ABSTRACT: Purpose: This article describes the various research methods that are implemented in the field of communication disorders. Research within this field is an expansive and continuously evolving phenomenon and is influenced by a variety of theoretical views from many disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, medicine, statistics, and philosophy. This review aims to summ...

As an organized subarea of academic communication scholarship, the study of visual communication is relatively new. For instance, at this writing, visual communication has not yet attained regular division status in either the International Communication Association or the National Communication Association. However, interest in visual issues appears to be growing among communication scholars, ...