Encyclopedias
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Oxford Research Encyclopedias This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics. New approved articles and new summaries are added to the encyclopedia on an ongoing basis. Click "Browse by Subject" to select the Communication Encyclopedia.
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Communication - Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowProvides the necessary guidance to students and scholars study of communication. The extensive and ever-changing nature of communication includes multiple epistemologies, methodologies, and overlapping domains. This bibliography includes recent scholarship, research, and statistics.
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The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies
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Publication Date: 1999-2014[e-book] 7 volumes on media studies -
The International Encyclopedia of Communication
Publication Date: 2008 (with updates through 2015)[e-book] Communications studies with advanced search for images such as figures, tables, photos, videos -
Encyclopedia of Journalism
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Publication Date: 2009[e-book] Comprehensive analysis of journalism with focus on gathering, editing, reporting and distribution of news -
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
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Publication Date: 2009[e-book] Source for communication theories and concepts with an overview of the entire field of communication theory -
Encyclopedia of Gender in Media
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Publication Date: 2012[e-book] Examines media's role in enabling, facilitating, or challenging the social construction of gender in society, with subject index, reader's guide, and search capability
Historical Background
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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Publication Date: 2003- Articles on global media and communications, including: Advertising: Electronic Media, Advertising and Promotion, Advertising: Evaluation of Effectiveness, Political Advertising
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World Press Encyclopedia
Publication Date: 2003[e-book, print] Overview of press by country, information on political and economic framework, press laws, censorship
