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• Carolyn Anderson is a Lecturer and Fern L. Johnson an Associate Professor in Communication Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. Marlene G. Fine is a Senior Partner with Communication Education Associates, 16 Harvard Ave., Amherst, MA 01002. Reprints requests should be addressed to the second author.
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