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James T. Kitchens and Larry Powell examine why political messages appeal to voters in the United States by exploring the four pillars of the American psyche: fear, national narcissism, consumerism, and religiosity. These pillars, combined with the related matrix of attitudes, beliefs, and values, determine how political communication is understood.

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James T. Kitchens and Larry Powell examine why political messages appeal to voters in the United States by exploring the four pillars of the American psyche: fear, national narcissism, consumerism, and religiosity. These pillars, combined with the related matrix of attitudes, beliefs, and values, determine how political communication is understood.

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This volume examines the complex issues faced by women and girls around the world, both historically and today. Its multidisciplinary focus will appeal to any scholar interested in communication and gender studies.

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As an encouraging roadmap to the graduate school experience, this guide features expert advice on the many different steps and challenges that students encounter in masters and doctoral programs. Conversational chapters integrate advice, encouragement, and anecdotes to address specific components of the graduate school process.

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This collection analyzes how their disciplines can add unique depth and context to many of the themes that are being mobilized in Atwoods The Handmaids Tale and its screen adaptations. Contributors address how these themes apply to social issues and specific topics such as science and religion to the role of journalism in a democratic society.

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This collection examines romantic relationship development via computer mediated communication. The contributors demonstrate how technology can impact perceptions of love and romance.

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This collection examines romantic relationship development via computer mediated communication. The contributors demonstrate how technology can impact perceptions of love and romance.

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The essays in Halford Ryan's The Inaugrual Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents explore how presidents have used their addresses to empower themselves in office.

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This book is a comprehensive content analysis of the use of polls by the three major television network newscasts during presidential general election campaigns from 1968 to 2016. It documents the dramatic increase of polls and the decline in coverage of substantive issues and the candidates policy positions over that time.

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This book is a comprehensive content analysis of the use of polls by the three major television network newscasts during presidential general election campaigns from 1968 to 2016. It documents the dramatic increase of polls and the decline in coverage of substantive issues and the candidates policy positions over that time.

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Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2016 Presidential Campaign comprehensively examines how candidates, campaigns, and others used social media and the Internet throughout the 2016 election.

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Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2016 Presidential Campaign comprehensively examines how candidates, campaigns, and others used social media and the Internet throughout the 2016 election.

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This book examines the construction of the strong Black woman myth and the messages for strength communicated throughout the twentieth and the twenty-first century. The author delves into how attention to self and self-care is necessary to sustain that strength.

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This book examines the construction of the strong Black woman myth and the messages for strength communicated throughout the twentieth and the twenty-first century. The author delves into how attention to self and self-care is necessary to sustain that strength.

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This book develops a three-pronged measure of media reputation, the overall evaluation of media coverage of a corporation. This new measure can also be used to assess the media reputations of other entities such as countries, states, cities, and universities.

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Through an analysis of the environments of Rousseau and Marx, this book explores the tradition of political thought as highly regulated stream of information shaped by historical writing systems and considers the future of political thought in the computer age.

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Through an analysis of the environments of Rousseau and Marx, this book explores the tradition of political thought as highly regulated stream of information shaped by historical writing systems and considers the future of political thought in the computer age.

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This book argues that the use of the monster metaphor through media coverage and discourse surrounding Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign suggests characteristics of the monstrous in the public discourse, warranting concerns for the future of national discourse.

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This book argues that the use of the monster metaphor through media coverage and discourse surrounding Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign suggests characteristics of the monstrous in the public discourse, warranting concerns for the future of national discourse.

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This book explores the use of the motif of hope within African American preaching during slavery (18031865) and the post-Civil War era (18651896). It discusses how the motif of hope in African American preaching has changed while in some instances remains the same with the changing of its historical context.

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This book explores the use of the motif of hope within African American preaching during slavery (18031865) and the post-Civil War era (18651896). It discusses how the motif of hope in African American preaching has changed while in some instances remains the same with the changing of its historical context.

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The talk, language, and discourse that constitute the micro-paradoxes of work life are investigated.

Starting with the concept of corporate hegemony, Wendt looks at its language, provides stories illustrating hegemony, and helps the reader envision how hegemony carries over to other social realms like higher education.

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The Perfect Response offers a framework for assessing the nature of fluency, and explaining the personal attributes that account for why some communicators excel more than most in connecting with others.