{"title":"Libel reconsidered: The troubled legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan","authors":"Donald Fishman","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367426","url":null,"abstract":"The article examines developments in libel law since New York Times v. Sullivan (1964). Drawing upon the concept of pendulum swings, the article looks at the expansion and contraction of constitutional and procedural standards for libel. The analysis presented here views the New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) as a paradigm case, but it argues that libel historically has undergone major fluctuations in doctrine while attempting to maximize either reputation or freedom of expression. This article contends that the law of libel has had a troubled and uneven development in the aftermath of New York Times v. Sullivan. The article also discusses libel cases in cyberspace and the controversial role of an Internet service provider.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115475585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The sopranos and genre transformation: Ideological negotiation in the gangster film","authors":"P. Keeton","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367425","url":null,"abstract":"The Sopranos is a major reworking of the gangster genre, which both conceals and exposes capitalist contradictions in re‐examining the cultural myths on which the genre is based. While The Sopranos incorporates many elements of the traditional gangster genre, it also transforms that genre in response to major social changes occurring in American society in the late 1980s and 1990s: pervasive corporate corruption and political scandal, loss of faith in national business and political leaders, widening income gap between the wealthiest and poorest Americans, decline in the patriarchal authority of the father, growing concern about childhood abuse and dysfunction in the family, reliance on drugs and psychotherapy to treat deviant social behavior, and increase and normalization of violence in society. This essay argues that an ideological negotiation occurs in The Sopranos between the new social and political realities of American work and family life that are represented in the series and the traditional conventions of the gangster genre and the family melodrama. This interaction gives rise to alternative and contradictory readings of the narrative.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126498538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solving the ideological dilemmas of peer social support: Microanalysis of provider strategies on a warm line","authors":"C. Pudlinski","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367429","url":null,"abstract":"It is commonly assumed that supportive communication consists of multiple goals and that there are difficulties tied to accomplishing these multiple goals in interaction. Building upon a description of three contrary themes that typify the goals of social support on a peer‐run warm line for clients within community mental health, this study explores how support providers address the contrary themes of connectedness, problem solving, and nondirectiveness in actual phone calls. Support providers share their own similar experiences with clients in order to help solve client problems, too. Support providers put forth advice within queries in order to meet dual goals: solve client problems yet support client autonomy. Additionally, paraphrasing client's reports, if done well, both supports client autonomy and helps build stronger peer relationships. Future studies should detail other actual strategies that address dilemmas inherent to social support.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131187837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of imagined interactions in describing spontaneous second language acquisition: Revisiting a cognitive language skill acquisition model","authors":"Dominique M. Gendrin","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367416","url":null,"abstract":"Studies in second language acquisition have focused on cognitive processes second language learners use in structured second language learning environments. However, in nonstructured learning settings, second language learners can develop their own learning strategies opportunistically as they process everyday encounters in the form of imagined interactions. As second language learners imagine themselves in real conversations with native speakers, they may acquire the necessary propositional and procedural information essential to the development of a second language system. The functions and characteristics of imagined interactions in authentic second language environments are examined in the context of a cognitive skill stage model of language acquisition. Potential applications in terms of theory, practice, and research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133215216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Carey, S. Drucker, Raymond D. Gozzi, G. Gumpert, Paul Thaler, C. Wilder
{"title":"Scholarly observations and meditations: Perspectives on September 11, 2001","authors":"J. Carey, S. Drucker, Raymond D. Gozzi, G. Gumpert, Paul Thaler, C. Wilder","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128311999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Robertson, Allison Conley, Kamila Szymczynska, Ansley Thompson
{"title":"Gender and the media: An investigation of gender, media, and politics in the 2000 election","authors":"T. Robertson, Allison Conley, Kamila Szymczynska, Ansley Thompson","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367418","url":null,"abstract":"Although women have made gains in the political arena during the past decade, sharp contrasts still exist when comparing the number of men and women in elected office. This study investigates the relationship between candidate sex and the issues and image messages existing in the media during the 2000 Senatorial and Gubernatorial mixed‐gender campaigns. Significant results were discovered concerning the types of issues discussed as well as the images portrayed when correlated to the gender of the candidate. Contrary to past research, however, women received more coverage, as well as more favorable coverage, in their 2000 campaigns. Ultimately, this study posits that gradual evolution is taking place within newspapers’ coverage of women running for political office. While some stereotyping does exist, the playing field for female candidates is flattening. Further investigation into media coverage of mixed gender elections is necessary to ascertain whether the trend will continue.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134451872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gates of conflict: Communication, symbolic spaces and the construction of difference in faith communities","authors":"E. Novek","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367415","url":null,"abstract":"Marking symbolic boundaries is an essential act of group identity. But the imaginary borders that unite some antagonize others; real‐world tensions evolve from these metaphoric moves of inclusion and exclusion. In two case studies of conflict over metaphorical boundaries erected by members of religious faiths, this paper demonstrates how symbolic communication devices have consequences both inside and outside the boundaries they set out to establish.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122182345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The critical role of standard technical communication at the local community level: A case study from an Isocratean perspective","authors":"Jeffrey A. Nelson, W. Ostrowski","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367419","url":null,"abstract":"The study examines a recent case of communication in a technical field at the local level. Attention is focused on an expert acting to inform two different audiences, professional and lay, about a significant development in an area in which they have a vital interest. An analysis of the rhetorical strategy used by the communicator reveals an unimaginative but apparently sound procedure chosen by him. The investigation, relying in large part on Isocratean concepts, makes judgments regarding the key role of rhetoric at the local community level.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134324990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communicator virtue and vice: Neglected constructs of relational communication?","authors":"B. Strom","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367417","url":null,"abstract":"Relational communication theorizing has tended to cast people and interaction in terms of systems, dialectical tensions, uncertainty reduction, social exchange, relational types, stages, and competence, rather than moral or religious terms. This article proposes adoption of an integralist paradigm after Pitirim Sorokin which draws on scientific, rational, and religious epistemes to conceptualize cultural, sociological, and communication issues. A review of selected relational communication studies indicates the relevance of humility, wisdom, industry, faithfulness, and self‐control. Moreover, two studies were performed and results indicate that self‐control is related to believability, trustworthiness, and marital satisfaction. Assumptions and questions for research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131177124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Killing Hitler: A writer's journey and Angst","authors":"Paul Thaler","doi":"10.1080/15456870209367413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870209367413","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113832,"journal":{"name":"New Jersey Journal of Communication","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126288096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}