ProQuest

Solar power: Exotic sideshow or bright new future
 
About CSA Products Support & Training News and Events Discovery Guides Contact Us
Quick Links
> Field Codes
> Serials Source List
 
 

Communication Abstracts

  
 
Communication Abstracts, edited by Karen Cristiano at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and published by SAGE Publications, is a comprehensive source of information about communication-related publications on a world-wide scale. Communication Abstracts covers communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources.

Coverage includes not only communication literature but also literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Communication Abstracts also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.

For a free 30-day trial, contact sales@csa.com

Subject Coverage
    Major areas of coverage include:
    • General Communication
    • Mass Communication
    • Advertising
    • Marketing
    • Broadcasting
    • Communication Theory
    • Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Communication
    • Small Group Communication
    • Organizational Communication
    • Journalism
    • Public Relations
    • Radio
    • Public Opinion
    • Speech
    • Television
Dates of Coverage
    1977 - current
Update Frequency
    Bimonthly, 600 new records added per update
Size
    Over 61,695 records as of December 2008; 160 sources currently covered
Print Equivalent
    Communication Abstracts
Supplier
    SAGE Publications / SAGE Full-Text Collections
    2455 Teller Road
    Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 USA
    Voice: 1 800 818 7243 (in N. America)
    Voice: +1 805 499 9774 (worldwide)

    To subscribe, request price information, or arrange a trial, contact:
    CSA
    7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 601
    Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
    Voice: 1 800 843 7751 (in N. America)
    Voice: +1 301 961 6700 (worldwide)
    Fax: +1 301 961 6720
    Email: sagecollections@csa.com
Sample Record
    TI: Title
    Limited precision in print media communication of West Nile virus risks
    AU: Author
    Roche, J. P.; Muskavitch, M. A.T.
    SO: Source
    Science Communication, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 353-365, March 2003
    IS: ISSN
    1075-5470
    AB: Abstract
    The emergence of West Nile virus in the United States provides an opportunity to examine the effectiveness with which the print media communicate risks associated with a specific health threat. The authors surveyed articles on West Nile virus published in major North American newspapers in 2 to assess the efficacy of risk communication related to this disease. They found that articles generally presented risk information with a low degree of contextual precision; that is, information was generally more qualitative than quantitative, and quantitative information that was present generally did not provide the relative context of a denominator. Therefore, the information provided was of limited usefulness to readers in that it was insufficient to help readers make personal decisions required to reduce overall personal risk while minimizing personal cost. The findings suggest that there is a distinct need for the media to provide more precise information about health risks.
    PY: Publication Year
    2003
    PT: Publication Type
    Journal Article
    DE: Descriptors
    risk; health; information
    ID: Identifiers
    Health Information; Print Media; Risk Communication; Risk Perception; Risk Reporting
    CL: Classification
    Health Communication
    AN: Accession Number
    CAX0260040001110
Field Codes
    AB = Abstract JN = Journal Name
    AN = Accession Number KW = Keywords
    AU = Author PB = Publisher
    CL = Classification PL = Publisher Location
    DE = Descriptors PQ = Price Quoted
    DO = DOI PT = Publication Type
    ED = Editor PY = Publication Year
    ID = Identifiers SO = Source
    IB = ISBN TI = Title
    IS = ISSN UD = Update
 
©2009, ProQuest All rights reserved.  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms and Conditions Governing Use | Help