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 27 Issue 4

Issue of Communications

The consumers choice: Language, media consumption and hybrid identities of minorities

Elderly peoples media use: At the crossroads of personal and societal developments

Sex role stereotyping in television advertisements: A content analysis of advertisements from South Africa and Great Britain

Supplement or substitution? The relationship between reading a local print newspaper and the use of its online version

Discourses of nature in advertising

Book reviews

Contributors