Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons^™

"Street Cop" Is Not Street-Smart, Kirk A. Johnson

Trotter Review

"Frontline," the award-winnnng WGBH-TV series, is airing a nationally televised special on the war against street drugs. The show, called "Street Cop," takes viewers to Boston's inner city for fifty minutes of heart-pumping violence. We see the police take a sledgehammer to an apartment door in search of drugs as the women and children inside scream in wide-eyed terror. We watch police officers wrestle a young man to the pavement over a suspected drug deal, and we feel the tension mount during a domestic argument until in the confusion a woman is arrested for throwing what an officer thought was …

Newspapers And Their Relationship To The Black Agenda, Dexter D. Eure Sr.

Trotter Review

The news media, by print or electronics, influences and shapes society's attitudes; it is essential then, if not vital, that the media accurately reflect every aspect of our society - including the good, the bad, and the ugly. By keeping this nation - as well as the world - in its proper context, we can better understand - and thus better solve - the problems that envelop us, such as racism, sexism, unemployment, hazardous waste, and the consequences of a nuclear meltdown.

To help present an accurate picture of who we are and what's happening around us, the news media …

Media Images And Racial Stereotyping, Kirk A. Johnson

Trotter Review

To better understand how the local media portray Boston's black community, I monitored news reports from a sample of newspapers and radio and television stations for one month during the summer of 1986. I noted the roles blacks played, the activities blacks were shown to be engaged in, and the events that brought blacks into the news. By comparing the portrayal of blacks in Boston's major media with portrayals in the black media, I sought to understand the criteria that reporters and editors use to judge the newsworthiness of items relating to the black community, and to determine whether (and …

Boston School Desegregation: The Fallowness Of Common Ground, Robert A. Dentler

Trotter Review

This essay scrutinizes the book by J Anthony Lukas, Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, to assess whether it presents a valid and reliable account of the issues, people, and events it chronicles. The substantive core of the book is shown to be the politics of Boston public school desegregation. The parts played by the three families in this event are dramatically portrayed but cannot be corroborated and are not interpreted. The parts played by five major policy leaders, when tested against other evidence, are found to be distorted, questionable legends woven in …

Black Newspapers Effect On Public Opinion In The Black Community: A Study Of One Southside Chicago Community, Eugene Maxwell Jr.

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Communications at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for\ the Degree of Master of Arts by Eugene Maxwell, Jr. on April 1, 1987.

Volume 16, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Trash Moving In Next Door?, Nazis and Fallout Shelters, Human and Animal Rights, Yellow Alert, International Beat, Letters, Classy Fried Ads, Community News, Reach Out and Kill Someone, Hidden Homeless and Comics Shop Bust, Grim Nuclear History

Volume 15, Number 9, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Mayor Sells West Side for $2.50, Panelogical Pinheads, Comic Book Heroine Saves Central America, Censorship More Dangerous Than Porn, Is That My Phone or Their Cash Register?, National Guard in Central America, Polite Dialog with Madigan Ends in Horror, Army Wants Peace Groups out of High Schools, Civil Rights March Invades All-White Town, Platoon: Insight Through Murder, Miscellaneous Animal Victories (for Once), Attitude Problems, California Dreamin' 'Bout Leavin', The Underground Glutton

Volume 15, Number 8, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Dying for Dollars, Women's Music Musings, Welcome in 1987--50s Style, Special Comic Pull-out Section, Miscellaneous Animal Outrages, Scandal Scorecard, U.S. Student Delegation Visits El Salvador, Be All That You Can Be: Anywhere but the Military, What's in a Name?

Volume 15, Number 7, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

A Vacuum Cleaner That Really Sucks, PVC Plastic Pollutes Environment, Animal Outrages, Stone Soup Really Cooks, Pope Declares Open Season on Gays, The Rebirth of Wonder Woman, AIDS Testing in the Military: A New Witchhunt?, Have a Roly-Poly-Holy X-mas, You'd Better Watch Out, 'Tis the Season, Enforcing Draft Registration, Public Access Comes to Bloomington-Normal, Ex-CIA Agent Confirms Our Deepest Fears

Volume 15, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Owen's Ex-Employee Tells All, Some Tips for Coping with Your Utility Companies This Winter, Letters and Community News, Ex-Cop Talks About Officer Sanders, Draft Prosecutions Taper Off, Drug Testing and So On, The Desert Heart Lacks Soul, Good News Is No News, Vets Fast for Life, Midwest Delegation of Witness for Peace and CIA Caught, Stop the Lies and "Peasant of El Salvador", Underground Vegetarian, Tom Hayden: Friend or Big Brother?, Underground Barfly

