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Boatema Boateng is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, University of California at San Diego. Her research interests include the power dynamics of global cultural flows and the politics of feminist knowledge production. Sharon L. Bracci is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She is the co-editor of Moral Engagement in Public Life: Theorists for Contemporary Ethics (with Clifford G. Christians, 2002). She has published in Philosophy and Rhetoric, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Argumentation and Advocacy, and Qualitative Inquiry (2002). Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary intersections among communication ethics, public argument, and practical reasoning in contemporary social and healthcare contexts. Jennings Bryant is Professor of Communication, holder of the Reagan Endowed Chair of Broadcasting, and Director of the Institute for Communication Research at the University of Alabama. He is president of the International Communication Association. Bryant's primary research interests are in entertainment theory, media effects, and uses and effects of new media. Michael C. Casas is a graduate student in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. He is primarily interested in examining the portrayals of people of color in the media and the effects ... log in or subscribe to read full text