Western Journal of Communication articles from January 2004

Western Journal of Communication archives from January 2004

The Rhetoric of Exorcism: George W. Bush and the Return of Political Demonology
January 1, 2004... EVER SINCE THE commercial airline missiles destroyed New York City's World Trade Center on 9/11/01, images of violence and catastrophe have seared the collective mind. A popular image shot by freelance photographer Mark Phillips seemed to...

Affirming Denial through Preemptive Apologia: The Case of the Armenian Genocide Resolution
January 1, 2004... ON OCTOBER 19, 2000, in an extraordinary and highly criticized move, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert suspended consideration of House Resolution 596 literally minutes before it was scheduled for deliberation on the House floor. House...

Organizational Rhetoric Doomed to Fail: R. J. Reynolds and the Principle of the Oxymoron
January 1, 2004... CRITICIZING TOBACCO COMPANY messages is shooting fish in the proverbial barrel. What makes these messages such intriguing texts, however, is their phenomenal success over the past 100 years. In fact, efforts by anti-smoking forces to raise...

Law Enforcement and Crime on Cops and World's Wildest Police Videos: Anecdotal Form and the Justification of Racial Profiling
January 1, 2004... FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, "Reality TV" programming has captured the attention of television executives, public audiences, and media scholars. Whereas much of the recent popular attention is directed at programs such as Survivor and The Bachelor,...

The Interactional Business of Doing Business: Managing Legitimacy and Co-Constructing Entrepreneurial Identities in E-Commerce Multilevel Marketing Discourse
January 1, 2004... Presenter: So we're gonna say, we're gonna take a leap here and say you I'm gonna call you "You Inc." okay? We're gonnna say that you decide to be a business owner. THESE LINES COME from the interaction between a presenter and prospect during...