Communication studies

=== Origins ===
Communication, a natural human behavior, became a topic of study in the 20th century.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book|title=A first look at communication theory|last=Griffin, Emory A.|others=Ledbetter, Andrew,, Sparks, Glenn Grayson|isbn=978-1-260-13243-4|edition=Tenth|location=New York, NY|oclc=1010662990|date = 2018-03-05}}</ref> As communication technologies developed, so did the serious study of communication. During this time, a renewed interest in the studies of rhetoric, such as persuasion and public address, was created, which ultimately laid the foundation for several of the forms of communication studies that we know of today.<ref name=":04">{{Cite web |title=Study of Communication {{!}} Department of Communication |url=https://communication.humboldt.edu/study-communication#:~:text=The%20Communication%20discipline%20is%20both,part%20of%20the%20citizenry%27s%20education. |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=communication.humboldt.edu}}</ref> The focus of communication studies developed further in the 20th century, eventually including means of communication such as mass communication, interpersonal communication, and oral interpretation.<ref name=":04"/> When [[World War I]] ended, the interest in studying communication intensified. The methods of communication that had been used during the war had challenged the beliefs many people had on the limits of it that existed prior to these events. Innovations were invented during this period of time that no one had ever seen before, like the aircraft telephones and throat microphones.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=The National |title=The National Archives - Fighting talk: First World War telecommunications - The National Archives |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/telecommunications-in-war/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, new ways of communicating that had been discovered, especially the use of morse code through portable morse code machines, helped troops to communicate in a much more rapid pace than ever before.<ref name=":2" /> This then sparked ideas for even more advanced ways of communication to later be created and discovered.<ref name=":2" />

The social science study was fully recognized as a legitimate discipline after [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Getting the message : a history of communications|last=Solymar, L. (Laszlo)|date=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-850333-4|location=Oxford|oclc=40602884}}</ref> Prior to being established as its own discipline, communication studies, was formed from three other major studies no: psychology, sociology, and political science.<ref name=":122" /><ref name=":22" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Bannerman|first1=Sara|last2=Haggart|first2=Blayne|date=2014-10-27|title=Historical Institutionalism in Communication Studies: Historical Institutionalism in Communication Studies|journal=Communication Theory|language=en|volume=25|issue=1|pages=1–22|doi=10.1111/comt.12051}}</ref> Communication studies focus on communication as central to the human experience, which involves understanding how people behave in creating, exchanging, and interpreting messages.<ref>Jefferson D. Pooley, "The New History of Mass Communication Research", in History of Media and Communication Research: Contested Memories, edited with David Park (New York: Peter Lang, 2008)</ref> Today, this accepted discipline now also encompasses more modern forms of communication studies as well, such as gender and communication, intercultural communication, political communication, health communication, and organizational communication.<ref name=":04"/>