal communication documentation.
    • Medical Communication Task for healthcare communication coordination.
  • Digital Communication Tasks, such as:
    • Network Communication Task for data communication transmission.
    • API Communication Task for system communication integration.
    • Protocol-Based Communication Task for structured communication exchange.
  • Organizational Communication Tasks, such as:
    • Business Communication Task for corporate communication management.
    • Marketing Communication Task for promotional communication strategy.
    • Team Communication Task for collaborative communication coordination.
  • Specialized Communication Tasks, such as:
    • Persuasive Communication Task for influence-based communication objective.
    • Crisis Communication Task for emergency communication management.
    • Cross-Cultural Communication Task for intercultural communication bridging.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Data Transfer Task, which lacks cognitive agent participation and meaningful message interpretation.
  • Signal Processing Task, which lacks semantic content exchange and communicative intent.
  • Information Storage Task, which lacks active message exchange and communication participant interaction.
  • Computation Task, which lacks communicative purpose and message-based interaction.
• See: Information Sharing Task, Communication System, Communication Act, Communication Protocol, Message, Cognitive Agent, Communication Network, Knowledge Transfer Task, Linguistic Communication Task, Broadcasting, Publishing.

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References

2016

• https://medium.com/swlh/conversational-ui-principles-complete-process-of-designing-a-website-chatbot-d0c2a5fee376#.74iw2mfq9
  • QUOTE: Communication is a process of sharing meaningful messages

2014

• http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~gargetad/AISB-CP-2015.html
  • Communication and expression in language, pictures, diagrams, gesture, music etc. is rich with figurative aspects, such as metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole and irony. People engage in such communication and expression in a variety of contexts and with a range of effects. Modelling figurative patterns of communication / expression is a key aim of academic disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, discourse studies, and psycholinguistics, and automatically understanding such phenomena is a long-standing and now expanding endeavour within Artificial Intelligence. A particularly interesting current area of research is work on automatically generating as well as understanding metaphor -- both understanding and generation are emerging as important sites for addressing long-standing problems in linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cognitive science more generally. In addition, some researchers have suggested that metaphor can be an intrinsic part of thought, not just of external communication / expression.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  1. . How philosophical thinking on figurative expression and thought can/should be exploited/heeded by relevant AI researchers
  2. . How computational attempts to model figurative expression can aid philosophical thinking about it
  3. . How the production of figurative expression reflects speakers' conceptualisations, goals and commitments

2013

• (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/communication Retrieved:2013-12-7.
  • Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share" ) is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, visuals, signals, writing, or behavior. It is the meaningful exchange of information between two or more living creatures. One definition of communication is “any act by which one person gives to or receives from another person information about that person's needs, desires, perceptions, knowledge, or affective states. Communication may be intentional or unintentional, may involve conventional or unconventional signals, may take linguistic or non-linguistic forms, and may occur through spoken or other modes.”

    Communication requires a sender, a message, and a recipient, although the receiver doesn't have to be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication process is complete once the receiver understands the sender's message.

    Communicating with others involves three primary steps:

    ◦Thought: First, information exists in the mind of the sender. This can be a concept, idea, information, or feelings.

    ◦Encoding: Next, a message is sent to a receiver in words or other symbols.

    ◦Decoding: Lastly, the receiver translates the words or symbols into a concept or information that a person can understand.

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