The Miscellaneous, Part II Section of the proceedings contains the following eight papers: "Academic Letters of Recommendation: Perceived Ethical Implications and Harmful Effects of Exaggeration" (David L. Martinson and Michael Ryan); "It's All about the Information Salience Effects on the Perceptions of News Exemplification" (Francesca Dillman Carpentier, Hong-Sik Yu, and Coy Callison); "Negative Implications of the Third-Person Effect on Program Assessment Validity: An Experiment with the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program" (Stephen A. Banning); "The Effects of Increased Awareness on College Students' Interpretations of Magazine Advertisements for Alcohol" (Erica Weintraub Austin, Amber Reaume Miller, John Silva, Petra Guerra, Neva Geisler, Luxelvira Gamboa, Orlalak Phakakayai and Bryant Kuechle); "Play Theory Revisited: Dimensions of Play in Television and Internet Use" (Stanley T. Wearden and Joseph M. Harper); "Demystifying Technology and Empowering Students: A Case Study of Communicative Strategy in a New Media Classroom" (Meredith Li-Vollmer); "An Activist Pedagogical Approach: Creating a Media Resource Kit for Community Organizations" (Linda Jean Kensicki); and "If We Build It, Will They Come? The Effects of Experience and Attitude on Traditional-Aged Students' Views of Distance Education" (Tracy Irani). (RS)