Message

Message referred to in everyday language the content of information. The communication of a message is the notification. In information theory, a message is information which can be described quantitatively as a signal and qualitatively significant supporting character or string. It is transmitted in the process of communication according to a code from a transmitter to a receiver. For the receiver it has a novelty value and calls on the stimulation also with him an interpretative response produced.

Messages are the basic element of communication and thus subject of observation by different sciences, including semiotics, information theory, communication science, communication engineering and behavioral research.

Etymology

According to the German dictionary the message is a " message to darnachrichten ". Since about 1600 message is a ' message', in the 16th to 18th centuries is Nachrichtung for something ' which one has to judgment, instruction' testifies, but this is gradually displaced. In the plural, are since the 20th century with Messages '( radio, television broadcast ) current, especially political messages ' means.

Semiotics and information theory

In semiotics characters unfold their significance on the semantic level.

A message is generally transmitted by signals, if it has been understood to take the receiver know. It is critical that the receiver is able to decrypt the message, so that the coding (speech, data format, etc.) the message is known, and in that a semantic context is present, so that the meaning of the message understand can be. A message is in this sense information in the transfer status. If additional information is transmitted, which helps to decode the content of the message, then one speaks of a Metabotschaft.

Message and data technology

The technical transfer or transmission is the task of communications. In the network technology is meant by message data packet.

Media and everyday language

Frequently News is synonymous with news and share information about events. In general parlance, therefore the plural message is for reports on current events in the mass media, like television, radio or newspapers and magazines. There is a distinction between "good news", such as rescue and recovery of people and " bad news ", such as reports on disasters, deaths or accidents.

The Bible says, " Good News " is equivalent to the four Gospel accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth.