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Communication Quarterly
Volume 57(2), 2009

 
CONTENTS
 
Borda, Jennifer L. Negotiating feminist politics in the third wave: Labor struggle and solidarity in Live Nude Girls Unite! 117-135
 
  This essay examines Live Nude Girls Unite!, a documentary about female exotic dancers' successful efforts to unionize 
 
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gender
film
theory
politics and government
 
 
Skalski, Paul, Tamborini, Ron, Glazer, Ed, and Smith, sandi Effects of humor on presence and recall of persuasive messages. 136-153
 
  This investigation examined how exposure to a humorous persuasive message affects antecedents of presence (i.e., the sensation of being "in" a mediated environment) facilitating message recall 
 
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broadcasting and media
persuasion
drugs
humor
 
 
Kimble, James J. John F. Kennedy, the construction of peace, and the pitfalls of androgynous rhetoric. 154-170
 
  This essay examines paradoxical tensions in "The Strategy of Peace," John F Kennedy's (JFK) 1963 commencement address at American University 
 
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gender
military and armed conflict
politics and government
presidential figures
Soviet Union
 
 
Schrodt, Paul Family strength and satisfaction as functions of family communication environments. 171-186
 
  Using Koerner and Fitzpatrick's general theory of family communication, this study examined the extent to which three dimensions of family communication environments (i.e., expressiveness, structural traditionalism, and conflict avoidance) were associated with family strengths and satisfaction 
 
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family
conflict
 
 
Ferrara, Merissa H., and Levine, Timothy R. Can't live with them or can't live without them?: The effects of betrayal on relational outcomes in college dating relationships. 187-204
 
  Relational satisfaction and stability following discovered incidents of relational betrayal were investigated 
 
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interpersonal
marriage and intimacy
 
 
Dillow, Megan R., Dunleavy, Katie Neary, and Weber, Keith D. The impact of relational characteristics and reasons for topic avoidance on relational closeness. 205-223
 
  Although research suggests that the act of topic avoidance itself has consequences for romantic partners, it seems equally likely that the antecedent conditions underlying these decisions to avoid certain topics also lead to important relational outcomes 
 
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interpersonal
marriage and intimacy
 
 
Holmstrom, Amanda J. Sex and gender similarities and differences in communication values in same-sex and cross-sex friendships. 224-238
 
  This study extends research on sex differences and similarities in communication values by examining (a) the influence of sex of friend on ratings of functional communication skills in same-sex and cross-sex friendships, (b) the moderating role of friend's sex in sex differences in evaluations, and (c) the mediating role of psychological gender in sex differences in communication values 
 
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gender
interpersonal