ABSTRACT
Instructional communication (also referred to as "communication in instruction") is an area of communication scholarship that centers on the role of communication processes in teaching and training contexts in K-12, college, and other organizational environments. It is one of many areas in applied communication research. Other such areas within the communication discipline include political
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communication, organizational communication, health communication, intercultural communication, mediated communication, and development communication (diffusion of innovations).
