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Communication Studies: Recent submissions
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"We Have Work to Do, and We're Doing It:" An Analysis of Roger Goodell's Rhetoric During the NFL's Ongoing Concussion Crisis
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Throughout Roger Goodell's term as commissioner, the National Football League (NFL) had to address the long-term health issues caused by head injury, which damaged their organizational image and caused an ongoing crisis. ... -
The Role of Social Support in Weight Stability Maintenance
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Although it is common for dieting attempts to be initially successful, it is rare for weight to be permanently kept off successfully. This leads to weight cycling, a practice that is associated with negative physical and ... -
Contact, Disclosure, Stereotypes, and Attitudes Toward People with Physical Disabilities: The Mediator Effects of Intergroup Anxiety and Social Support
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Guided by intergroup contact theory (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew, 1998), the current study examined the influences of perceptions of individuals without disabilities (N = 189) regarding their communication experiences with ... -
Selling Social Justice: Neoliberal Protest Rhetoric, Corporatized Resistance, and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)In 2008 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society partnered with the Fortune 100 media conglomerate Discovery Inc. and produced an incredibly efficacious discourse of conservationism. In doing so, they stepped outside the ... -
Understanding the relationship between family communication and the development of weight stigma
(Termedia Publishing, 2016-03)Background This study examined the relationship between family communication and weight stigma. The Family Communication Patterns Theory was used as a framework to explain the relationships between two dimensions of family ... -
Psychometric Analysis of the Emotional Tone Rating Scale: A Measure of Person-Centered Communication
(Taylor and Francis, 2012-01-01)Psychometric analysis of the Emotional Tone Rating Scale (ETRS) was completed using ratings of naïve listeners who evaluated staff-resident communication in three nursing homes. Interrater consistency was high with ICC (2, ... -
Steam-Powered Rhetoric
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)This dissertation examines the complex and multifaceted life of steam in the context of nineteenth-century America. During this time, steam was a ubiquitous presence in public life. Steam powered the transcontinental ... -
Populism and Myth in the Rhetoric of Elizabeth Warren
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)This study sought to understand the strong resonance of Elizabeth Warren's rhetoric among Millenials and many liberal democrats. The three texts selected each received an inordinate amount of attention, particularly via ... -
SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH ASSIMILATION: THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHEROKEE NATION
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)This dissertation examines federal Indian law of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries as constitutive rhetoric. Focusing specifically on the Cherokee Nation, I argue that the word "tribe," as used in three federal ... -
Trust, leadership, and communication satisfaction in higher education: Faculty perceptions of their department and division chairs
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The formalized study of leadership dates back to the early 20th century and has continued to evolve since that time. Contemporary leadership theories emphasize morals and values with an interest in how followers are treated; ... -
Interprofessional Education in Undergraduate & Graduate Communication Science Disorders Programs: A National Exploratory Investigation
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Interprofessional education (IPE) encourages health professionals to learn interactively with each other, on the premise that collaborative learning will have direct positive effects on patient/client health. While IPE has ... -
Terministic Screens and Partisan Audiences: A Burkean Cluster Analysis of Clint Eastwood's American Sniper
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)After its 2014 release and box-office success, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, a war film dramatizing the life of Navy Seal Chris Kyle, became a controversial picture for both conservative and liberal partisan audiences. ... -
The Politics of Talent: Inequality, Innovation, and Attribution
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Since the “Great Recession” in late 2007, economic inequality in the United States has been increasing sharply. The notion of “talent” has been a key prism through which the various responses to economic inequality have ... -
Alter Egos / Alternative Rhetorics: Belle Knox's Rhetorical Construction of Pornography and Feminism
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)In early 2014, Miriam Weeks, more famously known as “the Duke Porn Star” was exposed for acting in pornography to pay her exorbitant Duke tuition bills. Throughout the media saga that followed her outing, Weeks defended ... -
Rational Ground on the Rio Grande: George W. Bush and Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)During his second term, George W. Bush pushed comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), a policy that addressed illegal immigration through several provisions at once. Some of those provisions were favored by conservative ... -
Straight Love, No Chaser: Authenticity and the Soul Music Revival
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)This project explores the revived interest in American soul music and the ways that contemporary soul musicians negotiate the concept of “authenticity.” Two contemporary record labels, Daptone Records and Numero Group, ... -
CORPOREAL ANXIETY: THE VISUAL ARGUMENTATION OF RECENT ANTI-TOBACCO ADVERTISEMENTS
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Tobacco usage is the leading contributor to preventable death in the United States, yet maintains a strong appeal to many demographics, due to decades of massive advertising expenditures from the tobacco industry and the ... -
GLOBAL SOJOURNERS: WOMEN’S POLITICAL EFFICACY AND POLITICAL AMBITION IN THE FACE OF POLITICAL CYNICISM AND GENDER BARRIERS
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Despite progress that has been made worldwide regarding female political participation, the question of why more women do not enter the political arena remains. This study explored how women from MMIAPEZ (Mongolia, Morocco, ... -
Characteristics of the Male Gazer: Application of Ambivalent Sexism Theory and Sociosexuality on Male Gazing Behavior
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Gaze behavior has been defined as a method of focusing social attention, which potentially can aid in the process of choosing a potential sexual or romantic partner during mate selection. The male gaze refers to visual ... -
Proposing the Communicate Bond Belong Theory: Evolutionary intersections with episodic interpersonal communication
(Wiley, 2016)The Communicate Bond Belong (CBB) Theory is an evolutionary and motivational explanation of human communication’s role in the relational functions of social interaction. CBB Theory conceives of all social interactions as ...