Complex sentence: Communication studies scholars have investigated the particular impacts of media as they emerged and spread, in particular, the growth of newspapers, radio, television, personal computing, and the Internet, often under the banner of "media effects" studies.
Split into simpler sentences: Communication studies scholars have investigated the particular impacts of media as they emerged and spread. In particular, the growth of newspapers, radio, television, personal computing, and the Internet has been examined, often under the banner of "media effects" studies.