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Larson, Charles U. – Central States Speech Journal, 1982
Explores reasons why there are few rhetorical criticisms of political television commercials. Suggests two critical methods which can be applied to commercial messages. (PD)
Descriptors: Mass Media, Metaphors, Models, Persuasive Discourse

Goldzwig, Steve; Dionisopoulos, George N. – Central States Speech Journal, 1986
Relies on grief literature to develop a heuristic model of patterned stages of national mourning. Applies the model to lend insight into print mediated accounts of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. (NKA)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Cultural Context, Discourse Communities, Grief