It is fashionable to say that we live in a society of communication. But, although modern society is crisscrossed by an ever tighter web of electronic transmissions and bombarded by channels of information and entertainment, it is predominately a society of noncommunication. Any discussion of the meaning or validity of the right to communicate will have to begin with the concept of communication itself. To reach a state of genuine communication that includes the modern media, many ideological and practical obstacles will have to be overcome through imagination or action. The road ahead is one of search, experimentation, struggle and the clash of interests and concepts. It is a long way to communication - and, to the right to communicate.