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This book examines the religious rhetoric of the culture war in America. It offers examples of divisive rhetoric in the first four chapters and a case study in the final chapter of rhetoric that seeks to avoid division and bring a community together.

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This book presents case studies of various athletes, sports, and public relations scenarios with prescriptive advice for those attempting to repair athletic reputations. This invaluable study is an essential resource for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in sports communication and popular culture.

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This book provides students with an authoritative, step-by step guide to media and communications research. Now in its second edition, the book includes an increased focus on the internet, concentrating on both how it has developed as a research tool and simultaneously become a research subject in itself.

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This book examines the Black and mainstream presss digital interpretations of the Tea Party during President Barack Obamas first term. It addresses questions surrounding the idea of our society as one that is postracial and the ongoing struggle of Black people to have their voices heard in the mainstream press.

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This book examines the Black and mainstream presss digital interpretations of the Tea Party during President Barack Obamas first term. It addresses questions surrounding the idea of our society as one that is postracial and the ongoing struggle of Black people to have their voices heard in the mainstream press.

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This book examines how languageboth visual and narrativeshapes societys understanding of gender roles, sex, and sexuality and how visual texts work to reimagine and rearticulate healthy intimacy while challenging rape culture and rape myth acceptance.

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This book argues that social business, in order to sustain its vital distinctiveness in democratic societies, must shift from an informative to a performative model of communication, especially regarding organizational storytelling, awareness-raising, and social problem-solving.

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Chapter 3 gets to the heart of his criticism of conventional theories of communication process, and in doing so allows the author to demonstrate the feet of clay of one of the sacred cows of our time: the concept of office work as information processing.

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Chapter 3 gets to the heart of his criticism of conventional theories of communication process, and in doing so allows the author to demonstrate the feet of clay of one of the sacred cows of our time: the concept of office work as information processing.

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Rhetoric and Settler Inertia: Strategies of Canadian Decolonization explores communication forms that can generate settler support for decolonization. Emphasizing the importance of both indigenous and settler audiences, the book suggests the promise of decolonial rhetoric framed in the language of mutual benefit.

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This book formulates a theory of global rhetoric encompassing Eastern and Western approaches. Based on the Field-Being philosophy, this book delves into the ontological foundations of both kinds of rhetoric and argues that both understandings are necessary for global communication.

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This book examines how Black women navigate and reclaim space in a city often deemed unlivable for them. Through personal stories and community case studies, it highlights fearless speech, love, and community as tools for resistance and collective liberation.

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A comprehensive analysis of the goals, strategies, and effects of the 1996 presidential and vice presidential debates.

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A comprehensive analysis of the goals, strategies, and effects of the 1996 presidential and vice presidential debates.

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This book explores how ephemeral and displaced public memories continue to linger and circulate around the National Mall in Washington, DC. Chapters examine unrecognized historical events on the Mall, selective interpretations of the past within the Malls sites, and places of public memory hiding in plain sight.

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This book examines the intersections of religion and race in the context of the Christian Right's responses to the presidency of Barack Obama. Perry argues that the context of the war on terror allowed long-standing arguments on the Christian Right to morph into conspiracy theories and adversarial claims directed at President Obama.

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This book applies relational dialects to risk and crisis communication in order to explain how agencies and organizations navigate tensions with stakeholders and the public during high-stress situations. Littlefield and Sellnow's novel use of this interpersonal theory, which c...

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This book applies relational dialects to risk and crisis communication to show how organizations handle stress and tensions with stakeholders and the public. Its novel use of interpersonal theory, which describes how couples face tensions as they maintain their relationship, is exemplified through seven case studies that focus on a common tension.

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The fifteen chapters in this volume deal with science, medicine, technology, disaster, and hazard coverage by the media from the perspectives of sociology, psychology, philosophy, and journalism.

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This book uses examples from pop culture and everyday life to provide an examination of current research on romantic relationships and media, with an emphasis on entertainment and digitally-mediated communication. Valerie Kretz covers a wide range of relationship experiences and processes, from getting together to breaking up.

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This reference combines a critical analysis of Ronald Reagan's style as a public speaker with a set of selected speeches and an extensive bibliography.

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This book is a rhetorical study of the writings of Republic of Texas presidents Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar. The author analyzes the frames applied in Houston and Lamars writings to define Native Americans. This book highlights the implications of such rhetorical framing historically and through the modern day for a wide array of social groups.

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