Vol. 17 No. 1, January 2007

Index

• Strengthening the practice of public journalism around the world: lessons from the US-based empirical research literature.
• A contrastive analysis of English and Persian newspaper headlines.
• Communication and democracy in Africa.
• German pronominal systems in conflict: the discursive negotiation of du and Sie.
• Silence as a message conveying process: a study of Yoruba speakers of English in Nigeria.
• On communicative and linguistic competence.
• The effects of figurative language on the perceived credibility of political candidates.
• Education and empowerment through Information and Communication Technology to the rural women.