Preface -- Acknowledgments -- On Information -- Basic Concepts of Information Communication -- Models of Information Communication -- Mechanisms of Information Communication -- The Law of Information Transmission: Conservation and Diffusion -- The Realization and Impediments of Information Communication -- Application: Internet Information Communication -- Case 1: "Six Degrees of Separation" and "Small World" -- Case 2: Appearance and Development of Social Network Site -- Case 3: Wikipedia: Collaborative Communication -- Case 4: A New Network Communication Tool: The Microblog -- Bibliography -- Author Biography.

This book introduces fundamentals of information communication. At first, concepts and characteristics of information and information communication are summarized. And then five classic models of information communication are introduced. The mechanisms and fundamental laws of the information transmission process are also discussed. In order to realize information communication, impediments in information communication process are identified and analyzed. For the purpose of investigating implications of Internet information communication, patterns and characteristics of information communication in the Internet and Web 2.0 environment are also analyzed. In the end, case studies are provided for readers to understand the theory.