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  Journal of CommunicationVolume 55 Issue 4, Pages 659 - 667 Published Online: 6 Feb 2006 © 2009 International Communication Association Published on behalf of the International Communication Association
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 61K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  How We Talk About How We Talk: Communication Theory in the Public Interest He was ICA president during 2003-2004. Correspondence may be directed to Craig at Department of Communication, University of Colorado, UCB 270, Boulder, CO 30309-0270. Copyright 2005 by the Journal of Communication ABSTRACTThis article is a revision of the author's presidential address to the 54th annual conference of the International Communication Association, presented May 29, 2004, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Using recent public discourse on talk and drugs as an example, it reflects on our culture's preoccupation with communication and the pervasiveness of metadiscourse (talk about talk for practical purposes) in private, public, and academic discourses. It argues that communication theory can be used to describe and analyze the common vocabularies of public metadiscourse, critique assumptions about communication embedded in those vocabularies, and contribute useful new ways of talking about talk in the public interest. | 
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