The Diversity, Scope and Resources
of the Communications Field
A Summery of Topics from the
American Communication Association Site
Gerard Bowles

I created this outline to demonstrate to the communications student and others the diversity of the communications field, and to encourage the utilization of the resource links at the American Communication Association (ACA) Site. The ACA Site might be initially overwhelming with 2495 lines on 22 Web pages. This condensed outline contains only 493 lines on 1 Web page. It is hopeful the ACA site will include a search engine in the near future. This paper differs from my other online publications in which I write from my own observations, experience and knowledge. - Gerard Bowles

"The AMERICAN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION is the national professional organization of scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of communication studies."


Advertising and Public Relations

Admarket
Axis Media
CyberSpace Advertising
Marketing Communications Associates
Media Relations
Multimedia Marketing
Networks Public Relations
Public Relations

Argumentation and Debate

American Parliamentary Debate
Argumentation Theory
Automated Reasoning
Debating
Competitive Speech
Logical Argument
Practical Reason
Discreditable Tactics
Empirical Logic and Public Debate
Garage Logic
Inductive Inference
Logic, Language, and Reasoning
Propaganda Analysis
Reason v. Creationism (Plimer)
Reasoning and Thinking
Scholarly Arguments

Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Rhetoric

Latin Grammar
Middle Ages and Renaissance
Barbarisms
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Centre for Medieval Studies (U Toronto)
Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology WWW
Ancient Greek Civilization
Hellenic Civilization and Literatures
Latin Texts
Medieval History, music and ballads Middle Ages History
Newsgroup sci.classics
Palaeography
Philosophy
Renaissance
Vatican Library MSS Exhibit
The Warfare and Tactics of the Roman Republic

Communication Education Technology

Accelerated Learning (AT&T)
Assessing Listening and Speaking Skills
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Best of the Internet for Educators
Advanced Instructional Media (Yale)
Computing in the Humanities (University of Toronto)
Center for Research on Communication Technology & Society (U Texas)
Cognitive Models for Structuring Hypermedia
Online Scholarship
Communication and technology
Computer-Aided Learning
Computers and Academic Freedom
Desktop Publishing
Distance Education & Technology
Education Technology Planning and Funding
Virtual Culture
Faculty Resistance to Computer-Mediated Communication
Graphics and Desktop Publishing
Guide to Publishing on the World Wide Web
Guides to Writing HTML Documents
Hypermedia and the Internet
Impact of Instructional Technology on Learning and Teaching
The Internet Public Library
Multimedia
Learning and Technology
Media Literacy Online Project University of Oregon
Net Ethics
Networking
The Plain English Movement
Psycholinguistics and Visual Cognition
Public Speaking
Social Implications of Information Technologies
The Sociology of Cyberspace
Media and Instructional Technology
Web Publishing Paradigms
Webspace Design
Writing for Modern Technology
WWW Style Manual (Yale)

Conflict and Communication

Academy of Family Mediators
Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate Program (Univ. of Utah)
Attorney Mediators Institute
Conflict Analysis and Resolution (GMU)
Community Mediation
Mediation Education
Principles of Cooperation
Peace Research

Freedom of Speech

Advertising Law
Movie Censorship
alt.censorship
alt.society.civil-liberties
Anti-Censorship Organizations
Artistic Freedom
Arts Censorship
Banned Books On-line
Hate Speech or Free Speech
Censorship
Citizen's Guide to Civil Rights and Liberties
Civil Disobedience
Computers and Academic Freedom
Cyberspace
Essays on Liberty
Fake Science and Pornography
First Amendment
Free Speech
Freedom of Expression
A History of the Bill of Rights
Media Freedom
Popular Music Under Siege (ACLU)
Pornography vs. Erotica
Privacy and Freedom of Speech
Sedition
Sex, Censorship, and the Internet
Student Freedoms (AAUP)
Tort Liability, the First Amendment, Equal Access, and Electronic Networks
U.S. Constitution

Film Studies and Cinematic Arts

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Faith and Family for Movie Censorship
Artistic Freedom
Black Cinema Network
Cinema, Censorship, & State
Comedy/Cinema/Theory
Disney
Feminist Film Reviews
Film
Pop Culture - TV & Film (UIowa)
Television, Radio, and Film (LoC)
Transient Images
Videomaker
Women in Film & TV

Gender and Communication

alt.mens-rights
Women
Crisis, Grief, and Healing: Men and Women
Feminist
Gender and Abuse
Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture
Sexual Harassment (ERIC Digest)
Men's Issues
Newsgroup soc.men
Research on Effects of Pornography
Sexual Harassment in Higher Education from Conflict to Communication
Women in Comics
Women in the Workforce

Health Communication

American Medical associations
Health Promotion
Cyberspace TeleMedical Office
Global Health Network
Health Care
Health Organizations
Legal Medical Reference
Medical Education
Online Medical Resources
Patients' Rights
Pharmaceutical Information Network
Privacy and Medical Records
Public Health Guide

Intercultural Communication

Anthropology
Intercultural Communication
Cross-Cultural Communication
Freedom and Tolerance in the United States, 1987
International Travel & Culture
Race and Ethnicity
Sociology & Demography Net Resources
Trans-Cultural
West European History & Culture Net Resources
WORLD SCRIPTURE: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts

Language and Linguistics

American Dialect
Computer Assisted Language Instruction
Modern Languages-CTI
European Speech Communication Association
Language
Linguistics, Language, Literature (BUBL)
Metaphysics
Phonetics and Speech Sciences
Profanity

Legal Communication

This area is catagorized by ACA into the following: CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION LAW
Academic Freedom and Campus Speech Codes
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Information
Freedom of Religion
Human Rights Issues
Law and Legal Research
Privacy Rights and Issues
Telecommunications: Law, Policy, and Society

