Western Journal of Communication articles from January 2007

Western Journal of Communication archives from January 2007

Hystericizing Huey: Emotional Appeals, Desire, and the Psychodynamics of Demagoguery
January 1, 2007... The time has come for all good men to rise above principle. --Huey Pierce Long, attributed Across the street from my former home in the historic downtown Baton Rouge neighborhood known as Spanish Town, Louisiana's so-called New State...

Sidestepping Environmental Controversy through a Rhetoric of Security: George W. Bush in Summerhaven, Arizona
January 1, 2007... Introduction Robert Cox (2005) has called upon environmental communication scholars [1] to consider their work as part of a "crisis discipline." Drawing upon the work of Michael Soule in environmental sciences, Cox asks environmental scholars...

The Effect of Legitimacy and Intimacy on Peer Interventions into Alcohol Abuse
January 1, 2007... Significant others can influence a person's health lifestyle choices (Tucker & Mueller, 2000). However, to have a positive impact, significant others must be willing to confront poor lifestyle choices. Unfortunately, we have limited...

Making Sense of 'God Hates Fags' and 'Thank God for 9/11': A Thematic Analysis of Milbloggers' Responses to Reverend Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church
January 1, 2007... As the death toll of U.S. troops deployed in the Bush Administration's War on Terror continues to grow, more and more families and communities confront the painful and arduous task of ritualizing the deaths of loved ones. For some of these...