Signs

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Across
  1. 1. to convert an encoded message into a form that can be understood.
  2. 4. (and media) the method(s) we use to communicate.
  3. 6. what signs do: the process of signifying.
  4. 11. someone to whom a message is directed.
  5. 13. anything which interferes with the processes of communication.
Down
  1. 2. to convert a message into a means capable of being transmitted.
  2. 3. what a text, group of texts, or indeed communication itself, ‘does’ (inform, persuade, entertain, socialise etc).
  3. 5. That which stands for or represents an object, idea or mental concept.
  4. 7. (purpose) what the sender wants an act of communication to ‘do’.
  5. 8. a communication route or connection.
  6. 9. the meaning carried by an act of communication or text.
  7. 10. the originator of communication.
  8. 12. the active interpreter of a message.