Revised editions as doctrine's revised (10)
I believe the answer is:
redactions
'revised editions' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'as doctrine's revised' is the wordplay.
'revised' is an anagram indicator.
'as'+'doctrine'='asdoctrine'
'asdoctrine' anagrammed gives 'REDACTIONS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for redactions that I've seen is " Changes".)