Abstract
This article aims to analyze the history of the concept of Communication, the evolution, and the different approaches from several scientific domains that led to the understanding that we have nowadays about this complex theme. Today, communication is a key issue in modern societies, not just for the individual and the current challenges in the information society, but also when the concept is understood in more complex frameworks such as organizational communication. It is this act, derived from a personal and social need, that allows human beings to live together, to establish contacts with others: the way we relate to other individuals, the greater or lesser effectiveness of these connections, depending on much of our communication skills. After analyzing the concept, the importance of communication in today’s society is evaluated, as well as the most important objectives accordingly to several uses in contemporary contexts and barriers that can affect this process. 
 
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Highlights
In contemporary societies, communication is the most powerful mobilizing instrument, capable of causing effects on all human beings and fields of activity
None of the other types of communication, subsequently established, will be able to replace it without risking dehumanizing Emerec.”. This should not be feared, as we believe in the cumulative character of the history of communication, which substantially enriches us: each new medium that human beings create over time joins the existing ones, increasing their ability to exchange information
It seems clear to us that effective communication implies, above all, that the receiver correctly interprets what the sender intends to transmit. This is not the case, due to the constant presence of barriers, which Teixeira (1998) classifies into three large groups: technical, language, and psychological barriers. The author understands the former as related to the temporal opportunity in which communication takes place, information, and cultural differences
Summary
Communication is the most powerful mobilizing instrument, capable of causing effects on all human beings and fields of activity. It cannot be said that there is a univocal cause and effect relationship between the development of information devices and the emergence of the new communicational ideology; both seem to appear at the same time, constituting the two sides of the same coin, in the turning point that marks the very process of modernity today.” (1994: 14) To this extent, defining the concept of communication is not an easy task. None of the other types of communication, subsequently established, will be able to replace it without risking dehumanizing Emerec.” (idem: 25) In our opinion, this should not be feared, as we believe in the cumulative character of the history of communication, which substantially enriches us: each new medium that human beings create over time joins the existing ones, increasing their ability to exchange information
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