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What is ‘communication’ in communication scholarly journals? This question arises from a practical issue: when one chooses to write about ‘communication’ and submit it to review, what guidelines are provided by the journals? What articles might be placed under this label? This paper examines the editorials, presentation and ‘focus and scope’ section of 53 Brazilian communication journals in order to outline their definition of ‘communication’. Main findings suggest that communication is presented (1) as an interface area, sometimes nearly overlapping the whole of the Humanities; (2) as a field defined by media studies, its production, messages and reception; (3) as a troublesome concept without defined boundaries. These findings are framed on a communication epistemology perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]