The following
selected core periodicals are devoted exclusively to communication topics. Please note, however, that many other journals not listed here will contain pertinent articles; thus, the need to consult a
journal database or
index.
Advertising and Society Quarterly
The successor to Advertising and Society Review, a scholarly journal devoted entirely to advertising and its relationship to society, culture, history, and the economy.
Contains news items, profiles on journalists, and articles on how contemporary issues are reported.
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
The journal of the Association for Business Communication, publishes articles, reviews, original research, and news of note on issues of teaching and practice in business communication.
Columbia Journalism Review
Main Library ARC General Collection PN 4700 .C64 (1969/71-1999/2000; 2002/03-2007)
Feature stories cover a wide range of topics relating to news gathering and reporting. The "Darts and Laurels" section critiques local, national, and international journalism.
Contains scholarly research covering communication in the broadest sense; recent issues have included articles on avoidance in friendships, UFO beliefs and rumors, and television news.
Publishes scholarly articles that explore the processes, antecedents, and consequences of communication in a broad range of societal systems, including mass media, interpersonal communication, health communication, new technology, organizational communication, intercultural communication, and family communication.
Communication Theory (1974+)
Main Library Microfilm P 87 .C59737 (1991-1997)
"... an international forum publishing high quality, original research into the theoretical development of communication from across a wide array of disciplines" (publisher's description).
A peer-reviewed journal that addresses the creative, social, political and pedagogical issues raised by the advent of new media technologies. Topics include: video games, mobile media/content, Internet studies, digital/new media art, virtual reality, new media products, cinema, and gender and technology.
A publication of the National Communication Association, this periodical offers articles that take an interpretive approach to mass communications theory and research. Topics include mass-media criticism, mass communication organizations, and the relationship between culture and the mass media.
A leading international peer-reviewed journal whose major aim is to publish outstanding research at the boundaries of discourse analysis and the social sciences.
Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics
Main Library General Collection PN 4751 .H37 (1996-2004)
Produced by the Kennedy School of Government, this journal focuses on the interaction of the press, politics, and public policymaking, and is targeted at researchers and practitioners in the fields of journalism and broadcasting.
Human Communication Research
Main Library ARC General Collection HM 258 .H84 (1974-1996)
Main Library Microfilm HM 258 .H84 (1974-2003)
Published by the International Communication Association. Major topic areas for the journal include language and social interaction, nonverbal communication, interpersonal communication, organizational communication and new technologies, mass communication, health communication, intercultural communication, and developmental issues in communication.
Presents current work upon the social, economic, and cultural impact of the emerging properties of the new information and communications technologies.
Aims to advance the theoretical and practical development of strategic communication globally. The journal represents a multi-national effort to integrate various communication disciplines into a coherent body of knowledge and facilitate the emergence of strategic communication as an interdisciplinary domain of study.
A scholarly journal, with recent articles on music and lyrics in commercials and children and advertising.
Journal of Advertising Research
Main Library ARC General Collection HF 5801 .J6 (1960-1981; 2004-2007)
While scholarly in nature, this journal's editorial board includes both academicians and professionals in the field.
Original articles about the theory and practice of communication, especially on contemporary social issues.
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
Main Library Microfilm PN 1991 .J6 (1985-1989)
Main Library General Collection PN 1991 .J6 (1990-96)
Articles in recent issues have dealt with the use of the Internet by political campaigns, gender-differentiated production features in toy commercials, and the impact of motivation and parasocial interaction on talk radio listening.
Covers written, oral, and electronic communication in all areas of business, science, and government.
Journal of Communication
Main Library General Collection P 90 .J6 (1951-84, 1988-96)
Main Library Microfilm P 90 .J6 (1985-1987)
An interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Communication Association, concentrating on communication theory and research. Recent issues have included scholarly articles on country music videos, public opinion polling, body image and personal interaction, and broadcast deregulation.
A quarterly scholarly journal exploring the ethical and moral issues in the field of mass communication.
Examines understanding of why organizations practice public relations as they do, ways to conduct public relations more effectively, as well as providing scholarly criticism. Also covers the history, ethics, and philosophy of public relations.
Presents articles and essays on all aspects of print journalism and electronic mass communications, including reviews, studies, and opinion.
A peer-reviewed journal that publishes, on a quarterly basis, conceptually rigorous, empirically-grounded, and practice-relevant research with strong appeal across all disciplines concerned with organizational studies and the management sciences.
Contains articles from a wide variety of perspectives and approaches that advance mass communication theory, especially at the societal or macrosocial level.
An interdisciplinary journal devoted to publishing theoretically oriented, empirical research that is at the intersection of psychology and media/mediated communication. Research topics include media uses, processes, and effects.
An international journal that provides an interdisciplinary forum for the examination of the social dynamics of media and information change. Recent articles have addressed such topics as the digital divide, digital storytelling, and teenagers' use of cell phones.
Articles, commentary, interviews, profiles, book reviews, news of note and special issues for professionals in public relations.
the oldest journal devoted to articles that examine public relations in depth, and commentaries by specialists in the field. Most of the articles are based on empirical research undertaken by professionals and academics in the field.
An interdisciplinary scholarly bringing together articles from a range of subjects, including anthropology, communication studies, discourse studies and semiotics, media and cultural studies, sociology, and the disciplines dealing with history, theory and practice of visual design. Includes articles on still and moving images; graphic design and typography; visual phenomena such as fashion, professional vision, posture and interaction; the built and landscaped environment; and the role of the visual in relation to language, music, sound and action.
Western Journal of Communication
Main Library General Collection PN 4071 .W45 (1975-2007)
Publishes scholarly articles in all areas of communication — rhetorical and communication theory, interpersonal communication, public address, group communication, and free speech.