Volume 15, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

When the Long Arm of the Law...; Alexander Lumber; Kaleidocoverage: What Hath Scott Wrote?; Beauty School Can Be Ugly; Indian People of Big Mountain; How They Learned to Love the Bomb in Amarillo; Modern Music, Ancient Memories; Mural Tells of Workers' Struggles; My Sister the Iconoclast; Religious Oppression in Chicago; After-Dinner Chicken Musings; Take a Stand Against Trapping; Comedy of Errors at Capen; Here Comes the Clampdown; Wheat Crackers; Men's Magazines; How to Write a Post Amerikan Story

Volume 15, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Madigan Gets Casket After Contra Vote, Big Court Says: "Stick It in Your Ear", Bloomington Police Target Small Users, Women's Music: Ready for Change?, Born for Change, Officer Sanders Pulled Gun During '84 I.S.U. Beer Riot, They Killed My Sister, City Closes West Side Country Club, Mural Celebrates Local Labor History, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Skateboarding, How You Can Avoid Searches of Your Car, All Quiet on the Western Front

Volume 15, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Underground Barrister (DUI Advice), Get Your Asphalt off My West Side, Beer Barons Dump Workers, Police Wage War on Peace Day, Nuclear Weapon Free Chicago, The Militarization of Honduras, Counter-Intelligence Cabaret, Miscellaneous Animal Outrages

Volume 15, Number 2, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Urine Trouble on the Job, Are Dictators Solely Responsible?, Greenpeace: Just Folks Protecting the Earth, New Labels Drive Women Crazy, Reaganland Off Balance, They Did the Mantra Mash

Developing The Personalized System Of Instruction For The Basic Speech Communication Course, William J. Seiler, Marilyn Fuss-Reineck

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this article is to discuss major planning and development decisions required in order to use the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) method in the basic speech communication course. In this article we examine: (1) how major PSI components are implemented and (2) how the PSI course is managed. By documenting the decisions required to use PSI in speech communication courses which include performances, we hope to provide helpful guidelines for those interested in applying the PSI method to their basic speech communication courses.

Volume 15, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Shuttle Safety vs. P.R.: P.R. Won, Voters Say 'No' to Middle School, Parenting Prejudices Prosecute, Central America Week Activities, Lawyer Explains U.S. Violations of International Law, What's the Meaning of Jeans?, Remembering Haymarket

Two Cheers For Pornography, Steven Sanders

Bridgewater Review

The existence of pornography from the earliest times and in virtually every culture attests to a remarkable universality and persistence. Of course, popularity is no proof of legitimacy. How, if at all, can pornography be justified? This question has no easy answer. Indeed, if one may judge from the controversy, consensus is far from being reached on the question of pornography. I shall suggest some things that can be said in favor of pornography, though I am by no means giving my unqualified endorsement - hence, only two cheers for pornography. Naturally, I expect some readers to disagree with me, …

Volume 14, Number 9, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Inside the PA: True Confessions, Goodbye to the Hissing of Summer Lawns, Return of Cointelpro?, Abuse Mishandled in Circus, Coroner's Juries Say Shrinks' Scripts Help Kill 2 People, A Diary of Psychiatric Drug Use, Book Review: Dr. Caligari's Psychiatric Drugs, Break Down Language Barriers, No Help from Zone, Challenger Tragedy, Rock Out for Rebels, Book Review: Keeping Up with the Joneses

Volume 14, Number 8, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Normal Backs Down: Anti-Militarism Sign Can Stay, The Dream Lives On, Post Amerikan Benefit and Auction Slated, Abortion: The Right to Choose, McHeartattacks: Fast Food Fryout, Action Potential: A Stimulus for Change, Not Tit for Tat, That Hope's "Eight Dollar Hat" Sneaks Up on Listeners, Benefit Poster

Volume 14, Number 7, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

WESN: The Empty Spot on Your FM Dial; Thieves Explain Crimes; Home Birth Directory Available; Swastika Decorates Republican Entryway; Normal Officials Defy Court Order; Rock Island Arsenal Besieged; Deputies Start Fight: Local Woman Gets Broken Neck, Six Months; The Post Amerikan's Recommended Chr*stm*s List; Marcos Jails Philippine Writers; NEA Under Fire for "Pornographic" Poets; "Kiss of the Spider Woman"--Biting Realism; Do What to Your Neighbor?; Poster

