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Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

Volume 6(1), 2005


CONTENTS

Kuypers, Jim A., and Cooper, Stephen D.	A comparative framing analysis of embedded and behind-the-lines reporting on the 2003 Iraq War.	1-10

	A 2003 study by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that "Most Americans (53 percent) believe that news organizations are politically biased, while just 29 percent say they are careful to remove bias from their reports" (Harper, 2004)

	Search CIOS databases for resources containing these metaterms: print journalism news politics and government

Lacroix, Celeste, and Westerfelhaus, Robert	From the closet to the loft: Liminal license and socio-sexual separation in Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.	11-19

	Bravo's surprise hit series, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, has attracted a large and loyal viewing audience and garnered a great deal of critical acclaim

	Search CIOS databases for resources containing these metaterms: homosexuality interpersonal rhetoric

Carl, Walter J.	The communicational basis of the organizational text as macroactor: A case study of multilevel marketing discourse.	21-29

	This article offers an analytic methodology consistent with an equivalency approach to the discourse-organizing relationship theorized by James Taylor and colleagues

	Search CIOS databases for resources containing these metaterms: conversation theory

Black, Laura W.	Dialogue in the lecture hall: Teacher-student communication and students' perceptions of their learning.	31-40

	Dialogue is often advocated as a way to engage students in active learning

	Search CIOS databases for resources containing these metaterms: education cognition agreement interpersonal higher education nonverbal

Polk, Denise M.	When dysfunction complicates caring: Critiquing a family caregiving model for Alzheimer's dementia.	41-50

	The challenges posed by the increased prevalence of Alzheimer's dementia (AD) demonstrate a need to understand this social issue better

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Becker, Jennifer A. H.	A Goffmanian analysis of (in)attentiveness as involvement in group therapy sessions.	51-58

	This ethnographic investigation explores Goffman's concept of involvement in the group therapy sessions of a women's drug and alcohol treatment program (Goffman, 1963)

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Barrett, M. Scott	Spokespersons and message control: How the CDC lost credibility during the anthrax crisis.	59-68

	This study evaluates the role of spokespersons and message control in complex organizations facing ambiguous crises

	Search CIOS databases for resources containing these metaterms: public relations health news metaphor rhetoric

Drummond, Darlene K.	Diabetes management: An exploration into the verbal support attempts of relational others.	69-76

	This research employed a message-centered approach to explore how women managing diabetes through diet modification describe the support attempts of relational others including family, friends, co-workers and health professionals

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Atkinson, Joshua	Towards an understanding of the complexities of alternative media: Portrayals of power in alternative media.	77-84

	In this study I conducted qualitative content analysis of alternative media in order to uncover the different categories about corporate power presented to activist audiences in social justice movements

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