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Autocommunication is a term used in communication studies
Communication studies

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
Semiotics

'Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of sign processes , or signification and communication, sign and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems....
 and other cultural studies
Cultural studies

Cultural studies is an academic discipline which combines political economy, communication, sociology, social theory, literary theory, Media influence, film theory, cultural anthropology, philosophy, museum studies and art history/art criticism to study culture phenomena in various societies....
 to describe communication from and to oneself. 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.






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Autocommunication is a term used in communication studies
Communication studies

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
Semiotics

'Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of sign processes , or signification and communication, sign and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems....
 and other cultural studies
Cultural studies

Cultural studies is an academic discipline which combines political economy, communication, sociology, social theory, literary theory, Media influence, film theory, cultural anthropology, philosophy, museum studies and art history/art criticism to study culture phenomena in various societies....
 to describe communication from and to oneself. 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

Intrapersonal communication is language or thought internal to the communicator. Intrapersonal communication is the active internal involvement of the individual in symbolic processing of messages....
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Autocommunication is typical for religious or artistic works. Prayers
Prayer

Prayer is the act of communicating with a deity or spirit in worship. Specific forms of this may include praise, requesting divine providence, confessing sins, as an act of reparation or an expression of one's emotional expression....
, mantras
Mantra

A mantra can be defined as a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of creating transformation. Their use and type varies according to the school and philosophy associated with the mantra....
 and diaries are good examples. 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.
    Yuri Lotman

    Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman — a prominent Russian formalist critic, semiotician, and culturologist. Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences....
     1990. 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
    Communication theory

    There is much discussion in the academic world of communication as to what actually constitutes communication. Currently, many definitions of communication are used in order to conceptualize the processes by which people navigate and assign meaning....
  • Human communication
    Human communication

    Human communication, or Anthroposemiotics, is the field dedicated to understanding how people communicate:* with themselves: intrapersonal communication...
  • Communication basic topics