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Structural constraints and situational information seeking: a test of two predictors in a sense-making context
(1985)This study examines the existing controversies of mechanistic versus non-mechanistic and individual versus structural conceptualizations of human information seeking behavior in communication research. In examining ... -
The World War I censorship of the Irish-American press
(1993)During World War I, editions of five Irish-American newspapers were banned from the mails by the United States Post Office. One newspaper and a magazine were forced out of business.These actions were ostensibly taken in ... -
Local television crime news visuals and concern about crime: exploring the cultivation process through recall and meaning of visual images
(1994)This study explores cognitive processes involved in cultivation by examining recall and meaning of visual images in local television crime news and their relation to concern about crime. Data were gathered through a content ... -
With liberty for some: Oregon editors and the challenge of civil liberties, 1942-55
(1995)Civil liberties were under attack in the United States well before Senator Joseph R. McCarthy strode to a West Virginia microphone in February 1950 and began the tumult that would be known as McCarthyism. State investigations ... -
Using crime victims' names in the news: journalists' legal rights and ethical justifications
(1996)In the late 1980s and 1990s, individuals in the intellectual and academic circles of the journalistic community argued over whether or not journalists should publish the names of crime victims, particularly rape victims, ... -
A communication methodology focused on ecological unitizing designed to enable upper elementary school students to generate their own appropriate learning goals
(1997)This dissertation creates and tests a communication methodology, focused on ecological unitizing, designed to enable upper elementary school students to generate their own appropriate learning goals. A communication ... -
The Slashdot effect: analysis of a large-scale public conversation on the World Wide Web
(2001)Slashdot bills itself as the source of "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." The site itself is a collective "web log" ( blog), a way of concentrating news and other information from the web and commenting upon it. In ... -
Media constructions of Scottish national identity though the prism of the new Scottish parliament
(2001)This dissertation examines the media's influence in developments surrounding the implementation of the new Scottish parliament and executive in 1999. Focusing on the central role of the Scottish press, it analyzes the ... -
Social application of the arts: making a difference through art
(2001)The arts have been used in the service of individuals, communities and societies for years. While many applications of the arts have been attempted, research into the effectiveness of the arts is limited and what research ... -
Language and media in the promotion of the Breton cultural identity in the European Union
(2001)Prior to the explosion in the number of global communication links in the 20th century, nation-states were the primary international communicators. However, with these new developments, groups both larger and smaller than ... -
Public meetings and public officials: officeholders' accounts of participatory and deliberative democratic encounters with citizens
(2002)Despite their potential democratic value, public meetings between citizens and officeholders are poorly understood sites of political participation and community planning. Although there has been a recent rise in scholarly ... -
How teens who are at risk for suicide and who have conflict with parents characterize their parents' communicative behavior
(2002)To better understand how troubled teens perceive their parents' communicative behavior, 77 interviews with teens were analyzed. All of the teens met criteria for being at risk for suicide and all identified conflict with ... -
Small talk with friends and family: does text messaging on the mobile phone help users enhance relationships?
(2002)Text messaging on the mobile phone is a recent and significant global phenomenon requiring an inquiry. Billions of messages are sent each month worldwide. One may question what the act of exchanging short text messages on ... -
The guise of deliberation: a rhetorical criticism of arguments in the Yucca Mountain site authorization controversy
(2005)A contemporary controversy in the United States over nuclear waste concerns the 2001 decision to site a national high-level nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain in Nevada. This dissertation is a rhetorical criticism, ... -
The future church: identity and persuasion on congregational Websites
(2007)Because of demographic shifts in church attendance over recent decades, rising secularism, and the influence of other world religions, religious leaders are engaging more frequently in discussions about future directions ... -
Relational turning point events and their outcomes in college teacher-student relationships from students' perspectives
(2008)This study investigates relational turning point events and their outcomes reported to occur by students in college teacher-student relationships. Six hundred and forty college students were asked if they could identify a ... -
The right thing to do: Global warming and the conservative press
(2010-12)Deemed an issue of the ideological left, global warming is a contentious issue in today’s political landscape. In 2006, environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth, narrated by former vice-president Al Gore, was ... -
Contemporary Popular Culture and the Politics of Asian American Representation, Resistance, and Cultural Production
(2012-08-10)Despite their increasing visibility in mainstream popular culture, problems in Asian American representation continue to manifest. For example, there is renewed interest in infantilizing, colonial images of Asian women, ...