Communications

A common format for an academic study includes:

• an introduction
• a literature review that summarizes early research and existing theory
• a description of methodology or the steps taken to carry out the study
• a findings/discussion section 
• a conclusion
• and a list of references at the end of the article 

Several databases have filters for identifying academic articles. Remember to use the left margin to limit to "Academic Articles" or "Academic Journals" when conducting a search.  

Note: All peer-reviewed articles are scholarly, but NOT all scholarly articles are peer-reviewed. Make sure to check with what type of sources your paper requires before limiting to peer-reviewed. 

Example: You will be writing scholarly papers that involve research for your classes, but your paper will not be peer-reviewed and published. 

Example of how to filter to Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed in the databases.  

Example of how to filter to Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed in Library OneSearch.  

• Critical Studies in Media Communication (was previously called Critical Studies in Mass Communication)
• Journal of Public Relations Research (was previously called the Journal of Public Relations Annual) 
• Public Relations Review 
• Journal of Communication
• Communication Research (CR)
• Media and Communication
• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Drowning in a Sea of News: The Role of Doomscrolling, News Overload, and News Failure in the Relationship Between News Search on Social Media and News Avoidance in Natural Disaster Situations
Published in Communication Studies and found in the Communication & Mass Media Complete database. 

MLA Citation: 

Koselioren, Mihrali, and Cihan Cakir. “Drowning in a Sea of News: The Role of Doomscrolling, News Overload, and News Failure in the Relationship

Between News Search on Social Media and News Avoidance in Natural Disaster Situations.” Communication Studies, vol. 75, no. 5, Sept.

2024, pp. 650–69. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2024.2328880.