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Communication studies

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Communication studies or communication sciences is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication. [1]

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Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Advertising

Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.

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American Journalism Historians Association

Founded in 1981, the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) seeks to advance education and research in mass communication history.

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Association for Business Communication

The Association for Business Communication (ABC) is a learned society for the field of business communication.

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Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is a major international membership organization for academics in the field, offering regional and national conferences and refereed publications.

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Athlete

An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed or endurance.

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Broadcast Education Association

The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) is an international academic organization originating and operating mainly out of the United States.

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Central States Communication Association

The Central States Communication Association (CSCA) is a professional, academic organization of university professors, communication professionals, and primary and secondary school teachers.

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Communibiology

Communibiology is a term referring to a research paradigm that emphasizes the "neurobiological foundations of human communication behavior".

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Communication

Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.

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Communication theory

Communication theory is a field of information theory and mathematics that studies the technical process of information and the process of human communication.

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Computer-mediated communication

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.

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Consultant

A consultant (from consultare "to deliberate") is a professional who provides expert advice in a particular area such as security (electronic or physical), management, education, accountancy, law, human resources, marketing (and public relations), finance, engineering, science or any of many other specialized fields.

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Council of Communication Associations

The Council of Communication Associations is a not-for-profit organization established in 1995 as an umbrella entity for several learned societies in the field of communication studies.

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Critical theory

Critical theory is a school of thought that stresses the reflective assessment and critique of society and culture by applying knowledge from the social sciences and the humanities.

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Designer

A designer is a person who designs.

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Digital rhetoric

Digital rhetoric is a way of informing, persuading, and inspiring action in an audience through digital media.

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Discipline (academia)

An academic discipline or academic field is a branch of knowledge.

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ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association

European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) is a scholarly association centred on the study of "media, (tele)communications and informatics research, including relevant approaches of human and social sciences".

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Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information.

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Environmental communication

Environmental communication refers to the study and practice of how individuals, institutions, societies, and cultures craft, distribute, receive, understand, and use messages about the environment and human interactions with the environment.

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Facilitator

A facilitator is someone who engages in facilitation—any activity that makes a social process easy or easier.

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Film criticism

Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium.

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Filmmaking

Filmmaking (or, in an academic context, film production) is the process of making a film, generally in the sense of films intended for extensive theatrical exhibition.

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Health communication

Health communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and between doctor and patient.

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Human resources

Human resources are the people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy.

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IEEE Professional Communication Society

The IEEE Professional Communication Society is a professional society of the IEEE.

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Intercultural communication

Intercultural communication is a discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication.

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International Association of Business Communicators

The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a global network of communications professionals.

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International Communication Association

The International Communication Association (ICA) is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.

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Interpersonal communication

Interpersonal communication is an exchange of information between two or more people.

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Journalism

Journalism refers to the production and distribution of reports on recent events.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language, and involves an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context.

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Management

Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body.

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Marketing

Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships.

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Media ecology

Media ecology theory is the study of media, technology, and communication and how they affect human environments.

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Media studies

Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media.

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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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National Communication Association

The National Communication Association (NCA) is a not-for-profit membership-based scholarly society founded in 1914.

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New media

New media are forms of media that are native to computers, computational and relying on computers for re-distribution.

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Organizational communication

In communication studies, organizational communication is the study of communication within organizations.

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Outline of communication

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to communication: Communication – purposeful activity of exchanging information and meaning across space and time using various technical or natural means, whichever is available or preferred.

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Philosophy of language

Philosophy of language explores the relationship between language and reality.

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Political communication

Political communication(s) is a subfield of communication and political science that is concerned with how information spreads and influences politics and policy makers, the news media and citizens.

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Political science

Political science is a social science which deals with systems of governance, and the analysis of political activities, political thoughts, and political behavior.

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Professional association

A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession and the public interest.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Public relations

Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) and the public.

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Public Relations Society of America

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is a nonprofit trade association for public relations professionals headquartered in New York City.

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Radio

Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.

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Research

Research comprises "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humans, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications." It is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, support theorems, or develop new theories.

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Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of discourse, wherein a writer or speaker strives to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.

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Semiotics

Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication.

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Semiotics of culture

Semiotics of culture is a research field within semiotics that attempts to define culture from semiotic perspective and as a type of human symbolic activity, creation of signs and a way of giving meaning to everything around.

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Society for Cinema and Media Studies

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies (formerly the Society for Cinema Studies) is an organization of professors and scholars.

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Society for Technical Communication

The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is a professional association dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of technical communication.

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Speech

Speech is the vocalized form of communication used by humans and some animals, which is based upon the syntactic combination of items drawn from the lexicon.

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Statistics

Statistics is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.

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Technical communication

Technical communication is a means to convey scientific, engineering, and technique or other technical information.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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Text and conversation theory

Text and conversation is a theory in the field of organizational communication illustrating how communication makes up an organization.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University

A university (universitas, "a whole") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

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University Film and Video Association

The University Film and Video Association (UFVA) is an organization of professors, scholars, and film and video makers.

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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (also known as U of I, Illinois, or colloquially as the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Illinois and the flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.

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Wilbur Schramm

Wilbur Lang Schramm (August 5, 1907 – December 27, 1987), was a scholar and "authority on mass communications".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_studies

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