Answer: Means of communication are the means of sending messages, information and ideas from one place to another.
Means:
- Personal communication: letters and post, telephone and mobile phones, e-mail, messaging apps.
- Mass communication: newspapers and magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and social media.
- Satellite communication: communication satellites (e.g. INSAT, GSAT series) support TV, telephone, internet, weather forecasting and GPS.
Importance:
- Speeds up trade, banking (net banking, digital payments), business and administration.
- Gives early warnings of cyclones, floods and other disasters and helps in rescue work.
- Spreads education (online learning), health services (telemedicine) and awareness.
- Brings people of different regions and countries together, making the world a ‘global village’.
