Autocommunication is a term used in communication studies, semiotics and other cultural studies to describe communication from and to oneself. Communication studies is an Academic field that deals with processes of communication commonly defined as the sharing of Symbols over distances in space and time Semiotics, semiotic studies, or semiology is the study of sign processes (semiosis or signification and communication signs and Symbols both This is distinguished from the more traditionally studied form of communication where the sender and the receiver of the message are separate. This can be called heterocommunication.

Where heterocommunication gives the receiver new information, autocommunication does not. Instead it enchances and restructures the receiver's ego. Both forms of communication can be found either in individuals or within organisations. When autocommunication is done by an individual it can be called intrapersonal communication. Intrapersonal communication is language use or Thought internal to the communicator

Autocommunication is typical for religious or artistic works. Prayers, mantras and diaries are good examples. Prayer is the act of attempting to communicate with a Deity or spirit A mantra ( Devanāgarī मन्त्र (or mantram is a religious or mystical syllable or poem typically from the Sanskrit language For other uses of the term 'diary' see Diary (disambiguation. In organisations and corporations strategic plans and memos, for example, can function like mantras. But any text (or work) can become autocommunicational if it is read many times over.

Sources

• Lotman, Y.M. 1990. Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman ( Russian: Юрий Михайлович Лотман Estonian: Juri Lotman ( 28 February 1922 in Petrograd Universe of the Mind. Translated by A. Shukman. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Broms, H. & Gahmberg, H. 1983. Communication to Self in Organizations and Cultures in Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3, Organizational Culture, pp. 482-495

See also

• Communication theory
• Human communication
• Communication basic topics

There is much discussion in the academic world of Communication as to what actually constitutes communication Human communication, or Anthroposemiotics, is the field dedicated to understanding how people communicate with themselves Intrapersonal communication

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