State of the Field Essay
• How do you view the future state of the field? Note: our interest here
is with the field of communication studies and the state of
researching communication, not the act of communicating. For this
assignment, each student will prepare a five to seven page paper that
explores the future state of study in communication. Specifically, the
paper should address how communication studies can be defined,
key topics in the study of communication, and how the field is likely
to evolve in the future