In Our Journals: Recently Published Articles Related to Communication and Grief
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Thomas Richard Wagner, “Racist Attitudes Versus Actions: A Replication Proposal Activity of LaPiere’s 1934 Research to Understand the Communication of Racism,” Communication Teacher, DOI: 10.1080/17404622.2021.2003414 In this article, Wagner uses LaPiere’s 1934 research as the framework for a replication proposal activity. Students read LaPiere’s study, exploring “the connection between racist…
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Trine Kvidal-Røvik and Ashley Cordes, “Into the Unknown [Amas Mu Vuordá]? Listening to Indigenous Voices on the Meanings of Disney’s Frozen 2 [Jikŋon 2],” Journal of international and Intercultural Communication, DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2020.1849774. Kvidal-Røvik and Cordes begin their essay by explaining Disney’s collaboration with Sámi consultants on the film, Frozen 2….
NCA Journals Going Greener
NCA, in collaboration with its publishing partner, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, is working to decrease the environmental impact of our journals by reducing plastic packaging. Beginning with the next available issue of each of NCA’s 11 journals, the journals will no longer be laminated. In addition, the journals’ back covers…
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Julie L. Taylor and Maria Blevins, “COMMcast: Producing Podcasts for Communication Theory,” Communication Teacher 34 (2020): 272-276. In this article, Taylor and Blevins outline a class exercise that utilizes podcasts as a pedagogical tool for teaching Communication theories. This activity instructs students to split into groups and develop a six-…
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Susannah K. McMonagle, “Zika, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Secrets Resorts: Using a Viral Outbreak to Teach Students About Crisis Communication,” Communication Teacher 34 (2020): 265-271 In this article, McMonagle details a two-class activity that draws on Coomb’s concepts of crisis communication in a competitive simulation. The…