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Communication Studies: 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 ... -
Humor in romantic relationships: A meta-analysis
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Friendship Standards: The Dimensions of Ideal Expectations
(SAGE Publications, 2012-06-19)This multi-study investigation identified and confirmed the factor structure of ideal friendship standards. Study 1 (N = 307) conducted an exploratory factor analysis on 30 existing subscales of friendship expectations. ... -
Impression management and formation on Facebook: A lens model approach
(SAGE Publications, 2013-08-02)To extend research on online impression formation and warranting theory, the present investigation reports a Brunswick lens model analysis of Facebook profiles. Facebook users’ (N = 100) personality (i.e., extraversion, ... -
Sexual Selection and Humor in Courtship: A Case for Warmth and Extraversion
(SAGE Publications, 2015-07-07)This investigation examines a sexual selection-based argument regarding humor’s role in courtship (i.e., humor production signals intelligence/creativity). Lens model (n =100) analyses suggest that humor production on ... -
The Regulation of Social Interaction in Everyday Life: A Replication and Extension of O’Connor and Rosenblood (1996)
(SAGE Publications, 2016-06-16)The present investigation replicates O’Connor and Rosenblood’s (1996) experience sampling study of the homeostatic regulation of social interaction, and addresses the statistical limitations of the original study. Using ... -
Accurately Detecting Flirting: Error Management Theory, the Traditional Sexual Script, and Flirting Base Rate
(SAGE Publications, 2014-05-25)The present manuscript reports two studies on the accuracy of flirting detection. In Study 1, 52 pairs (N = 104) of opposite-sex heterosexual strangers interacted for 10-12 minutes, then self-reported flirting and perceived ... -
An attitudinal study at the University of Kansas concerning the alleged bases of campus dissent
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When is social media use social interaction? Defining mediated social interaction
(Sage Publications, 2016-07-28)This investigation explores the question, when is social media use social interaction? The results of three studies indicated that social media use was rarely considered social interaction. After using social media for 5 ... -
Deliberative Television: Encouraging Substantive, Citizen-Driven News
(Berkeley Electronic Press, 2013-10-25)With Americans’ confidence in the news media dwindling, the quality of programming declining, and audiences turning elsewhere, the American news media is at a crossroads. We argue that news outlets should consider a new ... -
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 Persuasive Force of Political Humor
(Wiley, 2016)Political humor is ubiquitous in some contexts and forbidden in others, and yet scholars have described political humor as unreliable and attempts to control its meaning as futile. How do speakers design political humor ... -
The theatrical history of Wichita, Kansas, 1872-1920
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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 ...