Volume 14, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Underground Barfly; Lehr Bites the Dust; GTE Threatens Physical, Mental Health; State Says Nix on Frisky Dicks; AIDS Is Caused by a Virus; Moss Grows on the Rolling Stone; Farm Aid--All Wet?; Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Can Come True; Embroidering Our History: Judy Chicago's Birth Project

Volume 14, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Underground Barfly, AIDS in B-N: The Stigma as Bad as the Disease, Take a Bite of the Apples, Racism Hits Local Bar, Phoebe Finds a Hero, God's Plan for Humanity--Heterosexuality, WESN Back in Business, Parents Answer for Kids' Crimes

Volume 14, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Landlord's Promises as Leaky as His Roof; State's Panty Raid Is a Bloomer; Hope, Bones, Breeders, Bits; What's New in Fast Foods?; Shut Down the Arsenal; Civil Disobedience: Protesting Contra Aid; Witness for Peace Documents Contra Tactics; U.S. Press Ignores El Salvador Air War; Vasectomy Pays Off; Abortion: A Woman's Point of View; ACLU Joins Gays in Struggle for Equality; Pantagraph "Misses" the Mark; The Underground Barfly

Volume 14, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Reagan Returns in Teen Horror Classic, The FBI Spies Again...and Again, Your Friend the Phone Company, The Rape of Richard Beck, We Scream at "Silent Scream", ISU Student Acquitted in First Beer Riot Trial, Bloomington Pays $4500 for Police Brutality, YWCA Slides by Township Board, Another Superb Gay Documentary, Onward Christian Soldiers

Volume 14, Number 2, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

USS: A Fishy Answer, Moving Parts Moves Into B-N Music Scene, New Right Groups Infest U.S. Politics, Remember When Dotson Was Just a Car, Why Should I See a Foreign Film?, Nicaragua Under Siege, Whoops! Did We Really Say That?, Cardinal Toes the Gay Rights Line, Phone Sex Under Attack

Volume 14, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Reading Skills Disconnected at Gen Tel, Court's Ruling Means Big Changes for Bloomington Police, Gays Convene in Madison, Music Reviews, To Be or Not to Be: Don't Lose the Right to Choose, Abortion Terrorism, Art and Music for the Rape Crisis Center, Life in the Electronic Factory, Miscellaneous Outrages, When the Falcon Flew the Fuzz Floundered, My Sister the Punk Rocker

Volume 13, Number 10, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Spies Who Lived Next Door; City Housing Inspectors Target Low-Income West-Side Neighborhoods; Another Look at Wildwood Industries; Osteoporosis: 'The Time Is Yesterday'; Patients Won in Staff-Administration Battle; Fantasy Fan Lured by Feminist Feelings; YWCA Investigated for Misappropriation of Funds; We've Come a Short Way, Baby; "Consenting Adult" Showed Gays in a New Way; Toeing the Landlord/Tenant Line

Volume 13, Number 9, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

B-N Tenant Blacklist Takes Nosedive; Office Wroan Sues Waitress for "Defamation"; Police Crackdown on "Known Derelicts"; School Officials, Pantagraph Have Short Memory; GTE Insensitive to Symbolism; Hostility to Dissent Pervades Reagan's First Term; Will Mitsubishi Be Good for You?; Vasectomy: His & Hers; Patch, Don't Replace Those Mufflers; DDT Alive and Well in Your Backyard; Clean Chimneys Are Safe Chimneys; New Technology/Same Old Greed; Urinary Tract Infections: No Honeymoon

Extending Orientation: Telephone Contacts By Peer Advisers, John Ragle, Kathleen Krone

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

The telephone has been used for delivering a variety of services to college students. Because consumers typically initiate the telephone contact themselves, the effectiveness of these programs depends on the extent to which students are aware of the availability of services and of their own needs for assistance. First-semester freshmen may have the least adequate information about what constitutes a problem and where to go for help on campus. In 1982 the Dean of Students Office at the University of Texas at Austin conducted a pilot study of a telephone contact program in which peer advisers placed telephone calls to …

Volume 13, Number 8, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

There's Always ... That Hope, Part Two; Equal Time May Bite the Dust; Big Mama Manpower; Yes, Virginia, This Is Another Chr*stm*s Diatribe; Babes in Consumerland; Mauled for the Holidays; Post Benefit Cancelled; Dan White: An All-Amerikan Success Story; Too Hot to Handle; Rev. Bakker and Wife Deny Financial Hijinks; Test Services Forced to Look for Bias; Boycott Coors Beer; Myth California Exposed; Pantagraph Prints Lurid Drug Lies; Unfettered Music for Farsighted Fans