A new study has found that communication is securing its status as a mature, independent academic field
A new study has found that a deceleration in innovation within the field of communication signals that it is becoming an increasingly independent field grounded in a growing body of shared intellectual legacy.
The findings were featured in “The Field of Communication is Becoming Less Disruptive: Analyses of Citation Data Over Four Decades” by Kun Xu, director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Effects and Technology Lab (METL) and UFCJC Research Lab and Media Production Management and Technology associate professor in emerging technologies, and Missouri Western State University Assistant Professor Luling Huang. The article was published in the Annals of International Communication Association on March 8.
The study focused on two forms of innovation in communication: consolidation and disruption. The authors suggest that the study results indicate a deceleration in innovation within the field of communication, which serves as a sign that communication has been solidifying its status as an increasingly independent field, grounded in a growing body of shared intellectual legacy.
According to the authors, “The study conducted citation analyses to examine whether communication research has been consolidative or disruptive, how the trend has evolved over the past four decades and what the trend could be in the near future.”
They add, “Results suggest that the field of communication is in disruption but has become less disruptive since 1976. The trend is likely to continue such that it will become consolidative in the next two decades. The change in the linguistic characteristics based on the titles and abstracts of focal publications was also examined. Results validated the decreasing disruption in the field of communication via word-use diversity and top verbs used.”
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