Communication Studies Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Conflict Management Styles of Americans and Indonesians: Exploring the Effects of Gender and Collectivism/Individualism
(University of Kansas, 2009-04-29)The study explored the effects of gender and collectivism/individualism on conflict management styles among Indonesians (n= 271) and Americans (n= 243). Findings indicated that Indonesians preferred the compromising and ... -
Communication as Ontology for a Structurationist Approach to Role Enactment
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-01)In recent years structuration theory has increased in popularity and acceptance among communication scholars. Despite significant critiques from other disciplines (e.g., business, education, sociology), only marginal ... -
Towards A Rhetoric of Architecture: A Framework for Understanding Cities
(University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)In order to articulate meaning in cities and architecture, I propose a framework of enacted architecture that considers the built environment in everyday spatial practices. Building on Henri Lefebvre's work, we know ... -
The reconstruction of national identity following tragic events
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-15)When large-scale tragedies occur in the United States, the national identity is shaken. Immediately after the event, as well as on anniversaries of the tragedy, the media work to reconstruct that identity in their editorial ... -
Conflict management styles among young male Arabs and Americans: exploring the effects of ethnic identity and self-construal
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-28)This study examined self-construal, ethnic identity, and conflict management styles among young male Arabs studying in the United States (n = 185) and American college students (n = 145). Findings indicated that Arabs had ... -
An Analysis of Message Development, Delivery Strategies, Message Topics, Functional Consequences, and Social Responses of Requesting an Accommodation in the Workplace Due to a Chronic Health Condition
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-15)By 2020, 157 million Americans will be living with a chronic health condition. Many will continue to work by requesting workplace accommodations such as changes to their work environment or work schedule. In interviews, ... -
Becoming a Nurse: The Role of Communication in Professional Socialization
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-18)The nursing industry faces tremendous growth in the coming years, as over one million new nurses will be needed to combat the current shortage and enable the healthcare industry to function at an acceptable level. To ... -
The Communicative Creation of Meetings: An Interaction Analysis of Meeting Thought Units and Meeting Activities in Three Natural Meeting Contexts
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-18)Research on meeting interaction often reads like a how-to book, as both academic and popular literature focus primarily on normative, prescriptive strategies designed to produce effective meeting outcomes. Unfortunately, ... -
Hello, my name is ____, and I'm an alcoholic: A study of organizational identification and commitment to Alcoholics Anonymous
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-31)This study's purpose was to investigate the communicative processes involved in organizational identification and commitment in a nonwork setting. It considers how organizational identification, organizational commitment, ... -
Fallout fans: Negotiations over text integrity in the age of the active audience
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-31)This study investigated how fans and producers of media texts negotiate text integrity, which is defined as an ideal about the validity, wholeness, and truth of the text. An evaluation of previous research in fan studies ... -
Fahrenheit 9/11: A Case Study in Counternarrative
(University of Kansas, 2008-04-25)This thesis does a rhetorical analysis of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 to understand its failure to achieve its goal of a George W. Bush defeat in the 2004 election. To do this I outline a theory of counternarrative ... -
The Art of Simulated Atonement: A Case Study of George W. Bush
(University of Kansas, 2007-11-20)This study sought to explain how President George W. Bush used a unique form of apologia during his first six years in office to minimize accountability for his role in three major political scandals. After selecting ... -
An analysis of factors association with responsibility attribution in incidents of medical malpractice
(University of Kansas, 2007-12-11)Approximately twelve-hundred medical malpractice claims make it to the state courts each year. Within this setting, a growing concern is the influence of extralegal factors, which are factors outside the scope of the law ... -
Political Socialization: The Political Messages in Televised News and the Effect on Young Adults
(University of Kansas, 2008-06-09)This study is designed to examine how young adults are socialized through media outlets and how knowledgeable and cynical they are towards these media outlets. Survey research is used in order to answer four research ... -
THE (DIS)ORGANIZING PROPERTY OF COMMUNICATION: ERROR AND INEFFICIENCY IN COORDINATED ACTION
(University of Kansas, 2008-05-12)This dissertation theoretically characterized and empirically tested the theory that organization arises from within communication. Each chapter is interconnected but written as an independent research report. Organizational ...