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Kelley, Colleen E. – 1989
A preliminary study surveyed peace communication research in speech communication journals, covering the period from World War I through the late 20th century. The Matlon "Index" includes journals approved by the publications board of the Speech Communication Association (SCA) and was used in this project as the database for the period…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Modern History, Peace, Scholarly Journals

Kelley, Colleen E. – Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1988
Examines some of the rhetorical choices of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev which dramatize Soviet calls for nuclear weapons de-escalation. Speculates that Gorbachev's peace efforts are sincere, because they are motivated by twin crises of a failing economy and a threatened world community. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Disarmament, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries