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ix Acknowledgments x I could not have written this book without the feedback and support of many wonderful people. First, I would like to thank editor Martin Medhurst for backing this project and guiding me throughout the revision process. I am also deeply grateful to the three anonymous reviewers for their discerning remarks on earlier drafts of this work. I am indebted, next, to my many professors, especially Christina Haas, Patricia Dunmire, Raymond Craig, and Paul Haridakis who served on my dissertation committee and offered me unwavering support. I would also like to thank my colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University—especially Barbara Johnstone, David Kaufer, and Andreea Ritivoi who reviewed earlier versions of this book and provided me with insightful feedback. Many colleagues from other universities also supported me on this project. I am grateful to Stephen McKenna who generously offered me suggestions on a draft of chapter 2, and Dana Anderson who supported my ideas on intertextual ethos at the 2012 Rhetoric Society of America Conference. I am also honored by those who wrote the blurbs on the cover of this book: Thomas Huckin and David Zarefsky. x Acknowledgments I wish to thank, too, the many people at Michigan State University Press who worked tirelessly to prepare my manuscript for publication. In particular, I thank Annette Tanner, Julie Loehr, Travis Kimbel, Dawn Martin, and Kristine Blakeslee. I also thank friends and colleagues who helped maximize the quality of the book images: Suguru Ishizaki, Jeffrey Hinkelman, Cory Tusar, and Les Bennett. Some parts of this book were published previously, and I am grateful for permission to reuse this material. Much of chapter 3 was first published in an article in Discourse & Communication 7(1): 25–53 (2013), and is used by permission of Sage Publications. The Time Magazine cover on page 84 was used under license of Time Inc. Portions of the appendices on methodology first appeared in an article in Written Communication 30(3): 236–75 (2013), also used by permission of Sage Publications. Of course, I am also grateful to many friends who offered me advice and encouragement along the way, including Rich Purcell, Chris Warren, Adam Hodges, Linda Flower, Christine Neuwirth, Danielle Zawodny Wetzel, Necia Werner, James Wynn, Jonathan Halsall, Christa Teston, Chad Wickman, and my fantastic students. Finally, I wish to thank my entire family, especially my wife, Lindsay , and my children Amelia and Grace. I am so blessed to have your love and I dedicate this book to you. ...

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