The functional analysis of communication was majorly offered by

The functional analysis of communication was largely offered by sociologists.

Thinkers like Harold Lasswell and Charles Wright framed what communication does for society, its surveillance, correlation and cultural transmission.

This functional view asks about the social roles and effects of communication rather than its mechanics.

Mathematicians such as Shannon shaped the technical transmission model, measuring signals and noise, not social functions.

Physicists study matter and energy and did not author the functional account of communication.

Linguists analyse language structure and use, which is distinct from the sociological analysis of communication's functions.