The American Communication Journal



"Realpoliticks in the Provinces:
You Will Need a Little More than Theory to Win this Game"

Volume Two, Issue One (2.1)
January 2000


An Online Publication of the American Communication Association
Founded: October 1996

Guest Editor: Stephen A. Smith, The University of Arkansas
Co-editor:
Tyrone L. Adams, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Co-editor: Jim Kuypers, Dartmouth College

Book Review Co-editors:
:Ted Coopman, Rogue Communication Consultants
& Andrew F. Wood, San Jose State University


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Stephen A. Smith
@ The University of Arkansas

People, Power, and Realpoliticks in the Provinces



Rita Kirk Whillock
@ Southern Methodist University

A Consultant's Angle



Irving Rein
@ Northwestern University

The Transformation of a Candidate:
Richard M. Daley




William R. Carmack
@ The University of Oklahoma

Political Realities




Ann Rosenthal
@ The Columbus State University

Political Non-sense:
The Predictive Powerlessness of Political Theory




John Llewellyn
@ Wake Forest University

Swimming Uphill:
A Decade in Politics and Government






The
"ACJ Special Section"
The Margin Release: Voices from the Cutting Edges
of Communication Scholarship
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Kandi Walker
@ The University of Louisville


Lights, Siren, and Action:
A Dramatistic Analysis of Ambulance Crews

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Marceline Thompson
@ The University of Memphis

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Carol Thompson
@ The University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Changing Gender Images in Rock and Roll:
An Analysis of the Songs and Image of Stevie Nicks

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Sheri Crowley Rooks
@ The University of Southern Mississippi

Looking at G.I. Jane through Lenses of Gender

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Leadership Games


By Stephen G. Kaagan
Sage, 1998


ACJ Reviewer:
A. Carol Rusaw
@ The University of Louisiana at Lafayette


Persuasion, Social Influence, and Compliance Gaining

By Robert H. Gass and John S. Seiter
Allyn and Bacon, 1999


ACJ Reviewer:
Mary M. Eicholtz
@ The Ohio University


Voices in the Wilderness: Public Discourse and the Paradox of Puritan Rhetoric

By Patricia Roberts-Miller
The University of Alabama Press, 1999


ACJ Reviewer:
John W. Fendrich
@ Bradley University


Campaign 96: A Functional Analysis of Acclaiming, Attacking, and Defending

By William Benoit; Joseph Blaney; and P.M. Pier
Praeger, 1998


ACJ Reviewer:
Rebecca A. Carrier
California State Polytech University


Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies: A Theory of Image Restoration Strategie

By William Benoit
State University of New York Press, 1995


ACJ Reviewer:
Dennis Jaehne
San Jose State University