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A Virtual Foot in the Door: How Avatar Similarity Impacts Group Identity in Computer-Mediated Communication
(2016-05-16)Communication researchers continue to explore the promise and the impact of the Internet and computer-mediated communication. While much research has shown that the effects have been distancing, polarizing and negative ... -
Analyzing International Radio Stations: A Systems Approach
(SAGE, 2007-12-01)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: For many years, international radio broadcasting has been used by nations around the world as a foreign policy tool. As the world political system changed following ... -
The Balancing Act Is Magnified: U.S. Mothers’ Struggles amidst a Pandemic
(2021)Successes are often noticed in reflection after an event; struggles are felt in the moment. When COVID-19 was recognized as a public health emergency in the United States (US), many mothers felt their struggles more acutely. ... -
Believe it or not: Understanding the credibility and effectiveness of Radio Sawa in the UAE
(SAGE, 2011)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: As part of an overall strategy to influence public opinion in the Muslim world, the US government implemented two new international broadcasting tools — Radio Sawa ... -
Big Data and Journalism: How American Journalism is Adopting the Use of Big Data
(Catholic University of Colombia, 2021-02-01)This research uses in-depth interviews with three data journalists from the Houston Chronicle and the New York Times in the United States to describe the role of data journalists, and to illustrate how and why they use big ... -
Can Political Candidate's Use Of Facebook To Influence Real World Outcomes? An Analysis Of Uses And Gratifications Needs, Online Participation And Offline Outcomes On Candidate's Facebook Pages
(Communication, 2012-07-25)Facebook pages are becoming an ever-increasing way to market and promote people, products and ideas on social media. This thesis explores whether or not political candidate's Facebook pages can influence real world offline ... -
Case Study Analysis of Shared Visual Arguments and Propaganda Techniques of Russian Propaganda Posters and Russian Internet Memes
(2019-12-06)Rhetoric, the study of argument using logic, has been studied for centuries. However, there is some disagreement among scholars on whether or not argumentation can be applied to visual imagery. Images are noted to have ... -
A Clash Of Cultures: Cultural Differences Within American And Japanese Animation
(Communication, 2007-08-23)This research examines the Japanese cultural phenomenon of anime, and the cultural values that allow issues deemed more suitable for adults to be included in anime and viewed by all ages in Japan, but not in the United ... -
A Clash of Cultures: Reaching Hostile Audiences Through International Broadcasting
(Sage OpenDepartment of Communication, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012 Octob)This study examines U.S. international broadcasting efforts through the Office of War Information and Voice of America to provide a philosophy and foundation for the use of Alhurra Television. This station was launched ... -
CMC v/s FtFC- Media Effect On Millennials' Self-disclosure Behavior
(Communication, 2013-03-20)This study examines the effect that computer-mediated communication (CMC) and face-to-face communication (FTFC) have on Millennials' communication behaviors. The study specifically focuses on the self-disclosure aspect and ... -
Communicating Death to Potential Military Recruits: A Terror Management Theory Approach
(2019-12-10)Efforts to encourage more citizens to join the military is a prominent duty within a military organization. In order to maintain force strength, military recruiters and marketing teams need to persuade the population to ... -
Competing Discourses Surrounding Primary Caregivers Of Hospice Patients
(Communication, 2013-03-20)The aging of the baby boomer generation has resulted in dynamic growth in end-of-life care. In the year 2030, 22% of Americans will be over the age of 65. Given this projection and the lack of communication research based ... -
Condom communication in young adults’ romantic relationships: Examining privacy’s effects on attitudes, norms, self-efficacy, and barriers
(2019)Condoms are the most recommended method of preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet they are underutilized. Young adults are at substantially higher risk for contracting an STI than other populations, but do ... -
Critical Race Theory and Critical Communication Pedagogy: Articulating Pedagogy as an Act of Love from Black Male Perspectives
(2012-11)Building upon the established foundation of research concerning the systemic marginalization of Black men in traditionally White educational spaces, this essay positions Black male educational counterstories at the center ... -
Documenting Emotional Labor: An Exercise in Critical Communication Pedagogy
(The Regents of the University of California, 2022)This essay builds on Lawless’s call to name and chronicle emotional work. The authors draw attention to the emotional labor that has become an institutional expectation of the academic position, particularly among people ... -
The Evolution Of The Rag: An Analysis Of The Social, Political And Technological Influences On The Birth Of One Underground Newspaper In The 1960s
(Communication, 2010-07-19)This research examines the influences which led to the beginnings of The Rag, an underground newspaper in Austin, TX, that would last for 11 years and give voice to a generation of young adults that were intent on changing ... -
An Exploration Of Social Media's Influence In Parasocial Relationships Between Sports Fans And Sports Figures
(Communication, 2014-03-12)This study used sixteen in-depth interviews with sports fans who claimed to have a favorite sports figure in order to explore parasocial relationships. Parasocial interaction theory was the framework used to explore these ... -
An Exploration Of The Framing Of Collegiate Wheelchair Basketball And Able Bodied Basketball Coverage In Student News Sources
This study used 160 wheelchair basketball and 160 able bodied basketball articles from student news sources to conduct content and textual analyses. Framing theory and the transactional model were used to explore these ... -
Family Communicative Environment’s Effects on Young Adults’ Social Norms about Limiting Alcohol: Examining the Mediating Effects of Implicit Privacy Rules
(2021)Alcohol usage among young adults remains a prominent public health concern. Communicating with family members about alcohol can positively influence young adults’ perceptions of social norms, yet the stigmatized nature of ... -
The Far East Network Okinawa: Impact, Influence, And Personal Stories From The First 50 Years
The American Forces Network (AFN) began during World War II to boost the morale of troops serving overseas, and to that end, military broadcasters at AFN Okinawa have served as the link to home for troops stationed on the ...