CONFERENCES

2010:

2009:

2008:

• Communication Policies and Culture in Europe, 2nd Conference, European Communication Research and Education Association, November 15-18

• Making a Difference, Annual Convention, Eastern Communication Association, April 30-May 4

2007:

• Communicating Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics, Annual Conference, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 15-18

• Landmarks - at the Crossroads: Contemporary Communication Theory and Philosophy, European Communication Research and Education Association, University of Surrey, November 8-9

• Paradigms in the Philosophy of Communication, Inaugural Meeting, Section for the Philosophy of Communication, European Communication Research and Education Association, University of Central Lancashire, March 2

2006:

2005:

2004:

2003:

• The Intercultural Narrative, IALIC, Lancaster University, December 14-16

2002:

2001:

2000:

Annual:

• Annual Conference, Canadian Communication Association

• Annual Conference, European Communication Research and Education Association

• Annual Conference, International Communication Association

• Annual Convention, National Communication Association

COURSES

Communication Studies:

• Ball State University: Communication Theory (Flint)

• University of Calgary: Cultural Studies in Communications (Seiler)

• Duquesne University: Human Communication and Society (Thames)

• Lakehead University: Communication and Cultural Studies (Genosko)

• Oregon State: Introduction to Communication Theory (Walker)

JOURNALS

Communication Studies:

• American Communication Journal (ACA)

• Canadian Journal of Communication

• College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

• Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies

• Communication, Culture and Critique

• Communication Currents

• Communication Education

• Communication Monographs

• Communication Quarterly

• Communication Reports

• Communication Teacher

• Communication Theory (ICA)

• Communication Yearbook

• Communications

• Critical Studies in Media Communication

• Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication

• Human Communication Research (ICA)

• International Journal of Communication
• Iowa Journal of Communication
• Journal of Applied Communication Research
• Journal of Communication (ICA)
• Pennsylvania Communication Annual
• Review of Communication
• Text and Performance Quarterly
• Western Journal of Communication

PHILOSOPHERS / THEORISTS

Communication Theorists:

• Harold Innis (1894 - 1952)
• Harold Dwight Lasswell (1902 - 1978)

• Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1980)

• Walter Ong (1912 - 2003)

SOURCES: PRIMARY

Book Series:

• Communication Studies:

Off-Line:

• Anthologies:

  • General:

  • Communication Studies:

    • Cobley, Paul, ed.  Communication Theories.  4 Vols.  London: Routledge, 2006.

    • Cobley, Paul, ed.  Communication Theory Reader.  London: Routledge, 1996.

    • Poulakos, Takis, ed.  The Philosophy of Communication. 

• Selected Individual Works:

  • General:

  • Communication Studies:
    • Gitelman, Lisa.  Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006.

On-Line:

• Archives:

  • General:

  • Communication Studies:

• Selected Individual Works:

  • General:

  • Communication Studies:

SOURCES: SECONDARY

Off-Line:

• Anthologies:

  • General:

  • Communication Studies:

• Selected Individual Works:

  • General:

    • Graff, Gerald.  "Determinacy / Indeterminacy."  Critical Terms for Literary Studies.  Ed. Frank Lentricchia and Thomas McLaughlin.  Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1990.

    • Harris, Wendell V.  "Meaning."  Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory.  Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.  215-222.

    • Harris, Wendell V.  "Reference."  Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory.  Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.  330-337.

    • Harris, Wendell V.  "Sign."  Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory.  Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.  370-373.

    • Harris, Wendell V.  "Text."  Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory.  Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.  407-410.

    • Havelock, Eric A.  The Muse Learns to Write: Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Present.  Princeton: Princeton UP, 1986.

    • Todorov, Tzvetan.  Symbolism and Interpretation.  Trans. Catherine Porter.  Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1982.

    • Todorov, Tzvetan.  Theories of the Symbol.  Trans. Catherine Porter.  Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1982. 

  • Communication Studies:

    • Anderson, James A.  Communication Theory: Epistemological Foundations.  New York: Guildford, 1996.

    • Griffin, Emory A.  A First Look at Communication Theory.  3rd Ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

    • Johannesen, Richard L.  Ethics in Human Communication.  5th ed.  Waveland P, 2001.

    • Littlejohn, S. W., and K. A. Foss.  Theories of Human Communication.  Belmont CA: Wadsworth, 2005.

    • Peters, J. D.  Speaking into the Air: a History of the Idea of Communication.  Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1999.

    • Rogers, Everett.  A History of Communication.  New York: Free Press, 1997.

