Qualitative Communication Research (QCR), edited by Kenneth N. Cissna, U South Florida,  is a refereed academic journal that publishes articles of interest to scholars in communication studies and allied fields whose work is primarily qualitative in orientation. We are especially interested in articles that bring a qualitative perspective and a communicative lens to addressing significant social and practical issues in human life.All qualitative approaches are welcome, including, but not limited to, ethnography of speaking, participant observation, interviewing, grounded theory, focus groups, autoethnography, discourse analysis, and all forms of ethnography including critical, artistic, literary, poetic, and performance. Mixed-method studies are welcome unless they are primarily quantitative, as are experimental forms of presentation. Excluded are cultural theoretical essays without an empirical grounding, calls for research, and textual criticism.In addition, QCR publishes “Issues in Qualitative Communication Research,” a section of the journal providing a forum where issues or controversies associated with qualitative research and communication can be addressed shorter point-of-view essays. Inquiry and submission of articles should be sent to the editor, [log in to unmask]. To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the PerformSocSci newsgroup go to: http://tinyurl.com/ydkjuqj Join us for discussion on facebook: http://tinyurl.com/375pehd ************************** Changing the way we view social science one download at a time.