{"id":156,"date":"2017-05-19T14:42:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2024-09-02T06:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T06:34:07","slug":"are-we-in-the-field-of-communication-or-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/are-we-in-the-field-of-communication-or-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we in the field of Communication or Communications?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I was a part of a discussion between two senior Public Relations professionals on the correct usage of the words \u2018communication\u2019 and \u2018communications\u2019. While one of them pointed out that the name of our school which is \u2018School of COmmunications &amp; REputation\u2019 should be replaced by the word \u2018communication\u2019 the other of course was on the other side of the table. My first reaction was \u2018how does it matter!?\u2019 but the conversation left me highly confused.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Oxford Advanced Learner\u2019s Dictionary that rests in my book shelf, defines the two as following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communication:<\/strong> the activity or process of expressing ideas and feelings or of giving people information. Example: Speech is the fastest method of communication between people<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communications:<\/strong> methods of sending information, especially telephones, radio, computers etc. or roads and railways: communication systems\/links\/technology. Example: The new airport will improve communications between the islands<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, if the above definitions are widely accepted, when we are talking about Corporate Communication, why do we do add letter \u2018s\u2019 to the above questioned word? I ask this because according to several dictionaries (namely Collins Dictionary, vocabulary.com, Cambridge dictionary, Wiktionary, dictionary.com and a few others) which I have referred to, the meaning is same as the one mentioned by Oxford. While researching on the subject, I also came across a blog that clearly mentions the difference between the two words which also similar to Oxford Dictionary meaning. So, this problem becomes even more confusing because we commonly use \u2018s\u2019 when we talk of \u2018Corporate Communications\u2019 however when talking about \u2018Employee Communication\u2019 and \u2018Marketing Communication\u2019 the \u2018s\u2019 is dropped.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Purely going by the dictionary meaning, I feel when it comes to our profession we should totally omit the use of \u2018s\u2019 and keep the word as just communication. I say so because our profession is not a method of sending information but is of communicating ideas and expressing feelings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Radhika Nandwani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"after being a student of mass communications, radhika took a plunge into the public relations profession working with a leading PR firm. she was a founding team member of india's top best media pr school - SCoRe\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"58\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani.jpg 252w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 191px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 191\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"after being a student of mass communications, radhika took a plunge into the public relations profession working with a leading PR firm. she was a founding team member of india's top best media pr school - SCoRe\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/noscript>Radhika is the Corporate Communications Advisor at Dell\u2019s Performance Analytics Group. She started her career in 2011, with one of the leading PR firms of India \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/india.mslgroup.com\/\">MSLGROUP<\/a>, specialising in technology brands. The campaigns executed by her while at MSL, have won several PR industry awards including SABRE and PR Week Asia. In her last role, she was the founding team member and the marketing communications manager at SCoRe. Radhika is an English graduate and holds a Master\u2019s degree in Mass Communication. She loves reading and is passionate about gender equality, food and Bollywood. She can be reached at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RadhikaNandwani\">@RadhikaNandwani<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter and here on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/radhikanandwani\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,26,10,15,6],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-marketing-communications","tag-mass-communications-college","tag-media-studies","tag-pr","tag-public-relations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are we in the field of Communication or Communications?- SCoRe<\/title>\n<meta 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