Mass Media Culture

Airwaves: Radio/Television Media Resources
American Culture Studies (BGSU)
American Television History
Art
Cable Television
Cartoon Arts
Mass Communication
Comics
Cultivation Theory
Culture
Advertising
Entertainment Technology
Persuasion
Film
Infobahn
Hi-Tech Culture
Television
Humor
Journalism and periodicals
Mass Media
Media Freedom
Media History Web (University of Colorado)
MTV
Broadcasting
Pop Culture
Popular music
Public Television
Satellite TV
Screenwriters/Playwrights Information
Sitcoms
Video
Virtual Dialoges
Youth Music / Youth Culture

News and Media Studies

Accuracy in Media
Alternative News Resources (AlterNet)
Journalism
Communication & Mass Communication Resources (U Iowa)
Data Highway
Media Studies
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) gopher
Freedom of Information
International Press Freedoms and Censorship
Media Ethics
National Press Photographers Association
News Censorship
Newsgroups: alt.journalism
Newsgroup: alt.news-media
Newsletters, Journals, and Zines on the Internet
Newspapers Online
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Radio
Alternative Media Sources

Organizational Communication

Legal study in business
Administrative communication
Marketing
Antitrust Policy
Small Business Development Centers
Unions
Business ethics, history, journals, policy and strategy
Center for Information Technology & Management (UC-Berkeley)
Communicating within Organizational Cultures
Corporate Identity
Economic, Social, and Legal Environment (Vanderbilt)
Employee Monitoring and Privacy in the Workplace
Entrepreneurship (SLU)
Forming a Labor-Management Partnership
Management and Administration
Labor Issues
Management Communications
Marketing Research (Vanderbilt)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Research Program in Business Environment, Ethics, and Public Policy (Pitt)
Resources in Economics and Management (BUBL)
Rights of Employees
Risk Theory Society
Total Quality Management Information (Babson College) (Wisconsin)
US-Japan Industry & Technology Management Training Program
U.S. Statistical Data
Women in the Workforce

Political Communication

Anarchy
Center for Democracy and Technology
Christian political issues
Communications and Democracy
Congressional topics
Political forums
Electronic Democracy Forum
Freedom of the press
Legislative Terms
Government topics
Corporate irresponsibility
Historical texts
Interactive Mass Media and Political Participation
International issues
Newsgroup: alt.politics
Newsgroup: misc.activism.progressive
American politics
Patriotism
Personal Freedom
Political Communication, Journalism and Public Opinion (NU)
Political Images (NU)
Political Movements and Theory (U.C. Berkeley)
Political & Social Implications of the Net
Propaganda Analysis
U.K. issues
U.S. issues
U.S. House Of Representatives WWW
The War On Drugs topics

Research Methods

American Psychological Association
Applied Anthropology Computer Network
Behavior Analysis (USF)
Centre for the Study of Public Opinion (Queens University)
Cognitive Science Virtual Library (Brown)
Cognitive & Psychological Sciences (Stanford)
The Concept of Statistical Significance Testing
Consortium for Political and Social Research (UMich)
Content Analysis (Georgia Tech)
Cultivation Analysis Seminar (UMass)
Discourse Analysis
Empirical Research Methods
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Applied Analysis of Behavior
Historical Methods
Applied Psychology Unit (UK)
Probability in Theory-Building
Psychological Resources
Qualitative Data Analysis
Symbolic Interaction
Statistics

Rhetoric and Public Address

American Studies
History and computing
Brainwashing: The Battle For Your Mind
Study of the American South
Christian Coalition
Constructing a Logical Argument
Speech, Writing, and Representation in North American Indian Texts
Email and Internet resources
History
Humanities
Humour-Research Discussion List
Images: Print, Literacy and Power in America
Journal of the History of Philosophy
North American & Atlantic Colonial History
Notable Women
Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty
Rhetoric
Speeches (full texts)
Storytelling Resources
U.S. Presidential Records and Papers (Sunsite)
The White Rose
WWW Services for Historians

Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

American folklore
American studies
Beginner's Guide to Semiotics (Chandler)
Bridging the Gap: Rhetoric and Cognitive Science
Commentary on Art
Commonwealth Center for Literary and Cultural Change
Critical Inquiry
Cultural dynamics and theory
Institute for Logic, Language & Computation
Logical Fallacies
Myth And Society
Narration and Explanation
Narratology: The Study of Story Structure
Philosophy topics
Postmodern Culture
Public Culture journal
Rhetoric (CMU)
Rhetoric & Professional Communication Reference List (Thune)
Semiotics and the English Language Arts

Social Science Communication Research

Behavior analysis
Bridging the Gap: Rhetoric and Cognitive Science
Centre for the Study of Public Opinion (Queens University)
Center for Survey Research (UVa)
Communication issues
Database Resources
Decision Theory
Discourse Analysis
Emotional Support Resources
Group and Intergroup Processes
Human Comunication Research Centre - Online Research Papers
Information Sources in Sociology (U Waterloo)
Institute for Behavioral Research (U.Georgia)
Journal of Applied Analysis of Behavior
Perceptual Science Laboratory (UCSC)
Personality
Qualitative Data Analysis
Social sciences resources
Symbolic interaction
Statistics Archives (CMU)

Statistical and Data Archives

Public Opinion (Queens University)
Center for Survey Research (UVa)
Consortium for Political and Social Research (UMich)
The Gallup Organization
International data archives
Resampling statistics
Social science data
Statistic Gathering Tools
Statistics Resources
Demographic & Tabular Data

American Communication Association Site
Main: http://www.uark.edu/depts/comminfo/www/ACA.html
Communications Studies: http://www.uark.edu/comminfo/www/commstudies.html


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