International Encyclopedia of Communication

• Format - Reference Book Electronic edition
• Location - Access through ALICE catalog record (online)
• ""An extraordinary gift to our field - and to anyone interested in communication in all its aspects. Both a wise look back emphasizing continuity and a timely examination of trends, issues and concerns that reflect change. Vital for any media scholar's library." (Everette E. Dennis, Larkin Distinguished Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Business)

Contents by Subject Area:

• Anthropology
  • Folkore and Mythology
• Archaeology
• Art
• Banking and Finance
  • Communication and Media Studies
    • Communication and Media Theory
      • Cultural and Critical Studies
      • Epistemology and Metatheory
      • Models of Communication
      • System Theory
    • Communication Studies
      • Communication and Development
        • Children and Media
        • Communication and Media Education
        • Communication Skills
        • Developmental Communication
        • Instructional Communication
      • Communication Reception and Effects
        • Audience Research
        • Communication, Politics and Elections
        • Information Processing and Cognitions
        • Media and Violence
        • Media Effects Theories
        • Persuasion and Social Influence
        • Public Opinion
        • Risk Communication
      • Environmental Communication
      • Feminist and Gender Communication Studies
      • Health Communication
      • Human Communication and Technology
        • Computer Mediated Communication
        • Gaming
        • Human-Computer Interaction
        • Mobile Communication
      • Intercultural Communication
        • Intergroup Communication
      • Interpersonal Communication
        • Communication and Relationships
        • Communication Networks
        • Family Communication
      • Language and Social Interaction
      • Organizational Communication
      • Rhetorical Studies
      • Strategic Communication and PR
      • Visual and Non-verbal Communication
  • History of Media and Communications
  • Media Studies
    • Film Studies
    • Media Criticism
    • Media Ethics
    • Media Production and Content
      • Advertisement
      • International Communication
      • Journalism
      • Media Production and Technology
      • Media, Crisis and Conflict
      • Political Media Content
      • Public Relations
    • Media System
      • Broadcasting
      • Cinema and Film
      • Communication Law and Policy
      • Communication Technology
      • Internet and New Media
      • Media Economics and Management
      • Media History
      • Print
  • Methods in Communication and Media Studies
    • Content Analysis
    • Descriptive and Explanatory Statistics
    • Ethnography
    • Experimental Design
    • Survey Methods
• Cultural Studies
  • Culture
    • Popular Culture
• Economics
• Gender Studies
  • Gay and Lesbian Studies
  • Women's Studies
• Geography
• History
  • Political History
    • Diplomacy and International Relations
• Law
• Life and Physical Sciences
• Linguistics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Sociolinguistics
    • Dialects
  • Theoretical Linguistics
    • Semantics
• Literature
• Medicine
• Philosophy
  • Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
    • Aesthetics
  • Ethics
  • Logic and Language
    • Logic
• Politics
• Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Organizational Psychology
    • Motivation
  • Social Psychology and Personality
    • Attitudes
    • Prejudice
    • Stereotyping
• Race and Ethnicity Studies
  • African American Studies
  • Latino/a Studies
• Religion
• Sociology
  • Consumption
  • Methods in Sociology
  • Social Movements and Social Change
  • Social Psychology