Communication Theory and Millennial Popular Culture

Contents: Kathleen Glenister Roberts: Editor's Note - Nancy Bressler: Improving Your Speech Delivery with Modern Family and Friends - Jake Dionne/Joe Hatfield: Life as Performance - Dramatism and the Music of Lady Gaga - Gerald J. Hickly III: «Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose» - Finding the God-Terms in Friday Night Lights - Kathleen Glenister Roberts: Understanding Ceremonial Speech through Fantasy Literature - Elena C. Strauman: Winning Isn't Everything - Credibility, Leadership, and Virtue in HBO's Game of Thrones - Janelle Applequist: «Let it go, let it go» - Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in Disney's Frozen - Claudia Bucciferro: Mockingjays and Silent Salutes - Introducing Semiotics through The Hunger Games - Garret Castleberry: Understanding Stuart Hall's «Encoding/Decoding» Model through TV's Breaking Bad - Hunter H. Fine: Postmodern Theory and Hip-Hop Cultural Discourse - Bruce W. Finklea/Sally Bennett Hardig: Seen but Not Heard - Exploring Muted Group Theory in Pixar's The Incredibles, WALL-E, and Brave - Krystal Fogle: Knope vs. Pope: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Scandal vs. Parks & Recreation - Brian Gilchrist: The Smartphone as Permanent Substitute Teacher - Paul A. Lucas: Media and Technology - Metal and Mutation in the X-Men Films - Andrew Sharma/Chrys Egan: Hashtag Television Advertising - The Multistep Flow of Millennial TV Usage, Commercial Viewing, and Social Media Interaction - Brent Sleasman: Zombie Apocalypse, Haitian Vodou, and Media Ecology - A Cautionary Tale for Our Technological Future - Linnea Sudduth Ward: Uses and Gratifications Theory in How I Met Your Mother - True Story - Andrew Cole/Bob DuBois: «Don't Open, Dead Inside» - External and Internal Noise in The Walking Dead - Holly Holladay/Sara Trask: Hook, Line, and Sinker - Theories of Interpersonal Deception and Manipulation in Catfish - Alysa Ann Lucas: «Got a Secret. Can You Keep It?» - Pretty Little Liars, Friendship, and Privacy Management - Kelli Jean K. Smith/Sharmila Pixy Ferris: Social Penetration Theory and Relationship Formation in Harry Potter.