Communication Studies Research Guide

A not-for-profit organization created to promote academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication. Publishes American Communication Journal.

Organized in 1977 as the American branch of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric to promote the study of the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages and its relationship with culture--politics, poetics, law, and religion.

Founded in 1912 under the name American Association of Teachers of Journalism. The original focus of this group was to provide an annual conference in which members could discuss their teaching of journalism as well as to provide members with research about journalism instruction.

The mission of Central States Communication Association (CSCA) is to unite and educate people with both an affinity to the central region of the United States and a scholarly interest in all areas of communication for promotion of their mutual goals and advancement of their field.

The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship is a U.S. Federal Tax Code 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization supporting the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education.

Began in 1914 as the National Association of Teachers of Public Speaking. The NCA mission states that it “advances communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific and aesthetic inquiry”.

PRSA’s represent business and industry, technology, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. PRSA’s primary objectives are to advance the standards of the public relations profession and to provide members with professional development opportunities through continuing education programs, information exchange forums and research projects conducted on the national and local levels.

Organization mission: "STC advances the theory and practice of technical communication across all user abilities and media so that both businesses and customers benefit from safe, appropriate, and effective use of products, information, and services."
Publishes Intercom and Technical Communication.

Committed to fostering excellence in business communication scholarship, research, education, and practice. The main membership base is in North America, Europe, and Asia and the Pacific.

A bilingual, national organization that brings together communication teachers, researchers and professionals from the university, government and private enterprise sectors. Its purpose is to promote the investigation of communication issues in Canada.

Founded in 1957 with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). IAMCR's members promote and defend the interests of the professional community of media and communication researchers in terms of freedom of academic thought and expression, and career development.

An international association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication. Publishes Human Communication Research, Communication Theory, the Journal of Communication, and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

A non-profit organization, it promotes Speech Communication Science and Technology, both in the industrial and Academic areas, covering all the aspects of Speech Communication (Acoustics, Phonetics, Phonology, Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, etc.). Publishes Speech Communication.

Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación (ALAIC)
Devoted to communication research in Latin America pointed toward social justice.