Communicology is the study of human discourse in all of its semiotic and phenomenological manifestations of embodied consciousness and practice in the world of other people and their environment.

. . . As a young discipline in Human Science research, Communicology is the critical study of discourse and practice, especially the expressive body as mediated by the perception of cultural signs and codes. Communicology uses the methodology of semiotic phenomenology in which the expressive body discloses cultural codes, and cultural codes shape the perceptive body—an ongoing, dialectical, complex helix of twists and turns constituting the reflectivity, reversibility, and reflexivity of consciousness and experience.
(continued in the précis, "What is Communicology? Who is a Communicologist?")

2008: Fifth Biennial Summer Symposium and Professional Development Seminar

Communicology and Cognitive Science in East-West Cultures
Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Institute Director

Richard L. Lanigan, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Communicology
Dept. of Speech Communication   (MC 6605)
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL.  62901-6605
USA
(618) 453-1894

Director of Integrated Media

Thomas D. Craig, Ph.D.
Human Communication Consultant
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Educational Technologies
Brock University
St. Catharines, ON  L2S 3A1
CANADA

ICI Bureau of Regional Coordinators

Africa
Jean-Claude Mbarga (Cameroon)
Keyan Tomaselli (South Africa)

America (North)
Paul Bouissac (Canada)
Maureen Connolly (Canada)
Thomas D. Craig (Canada)

America (South)
Fernando Andacht (Uruguay)
José Enrique Finol (Venezuela)
William B. Gomes (Brazil)
Lucia Santaella (Brazil)

Asia
Shushan Cai (P.R. China)
Ersu Ding (P.R. China)
Han-liang Chang (Taiwan)
Du-Won Lee (South Korea)
Horst Ruthrof (Australia)

Europe
Jeff Bernard (Austria)
Gloria Withalm (Austria)
Lennart Nørreklit (Denmark)
Winfried Nöth (Germany)
Roland Posner (Germany)

Middle East
Mehdi Mohsenian-Rad (Iran)