About this journal

Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (CC/CS) is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. CC/CS publishes original scholarship that situates culture as a site of struggle and communication as an enactment and discipline of power. The journal features critical inquiry that cuts across academic and theoretical boundaries. CC/CS welcomes a variety of methods including textual, discourse, and rhetorical analyses alongside auto/ethnographic, narrative, and poetic inquiry.

The journal especially invites essays that are intellectually innovative, reflexive, and relevant to democratic concerns in their examination of culture and communication. CC/CS promotes critical reflection on democratic ideals by drawing attention to areas such as:

• Historical, material, and economic conditions
• Nation, Polity, and Private and/or Public Sphere
• Identities (e.g., class, race, ethnicity, gender, ability, sexuality, etc.) and Identity Politics
• Neo-colonial, Post-Colonial, and Globalization Contexts
• Technology and New Media
• Resistance and Protest

In addition to research essays, CC/CS publishes occasional reviews of major new books.

For more details about how to submit your research to CC/CS , please review our Instructions for Authors.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees.

Editor
Robin M. Boylorn, University of Alabama

Editor-Elect
Marina Levina, University of Memphis, USA

Editorial Assistant
Cassidy D. Ellis, University of Cincinnati

Editorial Board
Tony E. Adams, Bradley University, USA
Giorgia Aiello, University of Leeds, UK and University of Bologna, Italy
Isra Ali, New York University, USA
Evelyn Alsultany, University of Southern California, USA
Carolin Aronis, Colorado State University, USA
Robert Asen, University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA
Ahmet Atay, College of Wooster, USA
Joshua Atkinson, Bowling Green State University, USA
Patricia Aufderheide, American University, USA
Meredith Bagley, University of Alabama, USA
Jay Baglia, DePaul University, USA
Nilanjana R.Bardhan, Southern Illinois University, USA
Timothy Barney, University of Richmond, USA
Ambar Basu, University of South Florida, USA
Jeffrey Bennett, Vanderbilt University, USA
Keith Berry, University of South Florida, USA
Barbara Biesecker, University of Georgia, USA
Jason E. Black, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Sarah J. Blithe, University of Nevada-Reno, USA
Robert Alan Brookey, Ball State University, USA
Christopher Brown, Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA
Michael Butterworth, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Kathryn Cady, Northern Illinois University, USA
Bernadette Calafell, Gonzaga University, USA
Manoucheka Celeste, University of Florida, USA
Catherine Chaput, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Karma Chavez, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Devika Chawla, Ohio University, USA
Shira Chess, University of Georgia, USA
Kundai Chirindo, Lewis and Clark University, USA
Hye Seung Chung, Colorado State University, USA
Josue David Cisneros, University of Illinois, USA
Donovan Conley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Mia Consalvo, Concordia University, Canada
Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas, USA
Patricia Davis, Northeastern University, USA
Shardé Davis, University of Connecticut, USA
Kevin Michael DeLuca, University of Utah, USA
Catalina de Onis, University of Oregon, USA
Greg Dickinson, Colorado State University, USA
Rebecca Dingo, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Patrick Shaou-Whea Dodge, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
Rachel Dubrofsky, Syracuse University, USA
Jennifer Dunn, Dominican University, USA
Tasha Dunn, University of Toledo, USA
Thomas Dunn, Colorado State University, USA
Aisha Durham, University of South Florida, USA
Mohan Dutta, Massey University, New Zealand
Shinsuke Eguchi, University of New Mexico, USA
Greg Elmer, Ryerson University, USA
John Erni, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Joshua Ewalt, Northern Michigan University, USA
Brandon Ferderer, Arizona State University, USA
Christina R. Foust, Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA
Ragan Fox, California State University, Long Beach, USA
Adam Frank, University of Central Arkansas, USA
Larry R. Frey, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Christian Fuchs, Paderborn University, Germany
Michael Giardina, Florida State University, USA
Rosalind Gill, City University, London, UK
Ted Gournelos, Old Dominion University, USA
Jonathan Gray, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rachel A. Griffin, University of Utah, USA
Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Joshua Gunn, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Joshua Hanan, University of Denver, USA
Kate Lockwood Harris, University of Minnesota, USA
Tina Harris, Louisiana State University, USA
Stephen Hartnett, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
Andrew Herrmann, East Tennessee State University, USA
