The International Communication Association aims to advance the scholarly study of communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research worldwide. ICA began more than 60 years ago as a small association of U.S. researchers and is now a truly international association with more than 4500 members in over 87 countries. Since 2003, ICA has been officially associated with the U
nited Nations as a nongovernmental association (NGO). ICA includes 33 Divisions and Interest Groups, each representing a special subfield in the study of communication. Despite special interests, we view our field as a coherent discipline in which all different aspects of communication are linked by common processes, structures, theories, and methods. ICA communicates within the association and with others interested in our field through various channels. The association publishes six major, peer-reviewed journals: Annals of the ICA, Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Communication, Culture, and Critique, as well as the Communication Yearbook. Members receive a monthly electronic newsletter. ICA holds an annual conference at which hundreds of research papers are presented and over 2,000 scholars from all over the world participate. We recognize outstanding contributions to the field through awards and fellowship programs.
