Contents: P.J. Kalbfleisch, Editor's Introduction. E.L. Kirby, A.G. Golden, C.E. Medved, J. Jorgenson, P.M. Buzzanell, An Organizational Communication Challenge to the Discourse of Work and Family Research: From Problematics to Empowerment. R. Luthra, Recovering Women's Voice: Communicative Empowerment of Women of the South. E.M. Rogers, A. Singhal, Empowerment and Communication: Lessons Learned From Organizing for Social Change. T.L. Jacobson, Participatory Communication for Social Change: The Relevance of the Theory of Communicative Action. S.C. Hammond, R. Anderson, K.N. Cissna, The Problematics of Dialogue and Power. L-R. Bloch, D. Lemish, The Megaphone Effect: The International Diffusion of Cultural Media via the USA. J.R. Abrams, W.P. Eveland, Jr., H. Giles, The Effects of Television on Group Vitality: Can Television Empower Nondominant Groups? L. Aldoory, The Empowerment of Feminist Scholarship in Public Relations and the Building of a Feminist Paradigm. P.S. Parker, Control, Resistance, and Empowerment in Raced, Gendered, and Classed Work Contexts: The Case of African American Women. M.J. Metzger, A.J. Flanagin, K. Eyal, D.R. Lemus, R.M. McCann, Credibility for the 21st Century: Integrating Perspectives on Source, Message, and Media Credibility in the Contemporary Media Environment. S.J. Coopman, Communicating Disability: Metaphors of Oppression, Metaphors of Empowerment.