The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction

The International Communication Association (ICA) and Wiley Blackwell are now releasing several encyclopedias focussing on sub-disciplines of the field of communication, of which this is the second. The ICA had previously partnered with Wiley Blackwell to publish the 12 volume International Encyclopedia of Communication (Donsbach, 2008) (RR 2009/013).

The ICA describes itself as “an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication”. It began 50 years ago in the USA and now considers itself truly international with more than 4,500 members in 80 countries. There is...