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Womens Studies in Communication
Volume 30(1), 2007

 
CONTENTS
 
Abbott, Jennifer Young The positive functions of "negative" rhetoric: Feminists' expository campaign against the Promise Keepers 1-33
 
  Several scholars have claimed that feminists failed to effectively counter the Christian men's group, Promise Keepers, because they adopted a negative tone in contrast to Promise Keepers' more positive discourse 
 
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gender
religion
persuasion
rhetoric
 
 
Bullock, Cathy Ferrand Framing domestic violence fatalities: Coverage by Utah newspapers 34-63
 
  This study explores the framing of one year's worth of domestic violence fatality coverage by newspapers in Utah, which are embedded within a strong patriarchal culture 
 
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family
theory
print journalism
gender
news
conflict
 
 
Smith, Sandi W., Yoo, Jina H., Farr, A. Celeste, Salmon, Charles T., and Miller, Vernon D. The influence of student sex and instructor sex on student ratings of instructors: Results from a College of Communication 64-77
 
  It is important to determine if student ratings of instructors reflect systematic bias due to sex of instructor 
 
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education
gender
higher education
 
 
Rogers, Richard A. From hunting magic to shamanism: Interpretations of native American rock art and the contemporary crisis in masculinity 78-110
 
  This essay examines two prominent models for the interpretation of Native American rock art, highlighting projections of Euro-American gender ideologies and tensions over masculinity onto (pre)historic cultures 
 
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gender
visualization
rhetoric
metaphor
 
 
Litwin, Anne Helaine, and Hallstein, Lynn O'Brien Shadows and silences: How women's positioning and unspoken friendship rules in organizational settings cultivate difficulties among some women at work 111-142
 
  This study sheds light on the difficulties some women report in their work relationships, what we call the shadow side 
 
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gender
organizational
interpersonal