ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn, ðɪ ˈænənbˌɜːɡ skˈuːl ænd ˈɑːksfɚd jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi pɹˈɛs pˈʌblɪʃt ðə fˈoːɹvˈɑːljuːm ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl ɛnsˌaɪkloʊpˈiːdiə ʌv kəmjˌuːnɪkˈeɪʃənz, ðə fˈɜːst bɹˈɔːdbˈeɪst ɐtˈɛmpt tə sɚvˈeɪ ðɪ ɛntˈaɪɚ kəmjˌuːnɪkˈeɪʃən fˈiːld.
In 1989, the Annenberg School and Oxford University Press published the four-volume International Encyclopedia of Communications, the first broad-based attempt to survey the entire communication field.