Download or read book When Communication Became a Discipline written by William F. Eadie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Communication Became a Discipline argues that speech and journalism professors embraced the concept of communication between 1964 and 1982. They changed the names of their scholarly societies and journals and revised their academic curricula. Five “strands” of scholarship became and remain central to this transformation. Communication is not a traditional academic discipline, but its scholars convinced their colleagues to understand and embrace it. When Communication Became a Discipline presents an argument with historical evidence that illustrates scholarly creativity at its finest.