SAMPLE HANDOUT FOR
COMMUNICATION JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

Student Name
COMM 3010
Date

The Texas Public Argument Journal

1. What organization publishes the journal?

The Texas Association for Public Argument

2. How frequently is it published?

Quarterly

3. Name and address of the current editor?

Terry B. Davis
Dept. of Communication Studies
Texas State University
Townville, TX 77777

4. Type of articles published?

This journal publishes articles that focus on applied public argument (debates, convention speeches, corporate speeches, etc.) in Texas and the southwest.

5. Style guide requirements:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition

Abstract: Professor Smith suggested that candidates for public office in Texas differ from candidates in other southwestern states. The author questioned the extent to which public appeals to voters differ between candidates from Texas and candidates from other southwestern states. This qualitative study found significant differences in the kinds of issues emphasized by candidates in the two groups over a twenty-year period. The author concluded that voters in Texas have different expectations of candidates for public office than do voters in other southwestern states.

Smith, C. L. (2000). Political candidate appeals to voters in Texas and
      southwestern states. The Texas Public Argument Journal, 18, 196-212.