ISSN: 1057-0314 Western Journal of Communication Volume 74 2010 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Western Journal of Communication EDITOR Brian L. Ott, University of Colorado Denver CONSULTING EDITOR Greg Dickinson, Colorado State University EDITORIAL BOARD Lisa Flores Karen Myers University of Colorado University of California Walid Afiti Christina Foust Santa Barbara toni University of Denver Thomas Nakayama Lawrence Frey Northeastern University Giorgia Aiello University of Colorado John G. Oetzel University of Leeds Craig Gingrich-Philbrook University of New Mexico Karrin Anderson Southern Illinois University Kent Ono G. Thomas Goodnight University of Illinois, Eric Aoki University of Southern California Champaign- Urbana Dexter Gordon A. Susan Owen University of Puget Sound University of Puget Sound ersily Dennis S. Gouran Emily Plec Pennsylvania State University Western Oregon University Ronald Walter Greene Richard A. Rogers Y, University of Minnesota Northern Arizona University feresa G. Bergman Joshua Gunn Paul Schrodt University of the Pac University of Texas, Austin Texas Christian University Kirstin Broadtoot Brad “J. Hall Chris Segrin Colorado Stat Utah State University University of Arizona Robert Brookey Michael Hammers Barbara F. Shart Vv Leyola Marymount University Texas A&M University Christine Harold Helene Shugart University of Washington University of Utah Stephen Hartnett Peter Simonson University of Colorado Denver University of Colorado Marouf Hasian, Jr. Craig R. Smith University of Utah California State University, Sara Hayden Long Beach University of Montana Charics Soukup Thomas Hollihan University of Northern Colorado University of Southern California Brian H. Spitzberg Heather Hundley San Diego State University California State University Carol Stabile Dana Cloud San Bernardino University of Oregon University of Tex Lisa Keradnen Nathan E. Stormer Mary Jane Collier University of Colorado Denver University of Maine Universi Randy Kluver Bryan Taylor Donov: Texas A&M University University of Colorado Las Vegas Randall Lake Sarah J. Tracy University of Seuthern California Arizona State University Valerie Manusov Angela Trethewey University of Washington Arizona State University Kelly McDonald Barbara Warnick Arizona State University University of Pittsburgh George Diontsopoulos Mark P. Moore Martha Watson San Diego State University Oregon State University University of Nevada, Las Vegas Peter Ehrenhaus Scott D. Moore Andrew Wood Pa TET Luthe ran Universit California State University, Fresno San Jose State University ara Emmers-Somme! Charles E. Morris III Walter Zakahi University of Vevada, Las Vegas Boston College New Mexico State University Western Journal of Communication Volume 74 Number 1 January-February 2010 RHETORIC, PRAGMATISM, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: SPECIAL ISSUE ON RHETORICAL CRITICISM Introduction to Special Issue Greg Dickinson (Self-)Portrait of Prof. R.C.: A Retrospective Charles E. Morris II What Does Pragmatic Meliorism Mean for Rhetoric? Scott R. Stroud To Hope Till Hope Creates: A Reply to “What Does Pragmatic Meliorism Mean for Rhetoric?” Mark /. Porrovecchio Communication, Social Justice, and Joyful Commitment Stephen John Hartnett The Streets of Laredo: Mercurian Rhetoric and the Obama Campaign Peter Simonson Volume 74 Number 2 March-April 2010 SPECIAL ISSUE: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC MEMORY Editor’s Introduction Brian L. Ott Critical Museology, (Post)Colonial Communication, and the Gradual Mastering of Traumatic Pasts at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) Marouf Hasian & Rulon Wood Ground Zero and Place-Making Authority: The Conservative Metaphors in 9/11 Families’ “Take Back the Memorial” Rhetoric Theresa Ann Donofrio The Presence of the Present: Hijacking “The Good War’? V. William Balthrop, Carole Blair, & Neil Michel The Failure of Memory: Reflections on Rhetoric and Public Remembrance Kendall R. Phillips Volume 74 Number 3 May-June 2010 SPECIAL ISSUE: MEDIA AND POLITICS Editorial Brian L. Ott Getting Clipped: Denial and Masculinity Politics in the 2002 US Senate Race in Montana Philip D. Dalton & John R. Butler Un-Queering Horror: Hellbent and the Policing of the “Gay Slasher” Claire Sisco King Fighting for Father: Fight Club as Cinematic Psychosis Joshua Gunn & Thomas Frentz To Open a Door and Look Inside: Dead Man Walking as a Prima Facie Case George N. Dionisopoulos Articulating Identity: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Animal/Human Divide Wendy Atkins-Sayre Voiume 74 Number 4 July-September 2010 Occultatio: The Bush Administration’s Rhetorical War Donovan Conley & William O. Saas Orwellian Language and the Politics of Tribal Termination (1953-1960) Casey Ryan Kelly Cultural Representation in Philadelphia Murals: Images of Resistance and Sites of Identity Negotiation Kristin Lee Moss Genocide as Representative Anecdote: Crack Cocaine, the CIA, and the Nation of Islam in Gary Webb’s “Dark Alliance” Bryan J. McCann Charting the Yeast Radio Virus: Exploring the Potential of Critical Virology Ragan Fox Expanding the Philosophical Base for Ethical Public Relations Practice: Cross-Cultural Case Application of Non-Western Ethical Philosophies Koji Fuse, Mitchell Land, & Jacqueline J. Lambiase Volume 74 Number5 October-December 2010 Messages About Weight Management: An Examination of How Acceptance and Challenge Are Related to Message Effectiveness Rene M. Dailey, Lynsey Kluever Romo, & Andrea A. McCracken Coparental Communication with Nonresidential Parents as a Predictor of Couples’ Relational Satisfaction and Mental Health in Stepfamilies Paul Schrodt On a Scale of State Empathy During Message Processing Lijiang Shen Empowering Narratives: Making Sense of the Experience of Growing Up with Chronic Illness or Disability Linda Wheeler Cardillo “Tm Just Raising the Question”: Terms for Talk and Practical Metadiscursive Argument in Public Meetings James L. Leighter & Laura Black U.S. Military Perceptions of Victories in Iraq, the “Long War” Against Terrorism, and the Enduring Rhetorical Power of the 2006 Counterinsurgency Manual Marouf Hasian Following Page 587: Title Page to Volume 74 Table of Contents to Volume 74 Guest Reviewers to Volume 74 Author Index to Volume 74 j Boif ey he sara cAa eR aeP tt a fan s Author Index Atkins-Sayre, W., 309 Lambiase, J. J., 436 Land, M., 436 Balthrop, V. W., 170 Leighter, J. L., 547 Black, L., 547 Blair, C., 170 McCann, B. J., 396 Butler, J. R., 226 McCracken, A. A., 457 Michel, N., 170 Cardillo, L. W., 525 Morris III, C. E., 4 Conley, D., 329 Moss, K. L., 372 Dailey, R. M., 457 Dalton, P., D., 226 (Mt, &.. i... 127, 225 Dickinson, G., | Dionisopoulos, G. N., Phillips, K. R., 208 Donofrio, T. A., 150 Porrovecchio, M. J., 61 Fox, R., 417 Frentz, T., 269 Romo, L. K., 457 Fuse, K., 436 Saas, W. O., 329 Gunn, J., 269 Schrodt, P., 484 Shen, L., 504 Hartnett, S. J., 68 Simonson, P., 94 Hasian, M., 128, 570 Stroud, S. R., 43 Kelly, C. R., 351 King, C. S., 249 Wood, R., 128