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Barbara Johnstone

Rhetoric

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Proximity And Journalistic Practice In Environmental Discourse: Experiencing “Job Blackmail” In The News, Barbara Johnstone, Justin Mando Dec 2014

Proximity And Journalistic Practice In Environmental Discourse: Experiencing “Job Blackmail” In The News, Barbara Johnstone, Justin Mando

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The shift from coal to natural gas to fuel electricity generation has positive (environmental) and
negative (economic) consequences for people in the affected areas of the US. Representations
of the situation in the media shape how citizens understand and respond to it. We explore
the role of proximity in media discourse about the closing of a coal-fired power plant near
Waynesburg, a small city in a Pennsylvania coal-mining region. Comparing reporting in smallercirculation
newspapers closer to the site with reporting in larger-circulation regional newspapers,
we find that Waynesburg-area papers simply describe the events leading to the closure while
regional papers …

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Enregistering Style, Barbara Johnstone Apr 2010

Enregistering Style, Barbara Johnstone

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Some Personal Reflections On Rhetoric And Interdisciplinary, Barbara Johnstone Dec 2008

Some Personal Reflections On Rhetoric And Interdisciplinary, Barbara Johnstone

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Uses Of Southern-Sounding Speech By Contemporary Texas Women, Barbara Johnstone Dec 1998

Uses Of Southern-Sounding Speech By Contemporary Texas Women, Barbara Johnstone

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Linguistic Strategies And Cultural Styles For Persuasive Discourse, Barbara Johnstone Dec 1988

Linguistic Strategies And Cultural Styles For Persuasive Discourse, Barbara Johnstone

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