# Project Archive: Communication Literacy: An Introduction to Communication Studies

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# Communication Literacy: An Introduction to Communication Studies

Subject: Media, Journalism & Communication Studies

Book Language: English

Audience: Students and Faculty in Higher Education in Communication Studies and Related Fields

Created date: August 26, 2020

Updated date: September 6, 2021

Target Release Date: 2021-05-31

License:

- Attribution
- Non-Commercial
- Share Alike

Needs:

- Ancillaries Contributors
- Authors
- Peer Reviewers

## Description:

In today’s world, it’s difficult or even nearly impossible to function without some level of

communication literacy

. That term, communication literacy, refers to the ability of an individual to not only convey their ideas, information, and messages to others, but also to be able to interpret and understand the ideas, information, and messages that they receive. The processes involved in communicating, or transferring messages and ideas between people, are far more intricate than many people recognize. In today’s world, these processes include a variety of forms and styles, such as interpersonal, digital, public, media, intercultural, transnational, gendered, racial, group, and organizational communication, to name a few. We refer to people who have the ability to communicate effectively in one or more of these modes as having

communication competency

, which requires a high level of “communication literacy” and knowledge of how communication actually works.

## Short Description:

This text provides a basic survey of the fields of communication studies. In this text, we explore different approaches to communication studies, from the study of speech communication, to communication as the basis of relationships, to media and digital forms of communication. We will explore how people construct identities using communication processes. We also take a look at the impact of culture on communication styles while simultaneously investigating how cultures are literally made of communication practices. We will explore how individual voices and communication abilities are used to reach out to a variety of audiences, market selves to potential employers and colleagues, interact with friends and relatives, and voice concerns and potentially change the wrongs perceived in the world.

## Outline

### Introduction to Communication Studies

This chapter outlines a basic introduction to the field(s) of communication studies.

### Rhetoric

#### The History of Rhetoric

#### The Foundations of Rhetoric

#### Roman Rhetorics

#### The Dialectical Re-Turn

### The Communication Fields

#### Communication Theory

#### Behavioral Theories and Models

#### Interpretive Theories

#### Critical Theory

### Public Communication

#### Public Communication: Public Argument, Journalism, and Advocacy

#### Rhetorical Responsibility

#### The Fourth Estate

#### Advocacy and Strategic Communication

### Communicating Identity

#### Identity and Performance as Communication Practice

#### From Rhetorical Identity to Performance Studies

#### Theories of Identity and the Self in Communication Studies

#### Performativities, Resistance, and Subversion

### Communication and Culture

#### Communicating Culture

#### Intercultural Communication and the Foreign Service Institute

#### Ethnography of Communication

#### The Impact of Cultural Studies in Communication

### Sex and Gender in Communication

#### Gender Communication

#### Gender, Sexuality, and Discourse

#### Feminist Media Studies

#### Sex and Gender as Rhetorically Constructed Commodities

#### Queer Communication

### Relational Communication

#### Human Communication

#### Interpersonal Communication

#### Abuse and Conflict in Relationships

#### Small Group Communication

#### Organizational Communication

### Popular Communication

#### Media Studies and Popular Communication

#### Two Approaches: Mass Communication and Media Studies

#### Popular Culture Studies: Bowling Green and Birmingham

#### Postmodern and Post-Structural Media Theory

#### Convergence Media

### Digital Communication

#### Digital Communication Studies

#### Computer-Mediated-Communication

#### Digital Rhetoric

#### Digital Media Literacies

### Communication Literacy

#### Communication Literacy

#### “Post-Truth” Communication Studies

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