Aaron Hess, Arizona State University, USA
Annie Hill, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Theon Hill, Wheaton College
Kristen Hoerl, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Michelle A. Holling, California State University, San Marcos, USA
Matthew Houdek, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Matthew H. Hughey, University of Connecticut, USA
Robert L. Ivie, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Ronald L. Jackson, University of Miami, USA
Eric Jenkins, University of Cincinnati, USA
Amber Johnson, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Jenell Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kevin Johnson, California State University, Long Beach, USA
Ralina Joseph, University of Washington, USA
Priya Kapoor, Portland State University, USA
Casey Kelly, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Etsuko Kinefuchi, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Michael Lechuga, University of New Mexico, USA
Loretta LeMaster, Arizona State University, USA
Marina Levina, University of Memphis, USA
Jo Littler, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Lori Kido Lopez, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Shauna MacDonald, Cape Breton University, Canada
Chandra Maldonado, Campbell University, USA
Alfred Martin, University of Miami, USA
Nick Marx, Colorado State University, USA
Vicki Mayer, Tulane University, USA
Joan Faber McAlister, Drake University, USA
Bryan J. McCann, Louisiana State University, USA
Sara McKinnon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Robin Means-Coleman, Northwestern University, USA
Robert Mejia, University of Southern California, USA
Alisha Menzies, University of Tampa, USA
Michael Middleton, University of Utah, USA
Toby Miller, Murdoch University, Australia
Mara Mills, New York University, USA
Anita Mixon, Wayne State University, USA
Shane Moreman, California State University, Fresno, USA
Charles E. Morris, Syracuse University, USA
Megan Morrissey, University of North Texas, USA
Yassir Morsi, La Trobe University, Australia
Roopali Mukherjee, City University of New York, Queens College, USA
Tiara Na’puti, University of California, Irvine, USA
Diane Negra, University College Dublin, Ireland
Ryan Neville-Shepard, University of Arkansas, USA
David C. Oh, Ramapo College, USA
Jessy J. Ohl, University of Alabama, USA
Kent A. Ono, University of Utah, USA
Ersula Ore, Arizona State University, USA
Brian Ott, Missouri State University, USA
Jeremy Packer, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Phaedra C. Pezzullo, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Vincent N. Pham, Williamette University, USA
Gloria Pindi, California State University, San Marcos, USA
Elsbeth Probyn, The University of Sydney, Australia
Erin J. Rand, Syracuse University, USA
Srividya Ramasubramanian, Syracuse University, USA
Mitch Reyes, Lewis and Clark University, USA
Jeffrey Rice, University of Kentucky, USA
Gilbert B. Rodman, University of Minnesota, USA
Keven J. Rudrow, Syracuse University, USA
Emily Ryalls, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Shaunak Sastry, University of Cincinnati, USA
Bhaskar Sarkar, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Gregory J. Seigworth, Millersville University, USA
Sachi Sekimoto, Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA
Mehdi Semati, Northern Illinois University, USA
Adrienne Shaw, Temple University, USA
Raka Shome, Villanova University, USA
Rachel Silverman, Boise State University, USA
John M. Sloop, Vanderbilt University, USA
Beretta Smith-Shomade, Emory University, USA
Jonathan Sterne, McGill University, Canada
Will Straw, McGill University, Canada
Ted Striphas, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Bryan C. Taylor, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Toniesha Taylor, Texas Southern University, USA
Dave Tell, University of Kansas, USA
Keyan Tomaselli, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Armond Towns, Carleton University, Canada
Jillian Tullis, University of San Diego, USA
Anjali Vats, University of Pittsburgh
Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Texas A&M University, USA
Myra Washington, University of New Mexico, USA
Eric King Watts, Wake Forest University, USA
Isaac West, Vanderbilt University, USA
Khadijah White, Rutgers University, USA
Stephen Wiley, North Carolina State University, USA
Luke Winslow, San Diego State University, USA
J. Macgregor Wise, Arizona State University, USA
Gust Yep, San Francisco State University, USA
Stephanie Young, University of Southern Indiana, USA
Barbie Zelizer, University of Pennsylvania, USA

The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry.

The National Communication Association publishes 12 journals:

Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

Communication and Democracy

Communication and Race

Communication Education

Communication Monographs

Communication Teacher

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Review of Communication

Text and Performance Quarterly

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