International Communication Association (ICA). ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication. ICA began more than 50 years ago as a small association of U.S. researchers and is now a truly international association with more than 4200 members in over 80 countries. Since 2003, ICA has been officially associated with the United Nations as a nongovernmental association (NGO).

As technological, social, political, economic and cultural developments of recent years have made communication tenable in circumstances earlier thought unimaginable, communication scholars find themselves at the forefront of new and evolving questions, problems and challenges arising from living in a global information environment. By asking relevant questions and conducting academically sound research to find their solutions, communication scholars and ICA as their premier academic association are uniquely poised to provide answers that  will enhance our understanding of that environment.