This document discusses visual communication and media. It addresses the relationships objects can have with each other through proximity, similarity, and continuity. It mentions the many images that compete for our attention in the visual public environment and gives billboards as an example of visual contamination. It also outlines the stages of the communication process as the transmitter, channel/medium, message, recipient, code, reference, and context. It provides examples of graphic/visual media, audio-visual media, and sound media, noting each transmit actions, sounds, and something, respectively.