%0 Journal Article %1 trent_central_1999 %A Trent, Jimmie D. %D 1999 %J Communication Studies %K central-states-communication-association institutional internalist interpersonal-communication journal professional-association speech united-states %P 116--124 %R 10.1080/10510979909388478 %T Central States Communication Association: History Since 1981 and 50 Years of Communication Studies %V 50 %X This essay presents an overview of events affecting the Central States Communication Association since 1981 and an examination of the development of Communication Studies in its first 49 volumes. The Association's decline in the early 1980s and its revival through efforts of its officers, members, and the then Speech Communication Association are traced. The Central States Speech Journal and the developments that resulted in changing its name to Communication Studies are discussed in ten volume segments. A total of 1254 articles were published in the first 49 volumes. Early volumes contained many non-research articles. Later volumes emphasized public address or other critical research. Interpersonal Communication was the focus more often than any other subject or research type in the 1990s.

@article{trent_central_1999, abstract = {This essay presents an overview of events affecting the Central States Communication Association since 1981 and an examination of the development of Communication Studies in its first 49 volumes. The Association's decline in the early 1980s and its revival through efforts of its officers, members, and the then Speech Communication Association are traced. The Central States Speech Journal and the developments that resulted in changing its name to Communication Studies are discussed in ten volume segments. A total of 1254 articles were published in the first 49 volumes. Early volumes contained many non-research articles. Later volumes emphasized public address or other critical research. Interpersonal Communication was the focus more often than any other subject or research type in the 1990s.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Trent, Jimmie D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c3abe755c4eee93e7ef1b83b5e4be8de/jpooley}, doi = {10.1080/10510979909388478}, interhash = {c1349d0d952a99c56fb85ceae145dee2}, intrahash = {c3abe755c4eee93e7ef1b83b5e4be8de}, journal = {Communication Studies}, keywords = {central-states-communication-association institutional internalist interpersonal-communication journal professional-association speech united-states}, pages = {116--124}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {Central {{States Communication Association}}: {{History Since}} 1981 and 50 {{Years}} of {{Communication Studies}}}, volume = 50, year = 1999 }