Communication Studies: Organizations & Scholars' Portals
American Communication Association (Online) "... a not-for-profit virtual professional association with actual presence in the world of communication scholars and practitioners. ACA 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. While the Association is based in the United States, it is a virtual organization that welcomes participation from academics and professionals throughout the world."
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Association for Women in Communications " .. champions the advancement of women across all communications disciplines..." Includes the fields of print and broadcast journalism, television and radio production, film, advertising, public relations, marketing, graphic design, multi-media design, photography, and others.
Central States Communication Association (CSCA) "... to unite and educate people with both an affinity to the central region of the United States and a scholarly interest in all areas of communication..."
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship " ... not-for-profit organization supporting the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education... is supported primarily through individual and institutional memberships, through publication of The Electronic Journal of Communication, and through sales of software products to assist communication scholarship" (e.g., ComAbstracts).
Eastern Communication
Association (ECA) "...
the oldest professional communication association
in the United States... service oriented organization with
a history of achievement
in research, criticism, communication theory, and
excellence in teaching..."
Publishes Communication Quarterly, Communication
Research Reports, and Qualitative Research Reports
in Communication.
International Association for Mass Communication Research The largest international professional umbrella organization in the field of media communication research.
International Communication Association (ICA) " ... an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication. Encourages "the systematic study of theories, processes and skills of human communication..." More than 3,500 members in 65 countries, and officially associated with the United Nations as a non-governmental organization (NGO).
International Speech Communication Association Began as ESCA (European Speech Communication Association). Promotes "Speech Communication Science and Technology, both in the industrial and Academic areas, covering all the aspects of Speech Communication (Acoustics, Phonetics, Phonology, Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, etc.)." Publishes Speech Communication.
International Telecommunications Society " ... an association of professionals in the information, communications,
and technology sectors... focuses on the evolving applications,
services, technology, and infrastructure of the communications,
computing, Internet, information content, and related industries...
particular emphasis on the interrelationships among socioeconomic,
technological, legal, regulatory, competitive, organizational,
policy, and ethical dimensions of the issues it addresses."
