About this journal

Published quarterly since 1937, the Western Journal of Communication is one of two scholarly journals of the Western States Communication Association (WSCA). The journal is dedicated to the publication of original scholarship that enhances our understanding of human communication. Diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcome. WJC’s longstanding commitment to multiple approaches, perspectives, and issues is reflected by its history of publishing research across rhetorical and media studies, interpersonal and intercultural communication, critical and cultural studies, language behavior, performance studies, small group and organizational communication, freedom of speech, and health and family communication. Research accessible to both scholarly audiences and the learned public is strongly encouraged.

Please submit manuscripts electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rwjc. The Western Journal of Communication typically does not publish manuscripts over 9,000 words, and submissions that exceed 10,000 words will be returned to the author without review.  

Individuals who have Regular or Exchange member subscriptions to the journals of the Eastern Communication Association, Central States Communication Association, Western States Communication Association, and the Southern States Communication Association may register for online access to the access to the journals  here

Peer Review Policy:

All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous critique by at least two referees.

Editor News

Robert Rowland has filled his issues of the journal.  New submissions and revisions will be considered by the Editor-Elect, Dr. Amy Johnson of the University of Oklahoma ( [email protected]).  Dr.  Rowland would like to thank all those who submitted essays or reviewed essays during his tenure as Editor.  He added the personal note that, "It has been a great honor to edit

Western, a truly great journal, and a privilege to work with so many insightful authors and reviewers."

Publication Office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

EDITORS

Casey R. Schmitt - West Chester University, USA

Lisa E. Silvestri - Pennsylvania State University, USA




EDITORIAL BOARD

Tamara Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Hector Amaya, University of Southern California Annenberg, USA

Shaun Anderson, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Eric Aoki, Colorado State University, USA

Bernard Armada, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA

Mohammad Auwal, California State University, Los Angeles, USA

Joshua Trey Barnett, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Teresa Bergman, University of the Pacific, California, USA

Emma Frances Bloomfield, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

Bernadette Calafell, Gonzaga University, USA

Leah Ceccarelli, University of Washington, USA

Santhosh Chandrashekar, University of Denver, USA

James Cherney, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Kundai Chirindo, Lewis & Clark College, USA

Calvin Coker, University of Louisville, USA

René Dailey, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Shinsuke Eguchi, University of New Mexico, USA

Joshua Ewalt, University of Utah, USA

Dan Faltesek, Oregon State University, USA

Lisa Flores, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Michaela Frischherz, Towson University, USA

Angela Gist-Mackey, University of Kansas, USA

Robert Gutierrez-Perez, California State University, San Marcos, USA

Christine Harold, University of Washington, USA

Tina M. Harris, Louisiana State University, USA

Aaron Hess, Arizona State University , USA

Andrew High, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Michelle Holling, California State University, San Marcos, USA

Renee Houston, Independent Scholar, USA

Amy Hubbard, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Chris Ingraham, University of Utah, USA

Paul Elliott Johnson, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Hillary Jones, California State University, Fresno, USA

Dave Keating, University of New Mexico, USA

Heewon Kim, Arizona State University, USA

Keisuke Kimura, Miami University, USA

Michael Lechuga, University of New Mexico, USA

Ziyu Long, Colorado State University, USA

Nina Lozano, Loyola Marymount University

Jimmie Manning, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Raven Maragh-Lloyd, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Lourdes Martinez, San Diego State University, USA

Oscar Alfonso Mejía, California State University, Los Angeles, USA

S. Marek Muller, Texas State University, USA

Scott Myers, West Virginia University, USA

LeiLani Nishime, University of Washington, USA

Brian L. Ott, Missouri State University, USA

Renu Pariyadath, University of South Carolina Upstate, USA

Josh Pederson, University of Alabama, USA

Emily Plec, Western Oregon University, USA

Shawna Malvini Redden, California State University, Sacramento, USA

Mitch Reyes, Lewis & Clark College, USA

Richard Rogers, Northern Arizona University, USA

Jonathan Rossing, Gonzaga University, USA

Sreela Sarkar, Santa Clara University, USA

Denise Solomon, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Hojin Song, California State University, Monterey Bay, USA

Toniesha Taylor, Texas Southern University, USA

Heather Woods, Kansas State University, USA

Yan Bing Zhang, University of Kansas, USA

WSCA: The Western States Communication Association (WSCA) is a non-profit 501 c (3), US-based organization. The Association’s purpose is to unite people in the Western States who have an academic, lay or professional interest in communication and who want to promote their mutual educational interests. WSCA includes members from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii as well as from the other 37 states and other countries. We welcome anyone with an interest in communication, academic or applied.

WSCA publishes two journals-the Western Journal of Communication and Communication Reports, as well as the WSCA News., maintains a web site at www.westcomm.org, and hosts an annual convention.