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Communication Studies: Recent submissions
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Social Support and Anorexia Recovery Online
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)An analysis of an online anorexia recovery message board community was used to develop an understanding of how anorexia patients conceptualize the recovery process, what tangential topics they discuss on the message board, ... -
SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS: ASSESSING THE GOALS, MESSAGES, AND DILEMMAS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT GROUPS FOR WOMEN IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Substance abuse and domestic violence are correlated issues and frequently co-occur (see, e.g., Chase, O'Farrell, Murphy, Fals-Stewart, & Murphy, 2003; Fals-Stewart & Kennedy, 2005; Stuart et al., 2006; Testa, Livingston, ... -
Ideology and Argument: Mitt Romney and the GOP in the 2012 Election
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)This paper examines four rhetorical events during the 2012 presidential election to examine how ideology and argument are informed by one another in discussions of policy during campaigns. Using the first two Republican ... -
Anxiety is the Mother of Perceived Bad Intentions: Trusting One's Partner May Improve Conflict Resolution
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Verbal aggression is a thorn in the side of anyone who wishes to resolve a conflict. Romantic relationships, rife with conflict, can suffer when conflict involves verbally aggressive behavior. Individuals with listening ... -
Managing the Openness-Closedness Dialectic: How Graduate Teaching Assistants Handle the Tension
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are a pervasive part of undergraduate education. When interacting with undergraduate students, GTAs must balance a tension of being a friend and an authority figure with students. One ... -
A Rhetorical Investigation of Public Disbelief in Climate Science
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)Global warming and climate change pose a significant threat to the livelihoods of future generations. Although there is a consensus of qualified climate scientists who believe that scientific evidence supports Anthropogenic ... -
Barack Obama and the African Idea: Topology, Tropology, and Stasis in Spatial Counter Narratives
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)There is no region of world outside of the United States where Obama's meteoric rise generated as much excitement as in Africa. It is also uncontroversial to assert that Obama's rhetorical skill was a major factor behind ... -
Goals, Reflection, and Students' Mathematics Self-Efficacy
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This study investigated what changes occurred in students' self-efficacy beliefs when reflection on goal progression and academic achievement was integrated in the classroom. It also identified how students' views towards ... -
Functions of the Common Ingroup Identity Model and Acculturation Strategies in Intercultural Communication: American Host Nationals' Communication with Chinese International Students
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Identities of social groups have been considered as the fundamental factors which influence communication practices (e.g., Harwood, Giles, & Palomares, 2005). Guided by the Intergroup Contact Hypothesis (Allport, 1954; ... -
The Rhetoric of Urban Renewal: Redevelopment in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Cities throughout the United States have attempted to rehabilitate their neglected urban neighborhoods. These efforts have been the result of rhetorical struggles that involve the stakeholders of the neighborhoods - ... -
Countering Foundational Myths and Cultural Beliefs: The Reportage of Anna Politkovskaya
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who reported for Novaya Gazeta about the Second Chechen War and the Chechen civilians who suffered as a result, was assassinated at her Moscow apartment building on October 7, 2006. ... -
THE GENEALOGY OF THE PROSTITUTE: DEFINING AND DISCIPLINING PROSTITUTION THROUGH JOURNALISM IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND, 1809-1886
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This dissertation is an exploration into the changing definition of a prostitute during the nineteenth century in Britain and the actions taken in response to that changing definition. I argue that different definitions ... -
Communication and the Art of Improvisation
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Over the last 15 years, improvisational theater has been increasingly applied in organizational contexts to improve the communicative environment of that organization. It is widely held that improv benefits the communicative ... -
Always In The Name of Zion: A Rhetorical History of Ahad Ha-am and Cultural Zionism
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Cultural Zionism was an ideological position that both predated and contended with traditional political Zionism. Operating from the assumption that a national sense of identity had to be established before a physical state ... -
The World Made Meme: Discourse and Identity in Participatory Media
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This project explores internet memes as public discourse. `Meme' is a term coined by biologist Richard Dawkins to describe the flow, flux, mutation, and evolution of culture, a cultural counter to the gene. But the term ... -
Traveling the Road to Redemption: Toyota Motor Corporation's Rhetoric of Atonement As Response to the 2010 Recall Crisis
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Abstract This dissertation is a case study of Toyota Motor Corporation's movement from communicative failure to communicative success during the massive 2010 auto recall. It is the author's contention that the movement ... -
Communicative Implications of the Modern Video Game: An Audience-Centered Approach
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-31)The advent of the home video game console and three decades of continuously evolving gaming technology has had a profound impact on American culture. While many studies have investigated various sociocultural outcomes and ... -
Perceptions of the Adult Son/Husband's Mediation Styles in Chinese Mother/Daughter-In-Law Conflicts
(University of Kansas, 2009-12-31)From the perspectives of mothers-in-law (n = 316, M age = 62.80, SD = 8.07) and daughters-in-law (n = 287, M age = 37.17, SD = 8.12), this study examined the son/husband's mediation role in mother/daughter-in-law conflicts ... -
Family Structure and The Freshmen Year: Influence of Parental Marital Status and Custody Arrangement on First-Year College Adjustment
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The purpose of this study is to examine how first-year college adjustment is impacted by family structure. More specifically, the study aims to determine if the current definition of family structure needs to be revised ... -
Ghosting Authenticity: Characterization in Corporate Speechwriting
(Sage, 2011-04)One of the most distinctive stylistic virtues of speechwriting is characterization, the art of capturing a client’s voice in a believable and engaging manner. This article examines characterization in the context of corporate ...