Critical Studies in Media Communication, Volume 33, Issue 2, June 2016

Critical Studies in Media Communication, Volume 33, Issue 2, June 2016 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.

Articles
Emotional duplex in the nation (de-)branding: a case study of China and Shen Yun Performing Arts
Lik Sam Chan
Pages: 139-153 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2015.1129547

The legend of Texas Western: journalism and the epic sports spectacle that wasn’t
Phillip Hutchison
Pages: 154-167 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2016.1170173

The conservative backlash argument controverted: carnivalesque, comedy, and respect in Rocky
Grant Wiedenfeld
Pages: 168-180 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2016.1170174

Encoding the paranoid style in American politics: “anti-establishment” discourse and power in contemporary spin
Michael Serazio
Pages: 181-194 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2016.1174338

Educating tomorrow’s media workers: television instruction at American institutions of higher learning, 1945–1960
Shawn VanCour
Pages: 195-209 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2016.1170866