It includes books, book chapters, and relevant journal articles. This database covers all areas of the social sciences generally. Some communication journals are included, but use this database to get to journal articles in other social science disciplines. Access via IAC InfoTrac SearchBank Coverage includes all academic disciplines in humanities, social sciences, and science. Provides abstracts to dozens of communications journals.
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The site with links to hundreds of reviews and some full text of articles in all fields of communication. Among research topics are textual analysis, media influence, gender and ethnicity, the written and spoken word, the visual image, news media, advertising, TV and radio, film studies, information technology and telecommunications, media education, and pop music and youth. Site features book reviews, grant and fellowship information, and notices of upcoming conferences. A historical timeline traces the history of communication from ancient times to the present. Web links are provided to such historical topics as oral and scribal cultures, printing and publishing, journalism, photography, advertising, comics, telegraphy, telephony, sound recordings, radio, film, television, and computing.