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Western Journal of Communication
Volume 73(2), 2009

 
CONTENTS
 
Floyd, Kory, Borne, Justin P., Hannawa, Annegret F., Hesse, Colin, McEwan, Breanna, and Veksler, Alice E. Kissing in marital and cohabiting relationships: Effects on blood lipids, stress, and relationship satisfaction 113-133
 
  Affection exchange theory and previous research suggest that affectionate behavior has stress-ameliorating effects 
 
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interpersonal
marriage and intimacy
theory
stress
health
 
 
Cooper, Brenda, and Pease, Edward C. The Mormons versus the "Armies of Satan": Competing frames of morality in the Brokeback Mountain controversy in Utah newspapers 134-156
 
  Analyzing Utah op-ed columns and letters to the editor, this essay considers the news media's role in framing public debate regarding the 2006 cancellation of the film Brokeback Mountain because of its themes of gay love and homophobia 
 
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print journalism
theory
film
homosexuality
ethics
broadcasting and media
 
 
Chory, Rebecca M., and Westerman, Catherine Y. Kingsley Feedback and fairness: The relationship between negative performance feedback and organizational justice 157-181
 
  This study examined the relationships between the four dimensions of negative feedback (clarity, constructiveness, cognizance, and consistency) and perceptions of organizational justice 
 
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methodology
cognition
organizational
 
 
Kassing, Jeffrey W., and Sanderson, Jimmy "You're the kind of guy that we all want for a drinking buddy": Expressions of parasocial interaction on floydlandis.com 182-203
 
  This study traced fan reactions to and support of Floyd Landis over the final and dramatic stages of the 2006 Tour de France through the lens of parasocial interaction 
 
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interpersonal
computer
technologies
sports
 
 
Goodboy, Alan K., and Bolkan, San College teacher misbehaviors: Direct and indirect effects on student communication behavior and traditional learning outcomes 204-219
 
  The purpose of this study was to examine a theoretical model of the relationship between teacher misbehaviors and both student communication behavior (i.e., student resistance, student participation) and learning outcomes (i.e., cognitive learning, affective learning, state motivation, communication satisfaction) 
 
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education
cognition
interpersonal
 
 
Lozano-Reich, Nina M., and Cloud, Dana L. The uncivil tongue: Invitational rhetoric and the problem of inequality 220-226
 
  Invitational rhetoric espouses communication based on the immanent value and self-determination of interlocutors 
 
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rhetoric
persuasion
public speaking
theory
interpersonal