LibGuides: Communication Studies: Recommended Communication Studies Web Resources

Professional Associations

American Communication Association (ACA)
The ACA is a virtual professional association with actual presence in the world of communication scholars and practitioners. The site includes links to a variety of scholarly resources, as well as information for association members.
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS)
CIOS is a not-for-profit organization supporting the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education. Site provides electronic resources and updates for scholars and students.
International Communication Association (ICA)
ICA is an international association for scholars interested in the study of all aspects of human communication, as well as in the teaching of communication
National Communication Association (NCA)
NCA is a scholarly organization that promotes communication scholarship and education. The NCA website provides links to news & updates for association members, scholarly publications, funding opportunities, etc.
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
RSA is a scholarly organization dedicated to studying, teaching, and practicing rhetoric. The RSA website provides information for society members, links to scholarly journals, and conferences & events information.

ComWeb MegaSearch
Site provides one-stop access to relevant communication, journalism, speech, rhetoric-related websites.
University of Iowa Communication Studies. Index of Online Resources
Link to categories such as journalism and mass communication, cultural studies, rhetorical studies, TV, and radio.
Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies Page, University of California, Santa Barbara
Link to sites relating to internet broadcast media, media theory & history, television and journalism.

Commission on Presidential Debates
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates.

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
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Each report has a Pro/Con section where two experts face off answering a question about the week's topic.
Balanced information on all sides of an issue, including comments from experts in the field, numerous charts and graphs, a pro-con feature, a chronology, a lengthy bibliography for additional research, and a list of contacts are included in each report.

Debate Motions
This is a site that has cumulated debate motions from the Worlds University Debate championship, European University Debate Championship and debate topics from other tournaments.
Debate Video
A wide assortment of debating related videos, including debates, lectures, discussions, speeches and other material dealing with debating in all different styles and formats.
Debategraph
Wiki visual debate organization tool
Debatewise
Debatewise is an online forum for people to express and share their opinions about a wide range of topics. Users can sign up (for free) and join an existing debate or create a new one.
Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life
The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, launched in 2001, seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Pew Forum conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research on important aspects of religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world. It also provides a neutral venue for discussions of timely issues through roundtables and briefings.

American Rhetoric
Gateway to over 5,000 speeches, sermons, and other events, in addition to an online dictionary and other resources.
History Channel’s Archive of Political Speeches
Site includes hundreds of speeches in the areas of politics & government, entertainment, the arts, and science & technology.
Wake Forest University’s Political Speeches
Site provides links to political speeches including presidential speeches, convention speeches, political debates, individual presidential sites, specific genre speech sites, and miscellaneous speeches.

Center for Nonverbal Studies
The Center's mission is to advance the study of human communication in all its forms apart from language. The Center's goal is to promote the scientific study of nonverbal communication, which includes body movement, gesture, facial expression, adornment and fashion, architecture, mass media, and consumer-product design.
Exploring Nonverbal Communication
Site contains a University of California video series on Non-Verbal Communication. Videotapes are produced by Dane Archer and explores facial expression, tone, hand gestures, body movements, space, and touch.
Interpersonal Web: Website from Northern Virginia Community College. The study of interpersonal relationships are interdisciplinary in scope. Resources available on the Interpersonal Web are drawn from other humanities areas such as philosophy, literary studies, media criticism, and ethics as well as from fields in the social sciences including psychology, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, and linguistics. Professional and practical applications of theories and practice in interpersonal communication may be made to other areas such as business, medicine, law, law enforcement, journalism and engineering, which depend on successful interpersonal communication.