This work provides a forum for the presentation of current, noteworthy studies conducted within the various domains of the field of communication. It includes topical disciplinary reviews and commentaries, state-of-the-art overviews of subdivisions within the field, and research reports selected to represent the interest areas within communication. The book is divided into nine topical sections: communication, information systems, interpersonal communication, mass communication, organizational communication, intercultural communication, political communication, instructional communication, and health communication. An appendix relates the history of the International Communication Association; subject and author indexes are provided. (GW)