Five axioms for this homeostasis-maintaining process were outlined by Paul Watzlawick, who co-developed a “sawtooth” model of it. Harold Laswell’s five modes for analyzing this process include questions asking who, what, which, and whom. A "Mathematical Theory" of this process was presented in a 1948 article which gave a formulaic definition of redundancy and popularized the bit as a unit of information. Mediating “opinion-leaders” characterize the two-step flow model of this process. This process’ “dyadic” form can be studied with interactional models, which built on linear models such as SMCR where it is bookended by coding and decoding. According to agenda-setting theory, the general public’s opinions are influenced by the “mass” form of this process facilitated by mass media. For 10 points, name this process of conveying information. ■END■
ANSWER: communication [or word forms such as communicating]
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