The Annals of the International Communication Association is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing state-of-the-discipline literature reviews and essays, including: descriptive reviews; meta-analyses; and theoretical essays. Please note that the journal does not accept submissions which are based on single-country or single-case empirical studies.
Submissions to the Annals are broadly defined as follows:
- Reviews – retrospective reviews, helping readers understand the development of current knowledge within the discipline over a defined period in the past, or prescriptive reviews, creating a roadmap for future direction of research on communication
- Communication Insights – examining a set of predetermined topics that provide a degree of continuity across the years and indicate how a specific research topic has developed. A set of predetermined topics will rotate over five year periods
- Book Reviews – reviewing a set of recently published books that focus on a central theme within the discipline. The goal of the Annals book reviews is to provide a critical review and synthesis of published books. The Editor encourages authors from non-English language speaking countries to consider submitting topical reviews of books not available in the English language in order to increase the reach of communication studies research globally.
The Annals is both international and interdisciplinary in scope, with authors and chapters representing the broad global interests of the International Communication Association. These interests are represented in the various divisions and interest groups of the ICA:
- Children, Adolescents and the Media
- Communication and Technology
- Communication History
- Communication Law and Policy
- Computational Methods
- Environmental Communication
- Ethnicity and Race in Communication
- Feminist Scholarship
- Game StudiesGlobal Communication and Social Change
- Health Communication
- Information Systems
- Instructional and Developmental Communication
- Intercultural Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Journalism Studies
- Language and Social Interaction
- Mass Communication
- Mobile Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Philosophy, Theory and Critique
- Political Communication
- Popular Media and Culture
- Public Relations
- Visual Communication Studies
- Activism, Communication and Social Justice
- Communication Science and Biology
- Human-Machine Communication
- Intergroup Communication
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Studies
- Media Industry Studies
- Public Diplomacy
- Sport Communication
All submissions will be subject to initial editor screening and subsequent peer review.
The Annals will continue the traditions established in Communication Yearbook providing an updated context for key research from across the Association.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
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