Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric

The Alabama Communication Association is proud to publish The Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric (JCR).

JCR is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original scholarship that promotes critical engagement with rhetorical dimensions of current events (those of the past 18 months or so). In promoting the practice of public intellectualism, JCR offers an outlet for scholarship that is both intellectually rigorous and accessible to lay audiences. To this end, JCR specifically seeks to publish scholarship that evidences how rhetorical criticism and theory can help promote a more informed public that is better able to take part in a democratic society. Essays in JCR add to public discussions of current events and help the general public understand more fully the critical and theoretical underpinnings of public debates and controversies, political discourse, social movements, and media events.

For more information, or to submit to the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, see the journal’s website at www.contemporaryrhetoric.com.