Communication Theory and Gen Z Popular Culture

All generations are shaped by narratives and artifacts, but Gen Z was born into in a golden age of media. This book pairs twenty-eight influential media forms and artifacts with cutting-edge ideas in communication.

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Kathleen Glenister Roberts (Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington) is Professor and Executive Director of the Honors College at Duquesne University, where she taught in Communication & Rhetorical Studies for 20 years. She is the author of numerous essays and monographs including the national award-winning Alterity and Narrative (SUNY Press, 2007). ** Jonathan Nichols-Pethick* (Ph.D. Indiana University-Bloomington) is Professor of Media Studies at DePauw University. He is the author of TV Cops: The Contemporary American Television Police Drama* (Routledge, 2012). His work has appeared in several anthologies and journals, including Cinema Journal and The Velvet Light Trap.

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Kathleen Glenister Roberts: Introduction: Gen Z and Communication Theory - Amy A. Williams: Opposites Attract: Relational Dialectics in Wednesday - Adriane Stoner & Lynn Cockett: "Playing" with self-disclosure: Reality TV Dating Contestants' Romantic Relationship Escalation - Nancy Bressler: "It's a Warm Summer Evening in Ancient Greece": Recognizing Strategies for Effective Listening in The Big Bang Theory - Andrea L. Meluch: "Are you in some kind of trouble?": Uncertainty Reduction Theory in Stranger Things - Heather Hether: Not just Fun and Games: Memes as Strategic Self-presentation and Relational Maintenance - Emily Leigh Jones: Relationship Management Theory and the Crime Junkie Podcast - Kelly M. Weikle: Understanding "Swiftie" Identity and Behavior through the Social Identity Approach to Communication - Hayley Hoffman: "Do you want to call your dad?": Understanding Family Communication Patterns through Succession - Anthony Esposito & Ronald K. Raymond: Symbolic Convergence in Netflix's Beef - Paul A. Lucas: The Hunger Games Hierarchy - Laura Brown: Expectancy Violations in The Office: Overlooking the Pervasive Inappropriateness of Your Boss ... Because, Well, He's your Boss - Garrett Castleberry: The Resonant Violation of Logan Paul's Unconventional Success - Brent Kice: Identification, Division, and Consubstantiality in Cobra Kai - Brett Boessen: Curiosity in Action: Procedural Rhetoric in Interactive Systems - Gretta Blackwell & Derek Blackwell: Media, Representation, Meaning, and the "Old Town Road" - Derek Blackwell & Gretta Blackwell: The Battle of "Old Town Road": (Mis)Representation and the Struggle to Combat Media Stereotypes - Lori Bindig Yousman: "Can't we be all things at once?": Exploring Genre Theory through Riverdale - Zari Taylor & Kumarini Silva: Encoding/Decoding: Truths, Lies, and Reconciliations in Bridgerton - Ryan P. McCullough & Brooke Anderson: Cultivation Theory in the Streaming Age: 13 Reasons Why - Sharon L. Storch & Cecily Jones: What's the Use?: Exploring the Cultural Significance and Gratifications of TikTok - Elizabeth Stoycheff & Farah Harb: Social Media Feeds and Agenda Setting - Carolyn M. Cunningham & Heather M. Crandall: There is No Planet B (blah, blah, blah): Networked Counterpublics and Gen Z Activism - Julie D. O'Reilly: Double Vision: Netflix's Maid and Feminist Standpoint Theory - Mark P. Orbe: Using a Co-Cultural Theoretical Lens to Understand the Nuances of BIPOC Professional Communication: Focusing on Issa Rae's Insecure - Rachel E. Silverman: Hey Siri! Spill the Tea: Using AI to Understand Intersectionality - Corey Jay Liberman: Concord Through Discord: Understanding the Fortnite Online Gaming Community Through the Lens of Hecht's Communication Theory of Identity - Jonathan Nichols-Pethick: "I'm a man with no power. Does that make me a woman?": Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in Greta Gerwig's Barbie - Kasey Clawson Hudak: Sidekicks and Signifiers: A Semiotic Analysis of Minions and the Despicable Me Franchise - Hunter Fine: The Remix, Hip-Hop, Postmodern Theory, and Generation Z Popular Culture.