Communication Theory and Gen Z Popular Culture: Essays and Applications (Paperback)

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.