Why Study Communications?

Information society dominated by computers and communications is in front of us. In this society, the strategic resource is knowledge and information, and the value of that resource will be increased by the movement through the information pathway. A communication network is the pathway that allows information, data, and knowledge to be spread. Thus, the mainstream of the information age is communication.

Communications involve many technologies. In addition, many new communication technologies are being incorporated into the fabric of the information society as fast as people can learn how to maintain and use the technologies. This may be the most important reason for users to study communications.

Computer users who work in this society need to know technology incorporated into the communication networks. Although they use only applications involved in the communication networks, they still need to know how the communication networks work to improve their performance by using networks more efficiently and effectively.