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Australian Journal of Communication

Australian Journal of Communication
Volume 23(2), 1996

 
CONTENTS
 
McKie David. Pluralising context: Conversations, communities, and coordinates. 1-15
 
  Argues there are gaps in communication studies theory which has ignored the postmodern, postwar context of ecology 
 
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theory
history
ecology
biology
 
 
Penman Robyn. Imagining conversation and community. 16-23
 
  Uses Wittgenstein to explore how language generates knowledge, specifically focusing on how notions of conversation and community generate one particular form of being and preclude others 
 
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conversation
democracy
 
 
McGregor Judy. The rhetoric of political talkback radio in New Zealand: Combustion or coherence? 24-33
 
  Addresses the debate that political talkback radio may not enhance the 'dialogue of democracy' by analyzing two elite radio programs 
 
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politics and government
broadcasting and media
radio
classical rhetoric
 
 
Irwin Harry. The role of personal communication in technology transfer in the aerospace industry. 34-50
 
  Explores the role of interpersonal relationships in technology transfer by analyzing the narratives of senior managers 
 
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interpersonal
narrative
organizational
social structure
 
 
McKee Alan. A kiss is just. 51-72
 
  Examines representations of men kissing men, comparing the representations of the Australian program GP with those on American programs 
 
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Pacific Rim
gay and lesbian issues
sexuality
television
 
 
Gaternby Bev and Humphries, Maria. Feminist commitments in organizational communication: Participatory action research as feminist praxis. 73-88
 
  Applies Fine's five feminist epistemological commitments for research to a longitudinal study of graduates from a Women and Management course 
 
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gender
organizational
 
 
Low David William. The greenie genre: Noble saviours or planetary fools. 101-109
 
  Examines the rhetoric of environmental protests, and identifies three aspects of the genre: blending fact with fiction, inversion of style rules to create a shift in control, and theatrical structure 
 
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rhetoric
persuasion
public speaking
ecology
 
 
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