Looking Back and Designing the Future of Family Communication
Abstract
Reflecting on the 25-year history of the Journal of Family Communication, this essay recalls the Founding Editor’s experience launching the journal, looks back on an inaugural essay, and argues that going forward the field of family communication would benefit by incorporating two emerging discipline-wide paradigm shifts – positive communication and communication design – to add positive family communication design to its mission of family communication theory, research, and education.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Communication Studies and Media
Media Studies and Communication
Media and Communication Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Family Communication
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1–6
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN