The ''Canadian Journal of Communication'' publishes
Canadian
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research
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and scholarship in the field of
communication studies
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, first published in 1974.
"In pursuing this objective, particular attention is paid to research that has a distinctive Canadian flavour by virtue of choice of topic or by drawing on the legacy of Canadian
theory
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and research. The purview of the journal is the entire field of communication studies as practised in Canada or with relevance to Canada." It is an independent
journal
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and is owned by its
subscribers
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.
References
Academic journals published in Canada
Communication journals
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