Objective
Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research is an established forum for scholarship and academic debate in the field of communication science and research from a European perspective. Communication science is concerned with the investigation of the structure and function of communication processes and their impact on society, social groups and individuals. Communications highlights the concerns of this discipline through the publication of articles, research reports, review essays and book reviews on theoretical and methodological developments considered from a European perspective. The journal encompasses the entire field of communication science as its domain of interest. The contributions published in the journal cover a wide range of subfields in communication science.

Topics

Communication reseach
Structure and function of communication
Impact on society, social groups and individuals
Interpersonal communication
Intercultural communication
Mass communication
Communication theory
Philosophy of communication
Media history
Media development and communication technology

Article formats
Original articles, research reports, review essays, and book reviews

Volume 26 Issue 4

Issue of Communications

Titelei

Action Theoretical Approaches in European Communication Research: Some Introductory Remarks

With More Hindsight: Conceptual Problems and Some Ways Forward for Media Use Research

The Home as a Multimedia Environment: Families’ Conception of Space and the Introduction of Information and Communication Technologies in the Home

Media Use as an Adaptation or Coping Tool in Prison

The ‘Media Use as Social Action’ Approach: Theory, Methodology, and Research Evidence So Far

Patterns in Television News Use

Using Protocol Analysis in Television News Research: Proposal and First Tests

Beyond the Couch Potato: Reconceptualizing Media Literacy

Occupational Activities of Dutch Journalists in a Television Newsroom

‘Para-social Interaction’ – Social Interaction as a Matter of Fact?

Contributors

Contents. Volume 26 (2001)