Communication Theory
Published on behalf of the International Communication Association
Edited by:
Angharad N. Valdivia, PhD
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 7/45 Communication
Impact Factor: 1.422
Communication Theory is an international forum publishing high quality, original research into the theoretical development of communication from across a wide array of disciplines, such as communication studies, sociology, psychology, political science, cultural and gender studies, philosophy, linguistics, and literature.
Communication Theory Electronic Office -click here to submit or review a paper for the journal.
TopNews and Announcements
Communication Theory welcomes 2009 editor Angharad N. Valdivia, PhD
Professor Valdivia teaches and researches at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Institute of Communications Research.
Read ICA Journal Abstracts in 6 Different Languages!
To better serve the international scholarly community, the ICA provides translated article abstracts in 6 foreign languages: French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, and English. Foreign language abstracts are available online for the following 3 journals: Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, and Human Communication Research.
New ICA journal published in 2008
Communication, Culture & Critique
Editor: Karen Ross, Coventry School of Art and Design, Coventry University
New subscription model: Institutional subscriptions now include all ICA journals - Communication Theory, Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, the online-only, open access journal of the ICA! From 2006, your subscription will also include electronic access to back issues from all four journals, from 1997 onward.
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TopHighlights
The Emotional Appeal of Violent Video Games for Adolescent Males
Jeroen Jansz
An Explication of Social Norms
Maria Knight Lapinski and Rajiv N. Rimal
Research Beyond the Pale: Whiteness in Audience Studies and Media Ethnography
Vicki Mayer
Fracturing the Real-Self/Fake-Self Dichotomy: Moving Toward 'Crystallized' Organizational Discourses and Identities
Sarah J. Tracy and Angela Trethewey
Nonviolence and Media Studies
Vamsee Juluri
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