Communication Studies Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Self reported behavioral and attitudinal changes influenced by participation in women’s consciousness-raising groups
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The rhetoric of the press : newspaper treatment of Richard Nixon’s major statements on Vietnam, 1969-1970
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Harry S. Truman : a study of the rhetoric of limited commitment
(University of Kansas, 1973) -
Moving toward understanding : the relationship of open expression to empathy
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Sensitivity training and organization development in the United States Army : an exploratory study
(University of Kansas, 1973) -
An inquiry into types of attributions made about incongruent communications
(University of Kansas, 1977) -
Rhetorical criticism of Supreme Court opinions : the opinions in Beal v. Doe
(University of Kansas, 1985) -
Value shifts and management training needs : forecasts for 1990
(University of Kansas, 1984) -
A descriptive study of attitudes of Episcopalians toward ordination of women
(University of Kansas, 1981) -
Communication in same-gender friendship dyads
(University of Kansas, 1986) -
The effects of differential utility value knowledge on both joint payoff and differential payoff in bilateral bargaining
(University of Kansas, 1978) -
Divergent perspective taking in conflict situations
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How to Build an Army: The Constitutive Utopian Rhetoric of Julius Wayland in the Appeal to Reason
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Founded and edited by Julius Augustus Wayland, the Appeal to Reason, an influential socialist newspaper at the turn of the twentieth century, succeeded where every other contemporary radical periodical failed. It attracted ... -
A network-based approach to estimating partisanship and analyzing change in polarization during the 2016 general election
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Communication and media research lacks an accessible and systematic approach to measuring political partisanship in decentralized media environments. In this dissertation, a network-based measurement of partisanship is ... -
The Dangers of Masculine Support Messages Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences: Social Support as a Strategy for Abuse Prevention and Intervention
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) are more likely to have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACES) than the general population (e.g., Whitfield, Anda, Dube, & Felitti, 2003). Despite this association, ... -
Combatting a failure to report: Juror misconduct and the mum effect
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The purpose of this study is to examine strategies used in jury instructions to combat the mum effect in the context of jury misconduct. This study was conducted using a 2x3 experimental design employing three sets of typed ... -
Madness and Violence: The Rhetorical Construction of Motive After Mass Shootings in the United States Between 1949-2012
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)This dissertation project offers an historical perspective on news media response to mass violence. More specifically, my dissertation traces associations between mental illness and dangerousness as articulated in the ... -
Young Adults' Relationship Satisfaction with Parents: The Effects of Overparenting and Relational Maintenance Behaviors Performed Via ICTs
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)A growing body of scholarship finds that information communication technologies (ICTs) influence parent-young adult child relationships (Gentzler et al., 2011; Ramsey et al., 2013; Schon, 2014). Few studies have examined ... -
TECHNICAL VERSUS ADAPTIVE TRAINING: MOBILIZING WOMEN POLITICAL CANDIDATES TO THRIVE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Although women make up more than 50% of the current U.S. population, they hold less than 25% of elected offices nationwide (Dittmar, 2017). To address this issue, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) established ...