Introduction to Digital Communications

Refers to the combination and arrangement of varying and opposite design elements.

• Copy

• Contrast

• Title

The person or party sending a message to another person or party. The source of communication.

• Sender

• Contrast

• Receiver

Text Messaging

• Decoding

• Feedback

• SMS

The placement of design elements.

• Layout

• Contrast

• Copy

The first packet switching network. (Today's Internet)

• Semantic

• ARPANET

• Receiver

The type of noise that is a misinterpretation of the message.

• Feedback

• Semantic

• Decoding

The main text of a publication.

• Title

• Copy

• Layout

A phrase intended to attract a reader's attention.

• Copy

• Semantic

• Title

The set of reactions and acknowledgments the receiver displays after receiving the message.

• Feedback

• Decoding

• Contrast

Electronic devices which are capable of transmitting messages.

• Receiver

• Digital Communication Devices

• ARPANET