SHAPING THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION
The National Communication Association (NCA) is a not-for-profit membership-based scholarly society founded in 1914, committed to transforming lives through communication.
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Advancing communication scholarship,
teaching,
and practice
Communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, and is the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry.
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Access NCA’s academic and professional resources and publications.
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NCA Membership includes various benefits for scholars, students, professors, and communication professionals.
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Smaller communities within NCA’s large membership provide a range of resources including networking opportunities, Annual Convention programming, leadership opportunities, awards, and specialized information dissemination channels, among others.
NCA is committed to idea
NCA’s commitment to inclusivity flows from its mission statement in seeking to cultivate an organization in which all members feel valued and respected, as well as enabled and supported to achieve their professional interests in teaching, research, and service.