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This textbook incorporates Open Access materials from several sources that have been edited to meet the requirements of CST 110 at Northern Virginia Community College. I have reformatted some chapters, edited out information that does not pertain to the VCCS course objectives, and added chapters from other texts. This project was made possible in part by the VIVA Open and Affordable Course Content Program.
- Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies is adapted from a work produced and distributed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA) in 2022 from the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative. For questions about this textbook please contact balltc@jmu.edu. Written by faculty members from the School of Communication Studies at James Madison University and the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre at Blue Ridge Community College.
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