<p>The field of communication has responded to changes in the world through its journals. In this study, we examine how our field has responded to ‘change’ over time particularly along the axes of technology, globalization, and specialization by analyzing communication journals. We draw on socio-technological analysis to situate the study of change and continuity both as a research subject within communication and as a means through which to study communication. We sampled the top 50 communication journals and compared their original titles, aims and scopes, and editorials to their 2024 titles and aims and scopes to evaluate journals’ responses to change over time. Through our discourse analysis of journal titles, aims and scopes, and editorials, we found that the opportunities and concerns about change have long shaped the field. While embracing change, the journals of the field have been shaped by continuity. We found strong multidisciplinarity in many communication journals since their inception. Contrary to previous studies about the field, we found a longtime international sensibility articulated in the earliest editorials we examined. Our study demonstrates the importance of examining historical changes in the field to better understand the current and future communication landscapes, and the indispensability of recognizing continuities.</p>