Offers a general introduction to the concept of "going meta," in which prior communications are made the subject of communication. Provides brief illustrations of its far-reaching applications to the study of rhetoric and communication. Describes going meta as a rhetorical balancing act, and illustrates this using televised political…

This study found that clinician-generated SPINE (Speech Intelligibility Evaluation) test scores were correlated with objective computer-generated measures of tongue deviancy during vowel production in 28 persons (ages 14-20) with severe/profound hearing loss. Data suggest that subjects were more deviant in their production of front vowels than…

Presents the reflections of a long-time theater teacher about his own education, his experiences as a theater teacher, and his philosophies on teaching. (PRA)

Argues that teaching communication skills is a fundamentally political matter. Discusses why the implicit politics of communication as a field attracts detractors. (SR)

Discusses one professor's life in the discipline of speech communication and how the identity crisis in communication studies reflects the academy's larger crisis of mission. Explores the difficulty of holding onto one's ideals while working inside the institution called the university. (SR)

Responds to topics addressed in several essays in the same journal issue. Explores the bias in academia against discussing the spiritual dimension of discourse. Discusses the difference between power and spirit and the sources of spirit. (SR)

Uses a typology to characterize the situation in communication research in 1993 as compared to the situation in 1983. Compares previous predictions to the present situation and makes new predictions. Argues that a cause for the fragmentation in communication studies is the lack of a basic precondition for cumulative growth--formal models. (SR)

Examines the phenomenon of political correctness, its roots and objectives, and its successes and failures in coping with the conflicts and clashes of multicultural campuses. Argues that speech codes indicate failure in academia's primary mission to civilize and educate through talk, discussion, thought,166 and persuasion. (SR)

Develops a framework for thinking about journalism and mass communication's "active learners" based on three major sources: D.A. Kolb's model for instructional design; the Harvard Assessment Seminars report; and, for assessment purposes, a manual outlining classroom assessment techniques by K.P. Cross and T.A. Angelo. (SR)

Examines an approach to generic embodiments that rehistoricizes a rhetorical act once it has been identified as an instance of a particular genre. Uses Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign rhetoric, which embodied a Jeremiad, and Ronald Reagan's subsequent recovery and revaluation of that rhetoric to illustrate the approach. (SR)

Discusses benefits and problems of locating a communication department in a professional college, thus identifying it is an applied professional program rather than a liberal arts course of study. (SR)

The basic ideas of communication theory related to language teaching are outlined, including communication models and channels, distortion and "noise," message awareness and decoding, and feedback. Ways are suggested for helping students to become aware of communication in language use and to communicate more effectively. (Contains nine…

Argues that, to be effective, internship directors must examine the constraints and objectives of their program and then select an appropriate supervisory style. Offers a model of supervisory styles for internship directors. (SR)

Examines relative effects of cognitive expectation and actual communication behavior of undergraduate students on communication outcomes. Manipulates expectations (pleasant versus unpleasant communication) and communication (high or low involvement). Examines individual and combined influence on affective outcomes, evaluations, and interaction…

One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), this letter discusses issues and current thinking about the nature and causes of the disorder. These include the idea that DAS is a disorder of overall language development or that DAS is a problem of the "motor-programming" system for speech.…