Communication Studies Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Resilience at Work: An exploration of the process of resilience with marketing agency professionals
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Professionals who work in marketing communication agencies face the challenge of continuously producing creative work while facing nearly constant critique, feedback, and rejection from clients and colleagues. Frequent ... -
An attitudinal study at the University of Kansas concerning the alleged bases of campus dissent
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Intergroup Anxiety and Willingness to Communicate: Exploring the Effects of Stereotype Threat and Social Attraction
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Guided by communication accommodation theory (Giles, 1973) and ethnolinguistic identity theory (Giles, Bourhis, Richard, & Taylor, 1977), the current experimental study examined the effect of activation of an outgroup ... -
The theatrical history of Wichita, Kansas, 1872-1920
(University of Kansas, 1950) -
Musculinity: A Critical Visual Investigation of Male Body Culture
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)While numerous research has focused on gender and fitness, few have explored the intersections of gender and fitness identity. While a significant volume of research has been dedicated to exploring women’s role within ... -
The Agrarian Rhetoric of Richard M. Weaver
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)The rhetorician and philosopher Richard Weaver has been an unfairly marginalized figure in rhetorical studies, consigned to the margins for his conservative political views and insistence upon the reality of Platonic ... -
Intergroup Anxiety and Attitudes toward Muslims: The Effects of Religious Identity Salience and Message Politeness Strategies
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)Guided by intergroup contact theory, social identity theory, and politeness theory, this experimental study examined the effects of the target’s Muslim religious identity salience (high and low) and message politeness ... -
Building and Maintaining Relationships in the Digital Age: Using Social Penetration Theory to Explore Communication through Social Networking Sites
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The purpose of this research is to extend Social Penetration Theory (SPT) beyond face-to-face (FtF) relational development by taking into account the unique nature of online interpersonal interactions and self-disclosure ... -
Employability and Empowerment: Discursive Constructions of Career Planning
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Since the 1980s there has been a notable trend of university career centers (UCCs) transforming from job-placement centers into full-service centers that include career coaching, counseling, and job search activities such ... -
STAKEHOLDER VOICES IN INTEGRATING EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AS A STRATEGIC UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Stakeholders invested in American higher education, such as accreditors, legislators, administrators, faculty, parents, and community members, are placing increasing pressure on universities to educate students in a way ... -
Coming Out in Rural America: Stories of Disclosure and Identity
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the gender norm construction process within rural communities and the possible association it might have on non-heterosexuals' sexual identity formation. The study also ... -
The Myth of Techno-Transcendence: The Rhetoric of the Singularity
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)Recent studies suggest that people are anxious about the influence of technology on (and in) the future. The rapidity of technological progress, combined with the failure of technical discourses to provide answers in times ... -
The 1968 Political Campaign of Senator Eugene J. McCarthy: A Study of Rhetorical Choice
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A Model of Rhetorical Legitimization and the Case of Quality Assessment in Higher Education
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)The Department of Education (DoE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) are regulatory agencies in the system of accreditation that influence both the quality and reputation of colleges and universities. ... -
Constructing a "New Kenya": National Unity and Reconciliation in the Wake of Kenya's 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)On December 30, 2007, moments after Kenya's electoral commission announced incumbent President Mwai Kibaki won the presidential election, violence erupted across Kenya in response to perceptions the election was rigged. ... -
Rhetoric, World-view, and Strategy in United States National Security Strategy Documents
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)Beginning in 1987, American Presidents have published a National Security Strategy (NSS), a public statement of their administration's grand strategy for the conduct of foreign policy. Despite breaking with a centuries-old ... -
Searching for the Spirit of Crazy Horse: A Rhetorical Analysis of Competing Myths
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)In this thesis I look at three different biographical reconstructions of Crazy Horse that construct the famous Lakota man as a mythic hero. Through the lens of myth and narrative theory, I identify three different ways in ... -
Fire, Sacrifice, and Social Change: The Rhetoric of Self-Immolation
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)Self-immolation is a complex rhetorical gesture that confounds many traditional norms of analysis, because it is an act in which the rhetorical canvas is the body. In this dissertation I analyze mediated responses to ... -
"Believe Me!" : An Ethnography of Persuasive Interaction at the Farmers' Market
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Farmers' markets have been growing in recent decades and one contributing factor is that customers have more interpersonal contact with sellers at farmers' markets than they do at grocery stores. Increased interpersonal ... -
Perception of grandchild-grandparent communication in South Korea and reduction of prejudice toward aging
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Guided by intergroup contact theory and communication accommodation theory, this study investigated the relationships between Korean young adults' (N = 301, M age = 21.90, SD = 1.79) contact frequency with their grandparents ...