During the American version of the 1997 Labor Day weekend, shocking news interrupted the barbeques. Princess Diana had died in a Paris car crash. One of the world’s most visible […]
Category: communication
Hillary Clinton in the News wins National Communication Association award
We are pleased to announce that Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and Authenticity in American Politics by Shawn J. Parry-Giles has won the 2015 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, given […]
AEJMC conference 2015 — $2.99 eBook sale
To coincide with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual meeting August 6-9, 2015, in San Francisco we are offering eBook versions of four University of Illinois […]
Dirty Words wins NCA Health Communication Award
Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924 by Robin E. Jensen has been awarded the 2015 NCA Health Communication Distinguished Book Award. In the book, Jensen details the approaches […]
The power of the portrayal of the press
Seeing, for many, is believing. Authors Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman have taken a look at how we see news gatherers and the news business in television, film, radio, […]
Remembering TV pioneer Marlene Sanders
Journalist Marlene Sanders passed away earlier this week at age 84. In 1964, Sanders was the first woman to anchor an evening network news program when she substituted for Ron […]
Autism and Gender honored by the Rhetoric Society of America
Congratulations to Jordynn Jack, who received the 2015 RSA Book Award from the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) for Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks. In Autism […]
Strange Natures wins ecocriticism book award
We are pleased to announce that Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination by Nicole Seymour has received the 2015 ASLE Ecocriticism Book Award from the Association for […]
Q&A with Acid Hype author Stephen Siff
Stephen Siff is an assistant professor of journalism at Miami University, Ohio. He recently answered some questions about his book Acid Hype: American News Media and the Psychedelic Experience. Q: When […]
The sexting wars continue
The daily news brings word of a sexting uproar in Liberty, Missouri, where eight males have received suspensions of varying lengths after passing around compromising photos of female classmates. Amanda […]
Q&A with authors of The Real Cyber War
Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski are the authors of The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom. Q: When the phrase “cyber war” is used, is the rhetoric designed to describe […]
The news game
In a century-plus of popular culture, journalists have appeared as cynical scandalmongers, noble crusaders, nicotine-soaked cynics, and the mild-mannered alter egos of super-powered Kryptonians. The latest UIP debut Heroes and Scoundrels […]