1. THE STATUS OF
COMMUNICATION AS A
DISCIPLINE IN THE U.S.:
HISTORICAL INSIGHTS AND
CURRENT STATUS
William F. Eadie
San Diego State University

2. Communication Became a U. S.
Academic Discipline Around 1982
 AEJ became AEJMC
 Communication departments
formed

3. Three Histories of U. S. Communication Study
Journalism

4. Three Histories of U. S. Communication Study
Speech

5. Three Histories of U. S. Communication Study
Communication

6. Three Lens For Looking at Each History
Biographical

7. Three Lens For Looking at Each History
Intellectual

8. Three Lens For Looking at Each History
Political

9. Historical Lines of Communication Scholarship
Shaper of Public Opinion

10. Historical Lines of Communication Scholarship
Language Use

11. Historical Lines of Communication Scholarship
Information Transmission

12. Historical Lines of Communication Scholarship
Developer of Relationships

13. Historical Lines of Communication Scholarship
Definer, Interpreter, and Critic of Culture

14. The Source of this Scholarship
When Communication Became a Discipline
an in-progress book discussing the period between 1964 and 1982,
when other academic disciplines in the U. S. “gave up” on
communication scholarship and speech and journalism professors
made it a central part of their work, adding “communication” to their
departmental identities in the process.
For further information, contact me at
weadie@mail.sdsu.edu