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Journal of Communication Inquiry
Volume 33(3), 2009

 
CONTENTS
 
Parameswaran, Radhika Facing Barack Hussein Obama: Race, globalization, and transnational America 195-205
 
  Arguing that race does not receive enough attention in studies of globalization, this article examines the implications of Barack Hussein Obama's successful presidential candidacy for both expanding and reducing the meanings of Blackness in relation to transnational America 
 
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international development
african american issues and civil rights
race and ethnicity
presidential figures
rhetoric
 
 
Cenite, Mark, Wang, Michelle Wanzheng, Peiwen, Chong, and Chan, Germaine Shimin More than just free content: Motivations of peer-to-peer file sharers 206-221
 
  This study explores file sharers' reported motivations for downloading and uploading content on peer-to-peer networks, including ethical obligations guiding file sharing 
 
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cognition
computer
social structure
asia
interpersonal
technologies
 
 
Smith, Glenn D., Jr. Love as redemption: The American dream myth and the celebrity biopic 222-238
 
  This research documents the American Dream in two popular biopics: Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2005) 
 
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film
rhetoric
narrative
race and ethnicity
 
 
Dalisay, Francis Social control in an American Pacific Island: Guam's local newspaper reports on liberation 239-257
 
  Not much research has examined the social roles of local media in the Pacific Islands 
 
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pacific rim
print journalism
international development
news
 
 
Carlson, Matt Media criticism as competitive discourse: Defining reportage of the Abu Ghraib scandal 258-277
 
  This article treats media criticism as a specific form of discourse that aspires to define what journalism is, what it should aspire to, and who should speak about it 
 
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broadcasting and media
news
rhetoric
military and armed conflict