Communication

Homepage for Department of Communication

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Subject Bibliographer: Cheryl Riley JCK Library 2254

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Academic Search Complete :: Multidisciplinary database of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals dating back to 1975

Communication and Mass Media Complete :: authoritative source for research in communication and mass media

Communications Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS) :: article abstracts, books, and other resources related to human communication studies

Communication Studies: A SAGE Full Text Collection :: Full text of 16 communication journals

Ethnic News Watch :: Database of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press

International Index to the Performing Arts :: Indexes international periodicals on the performing arts

JSTOR :: Historical journal articles in the humanities, social sciences, business, ecology, and general science

Lexis-Nexis :: Provides a variety of legal, reference, medical, and governmental resources

Social Sciences Full Text :: Indexes journals from anthropology, family studies, political science, sociology, international relations, and women's studies, 1983-present

Westlaw Campus Research :: Search court cases, statutes, regulations, legal guides, and news articles

Communication education	Mass communication & society
Communication monographs	Organizational dynamics
Communication studies	Public relations review
Critical studies in media communication	Quarterly journal of speech
Editor & publisher	R & R [radio & records]
Film quarterly	Sound & vision
Journal of applied communication research	Southern communication journal
Journal of broadcasting & electronic media	Television quarterly
Journal of communication	Western journal of communication
Journal of public relations research

Note: Consult Quest for a complete list. In addition to being available in print, some of these journals are also available electronically.

Professional Associations

American Communication Association - founded in 1993 this is a free virtual organization.  According to the association's web page, the organization is "committed to enabling the effective use of new and evolving technologies to facilitate communication instruction, research and criticism, and to offering a technologically supportive venue for all who study the ways in which humans communicate." (from the ACA page July 12, 2006).

International Communication Association - "an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication"  (from the ICA page July 12, 2006).

Public Relations Society of America - the worlds largest organization for public relations professionals  (from the PRSA page July 12, 2006).

National Communication Association - "the oldest and largest national organization to promote communication scholarship and education." (from the NCA page July 12, 2006).

Useful Links

American rhetoric :: provides access to various resources; includes the full transcribed text and often streaming audio of famous and important speeches

Center for Nonverbal Studies :: private, nonprofit research center; located in Spokane, WA; the mission of the center is "to advance the study of human communication in all forms other than language"

History of televised Presidential debates :: sponsored by the Museum of Broadcast Communication (MBC) this siste includes 4 segments - first televised debate (Nixon/Kennedy) ; links to source material for each debate from 1960 to 2000; secondary source material for each of the debates; and a curriculum area for teachers