Communication Studies: Journals & Books

Journals

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Communication Studies is the interdisciplinary study of forms and practices of communication, and scholars publish in a wide variety of journals. Expand this sections below for examples of journals in Communication Studies by sub-categories. (Note: list adapted from the U.S. National Communication Association website; journals listed are those the library has a subscription to.)

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Books

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  • Advertising
  • Business Communication
  • Communication and Culture
  • Communication in Management
  • Communication in Organizations
  • Communication in Politics
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  • Communication, Social Aspects
  • Culture
  • Cyberspace
  • Digital Communications
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Information Technology
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Mass Media
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Popular Culture
  • Rhetoric
  • Telecommunication
  • Visual Communication

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