To the left is a link to the PDF file of a 40-page monograph entitled, Communication: Ubiquitous, Complex, Consequential. This document represents a collaborative effort among numerous contributors. In March, 2001, with support from Dr. Steven Breckler at the National Science Foundation, Dr. Judee Burgoon assembled a group of communication researchers for meetings in Tucson, Arizona, to begin work on this brochure. The researchers were selected on the basis of their expertise in a wide and diverse range of research areas and their cognizance of known and emerging issues in communication and technology.

The final compilation of this report was completed by Dr. Marshall Scott Poole of Texas A&M University, and Dr. Joseph B. Walther of Cornell University.

Contributors included:

Brenda Allen,University of Colorado

James Applegate, University of Kentucky

William Balthrop, University of North Carolina

Samuel Becker, University of Iowa

Frank Biocca, Michigan State University

Brant Burleson, Purdue University

David Buller, The Cooper Institute

Joanne Cantor, University of Wisconsin

Joseph N. Cappella, University of Pennsylvania

Noshir Contractor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ed Donnerstein, University of California, Santa Barbara

Bill Eadie, San Diego State University

Kathleen Galvin, Northwestern University

Jim Gaudino, National Communication Association

Michael Haley, International Communication Association

Roderick Hart, University of Texas at Austin

Kathy Krendl, Ohio University

Matthew Lombard, Temple University

Russell Neuman, University of Pennsylvania

Barbara O'Keefe, Northwestern University

Judy Pearson, North Dakota State University

Everett Rogers, University of New Mexico

Orlando Taylor, Howard University

Rolf Wigand, Syracuse University

The meetings were also supported generously by the Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona (Dr. Jay Nunnamaker, Director), which provided use of the Groupsystems decision support system, and meeting facilitation by Dr. Mark Adkins. Brad Jackson of Cogos.com provided access to Andromeda to support our work in writing the brochure.