ABSTRACT
As an area of study, international communication has no identifi able substance, body of theory, or specifi c research methods, only geography (Stevenson, 1992). This area of communication, perhaps more than others, is diverse and unorganized. Besides embracing anything “foreign,” it includes all of the combinations of cross, inter, and comparative linked to cultural, national, and even global that surface in books, journal articles, and conference papers. The result is a set of confusing, ill-defi ned terms that do little to organize the area or guide its development. Is there anything that distinguishes international communication-other than geography?
