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Communications Primer, A

21 min 30 sec/89 shots

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An educational film introducing communication theory through Claude Shannon’s source–transmitter–channel–receiver model. It explains noise, redundancy, information measured in bits, coding, symbols, binary systems, feedback, electronic calculators, and the nervous system, using examples from speech, telegraphy, art, printing, and social behavior.

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Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Communications Primer, A
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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