Online:

• General:

  • BBC: Parrot's Oratory Stuns Scientists

  • Biever, Celeste: Language May Shape Human Thought New Scientist August 19, 2004
  • Davies, Elizabeth: Life Without Time or Numbers Independent Online May 8, 2006
  • Donoghue, Dennis: On Eloquence Chronicle of Higher Education January 18, 2008
  • Hitchings, Henry: One Language Fits All Financial Times May 3, 2008
  • Motluk, Alison: You are What You Speak

  • von Bredlow, Rafaela: Brazil's Pirahã Tribe Living without Numbers or Time Spiegel Online May 3, 2006

  • Wikipedia Encyclopedia:

    • Etymology
    • Language
    • Meaning
    • Meaning (Linguistics)
    • Natural Language

    • Proposition

    • Reference

    • Sign

    • Signification

    • Speech

    • Symbol

    • Symbolism

    • Translation

    • Writing System: History of Writing

• Communication Studies:

  • Hardt, Hanno: Cruising on the Left: Notes on a Genealogy of 'Left' Communication Research Fast Capitalism 2.2 (2007)

  • Simpson, David L.: Communication Theory

  • Soskoski, James J.: Communication and Cognitive Science

  • Wikipedia Encyclopedia:

    • Communication:
      • Communication Sciences
      • Communication Studies
      • Communication Theory
      • History of Communication
      • Mass Communication
      • Media Studies

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES / RESEARCH CENTRES / RESEARCH PROJECTS

Australasia:

• Australia:

  • University of Western Australia: Department of Communication Studies

• New Zealand:

  • University of Otago: Department of Communication Studies

Canada:

• University of Calgary: Faculty of Communication and Culture

• Concordia University: Department of Communication Studies

• McGill University: Department of Art History and Communication Studies

• McMaster University: Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia

• Ryerson University and York University: Joint Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture or here

• University of Saskatchewan: Graham Centre for the Study of Rhetoric and Human Communication

• University of Toronto, Victoria College: Programme in Semiotics and Communication Theory (or here):

• Wilfrid Laurier University: Department of Communication Studies

• Windsor University: Department of Communication Studies

• York University: Department of Communication Studies

Europe:

• Eire:

  • Trinity College Dublin: Centre for Language and Communication Studies

• Netherlands:

  • University of Amsterdam: Department of Philosophy: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation: MSc in Logic

• Switzerland:

  • European Graduate School: Media and Communications Programme

  • Université de Neuchatel: Institute of Logic - Centre de Recherches Semiologiques

• UK:

  • University of Cardiff: Centre for Language and Communication Research

  • University of Leeds: Institute of Communication Studies

  • Sheffield Hallam University: Department of Media and Communication

  • University of Wales, Swansea: Department of Media and Communication Studies

  • University of York: Programme in Communication Studies

USA:

• University of Alabama: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Arizona: Department of Communication
• Brown University: Department of Modern Culture and Medias
• University of California,
  • Los Angeles: Program in Communication Studies
  • San Diego: Department of Communication
  • Santa Barbara: Department of Communication
• California State University, Northridge: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Central Arkansas: Department of Writing and Speech
• University of Chicago: Center for the Study of Communication and Society
• University of Colorado, Boulder: Department of Communication
• Cornell University: Department of Communication
• University of Georgia: Department of Speech Communication
• Hawaii Pacific University: College of Communication
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Department of Speech Communication
• University of Indiana: Department of Communication and Culture
• University of Iowa: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Kansas: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Kentucky: Department of Communication
• Louisiana State University: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Louisville: Department of Communication
• University of Maryland, College Park: Department of Communication
• University of Massachussetts, Amherst: Department of Communication
• University of Memphis: Department of Communication
• University of Michigan: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Missouri, Columbia: Department of Communication
• Montclair State University: Department of Philosophy and Religion: Institute for Critical Thinking
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln: Department of Communication Studies
• University of New Mexico: Department of Communication and Journalism
• New York University: Department of Culture and Communication
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Northern Iowa: Department of Communication Studies
• Northwestern University: School of Communication
• Ohio University: School of Communication Studies
• Oklahoma State University: Department of Speech Communication
• University of Pennsylvania: Annenberg School for Communication
• Pennsylvania State University: Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
• University of Pittsburgh: Department of Communication
• Purdue University: Department of Communication
• Rensselaer Polytechnic: Department of Language, Literature, and Communication
• San Jose State University: Department of Communication Studies
• University of Southern California: Annenberg School for Communication
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale: Department of Speech Communication
• University of South Florida: Department of Communication
• University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville: Critical Thinking Proficiency ExamUniversity of Southern Missippi: Department of Speech Communication
• Stanford University: Department of Communication
• Syracuse University: Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies
• University of Texas:
  • Arlington: Department of Communication
  • Austin: College of Communication: Department of Communication Studies
• Texas A & M University: Department of Communication
• University of Utah: Department of Communication
• Virginia Tech University: Department of Communication
• University of Washington: Department of Communication
• Washington State University: Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
• Wayne State University: Department of Communication
• University of Wisconsin, Madison: Department of Communication Arts

WWW GATEWAYS

General:

Communication Studies:

• University of Aberystwyth: Media and Communications Studies Site
• Colorado State University: Resource Center for Communication Studies
• University of Iowa: Communication Studies Resources
• Ryder, Martin: Communication Theory
• Underwood, Mick: CCMS Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies Infobase