About this journal

Communication Monographs is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. Communication Monographs publishes original scholarship that contributes to the understanding of human communication.

Articles in Communication Monographs should endeavor to ask questions about the diverse and complex issues that interest communication scholars.

The journal especially welcomes questions that bridge boundaries traditionally separating scholars within the communication discipline and that address issues of clear theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and/or social importance.

Diverse approaches to addressing and answering these questions, including theoretical argument, quantitative and qualitative empirical research, and rhetorical and textual analysis, as well as acknowledgement of the often tentative and partial nature of any answers, are welcomed. Approaches to answering questions should be clearly relevant to the questions asked, rigorous in terms of both argument and method, cognizant of alternative interpretations, and contextualized within the wider body of communication scholarship.

In considering the questions and answers posed in submissions to Communication Monographs , a premium will be placed on cogent arguments and on writing that is clear and understandable to readers across the various areas of Communication research.

For more details about how to submit your research to Communication Monographs, 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.

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Editor-in-Chief
Srividya Ramasubramanian, Syracuse University, USA

Editorial Assistant
Martina Santia, Syracuse University, USA

Associate Editor
Analisa Arroyo, University of Georgia, USA
Julius Matthew Riles, University of Missouri, USA
Lanier F. Holt, The Ohio State University, USA
Lu Tang, Texas A&M University, USA
Parul Jain, Ohio University, USA
Shardé M. Davis, University of Connecticut, USA
Tomeka Robinson, Hofstra University, USA
Yea-Wen Chen, San Diego State University, USA

Editorial Board
Alcides Velásquez Perilla, The University of Kansas, USA
Amanda R. Martinez, Davidson College, USA
Ambar Basu, University of South Florida, USA
Amber Johnson, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Amy Gonzalez, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Andrew Spieldenner, California State University, San Marcos, USA
Angela Gist-Mackey, The University of Kansas, USA
Angharad N. Valdivia, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Anita Atwell Seate, University of Maryland, USA
Anna Wiederhold Wolfe, Texas A&M University, USA
Arienne Ferchaud, Florida State University, USA
Ashley Noel Mack, Louisiana State University, USA
Bernadette Calafell, Gonzaga University, USA
Brandi Lawless, University of San Francisco , USA
Brian Quick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Cara Wallis, Texas A&M University, USA
Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay, Syracuse University, USA
Cherian George, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Cheryll Soriano, De La Salle University, The Philippines
Chris Segrin, The University of Arizona, USA
Chul-joo "CJ" Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
DaJung (DJ) Woo, Rutgers University, USA
Dana Mastro, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
David Oh, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
David Stamps, Bentley University, USA
Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, University of Missouri, USA
François Cooren, Université de Montréal, Canada
Godfried Asante, San Diego State University, USA
H. Denis Wu, Boston University, USA
Haley Kranstuber Horstman, University of Missouri, USA
Hanan Badr, University of Salzburg, Austria
Helena Bilandzic, University of Augsburg, Germany
Hua (Helen) Wang, University at Buffalo, USA
HyunYi Cho, The Ohio State University, USA
Iccha Basnyat, George Mason University, USA
J. Kevin Barge, Texas A&M University, USA
Jake Harwood, The University of Arizona, USA
Jamie McDonald, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Jeff Niederdeppe, Cornell University, USA
Jennifer Hoewe, Purdue University, USA
Jennifer Kam, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Jessica Piotrowski, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jesse Fox, The Ohio State University, USA
Jessica Myrick, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jessie M. Quintero Johnson, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Jiang Shaohai, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jimmie Manning, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Jiyeon So Yonsei, University, Korea
Jody Koenig Kellas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
John P. Caughlin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Jonathan Corpus Ong, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Jordan Soliz, University of Nebraska, USA
Jörg Matthes, University of Vienna, Austria
Joseph Bonito, The University of Arizona, USA
Joshua B. Barbour, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA
Kami Silk, University of Delaware, USA
Karen Myers, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Karma R. Chávez, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Katharine J. Head, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
Kesha Morant Williams, Elizabethtown College
Kory Floyd, The University of Arizona, USA
Kristina Scharp, Rutgers University, USA
Leandra Hernandez, Utah Valley University, USA
Leanne Knobloch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Leland G. Spencer, Miami University, USA
Lisa Flores, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Lisa Hanasono, Bowling Green State University, USA
Magdalena Wojcieszak, University of California Davis, USA
Mahuya Pal, University of South Florida, USA
Margaret J. Pitts, The University of Arizona, USA
Maria Leonora “Nori” Comello, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Marissa Joanna Doshi, Hope College, USA
Mark Orbe, Western Michigan University, USA
Meghan S. Sanders, Louisiana State University, USA
Melanie C. Green, University at Buffalo, USA
Mohan J. Dutta, Massey University, New Zealand
Morgan Ellithorpe, University of Delaware, USA
Muniba Saleem, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Nicholas Bowman, Syracuse University, USA
Nick Joyce, University of Maryland, USA
Nina M. Lozano, Loyola Marymount University, USA
Omotayo O. Banjo, University of Cincinnati, USA
Patrice M. Buzzanell, University of South Florida, USA
Patricia Parker, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Paul Schrodt, Texas Christian University, USA
Phaedra C. Pezzullo University of Colorado Boulder, USA
R. Lance Holbert Temple University, USA
Rachel A. Smith, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University, USA
Raquel Moreira, Southwestern University, USA
Rebecca de Souza, San Diego State University, USA
Rebecca Mercado Jones, Oakland University, USA
Rene Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Rick Busselle, Bowling Green State University, USA
Ronald L. Jackson II, University of Cincinnati, USA
S. Lily Mendoza, Oakland University, USA
Sandra Faulkner, Bowling Green State University, USA
Sarah Dempsey, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sarah J. Tracy, Arizona State University, USA
Satveer Kaur-Gill, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Sebastian Scherr, University of Augsburg, Germany
Shaunak Sastry, University of Cincinnati, USA
Shinsuke Eguchi, The University of New Mexico, USA
Shiv Ganesh, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Stacey K. Sowards, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Stacey L. Connaughton, Purdue University, USA
Steven R. Wilson, University of South Florida, USA
Sumana Chattopadhyay, Marquette University, USA
Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, University of Georgia, USA
Susan E. Morgan, University of Miami, USA
Tamara Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Tema Milstein, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Thomas J. Billard, Northwestern University, USA
Tina M. Harris, Louisiana State University, USA
Travis L. Dixon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad, India
Walid A. Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Wendy Atkins-Sayre, The University of Memphis, USA
Yan Bing Zhang, The University of Kansas, USA
Zhuo Ban, University of Cincinnati, USA

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