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Communication Studies: Recent submissions
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Amateur experts: International fan labor in Swedish independent music
(SAGE Publishing, 2009-09)With the rise of Web 2.0 have come increased opportunities for fans to serve as filters, influencing the global flow of cultural materials. On the one hand, this represents a giant leap forward for fans, who can now serve ... -
Agreements and Disagreements in a Computer-Mediated Discussion
(Taylor and Francis (Routlegde), 1996)Agreements and disagreements in a predominantly female computer-mediated discussion group which discusses soap operas are analyzed in terms of their message features. The findings differ from those on agreements and ... -
Interpreting Soap Operas and Creating Community: Inside a Computer-Mediated Fan Culture
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The Performance of Humor in Computer-Mediated Communication
(Blackwell Publishing, 1995-09)There has been very little work on humor in computer-mediated communication. Indeed, the implication of some CMC work is that the medium is inhospitable to humor. This essay argues that humor can be accomplished in CMC and ... -
Why She Did It: Battle for the Meaning of the Female Suicide Attackers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(University of Kansas, 2010-04-28)Suicide bombings are quickly becoming the tactic of choice for resistance groups around the globe, and increasingly, women are becoming the chosen perpetrators. However, the continued strength of gender roles and stereotypes ... -
Countering Questionable Tactics by Crying Foul
(American Forensic Association, 2011)How do crying foul strategies, such as saying opponents are trying to "terrify" into a decision, pressure opponents to argue well? I submit that crying foul strategies work by making a norm determinate, and by making ... -
A Normative Pragmatic Model of Making Fear Appeals
(Penn State University Press, 2011)How do fear appeals generate persuasive force, or reasonably pressure addressees to act as the speaker advocates? Leading models of fear appeals provide partial answers to this question because they locate persuasive force ... -
CREATIVE ADOLESCENTS: SEX DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT, INTERESTS, PERSONALITY, AND VALUES
(University of Kansas, 2010-05-28)The Counseling Laboratory for the Exploration of Optimal States (CLEOS) is a research through service program that facilitates creativity, flow, and exceptional talents in adolescents. This study investigated sex differences ... -
Deeds Done in Different Words: A Genre-Based Approach to Third Party Presidential Campaign Discourse
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)Theories about political campaign communication have been based primarily on an understanding of the two-party system. Consequently, the rhetoric of third party presidential candidates has been seen as ineffective or ... -
Complicating Consent: A Study of the Rhetorical Strategies Employed to Interrupt Rape Myths in the Prosecutor v. Kunarac
(University of Kansas, 2010-08-31)The justices in the trial of the Prosecutor v. Kunarac were able to interrupt the rape myths that generally exist in rape trials by complicating the notion of consent. In this paper I argue that the justices de-naturalize ... -
Millennials' Expectation of Trust for Supervisors and Coworkers in the Workplace
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)Trust has been studied as a significant factor to facilitate organizational communication and outcomes for both individuals and organizations. The purpose of this study was to explore trust in organizational relationships, ... -
Ladies and liturgy: An analysis of the Roman Catholic Womenpriest Movement
(University of Kansas, 2011-07-27)In 2002 a group of Roman Catholic women were ordained by a Catholic bishop in the Sacrament of Holy Orders. This action was a direct violation of Catholic law and the women were excommunicated. Rather than repent or convert ... -
Examining Mentor Enactment Theory from the Mentor's Perspective: Creating Cost and Benefit Scales to Predict Maintenance Usage
(University of Kansas, 2011-04-27)In order to advance theory concerning the mentor's perspective as well as theory concerning how communication is used to maintain mentoring relationships, this research created relationship-focused scales to measure the ... -
Identity Implications of Influence Goals: Initiating, Intensifying, and Ending Romantic Relationships
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2003)The current work explores the generalizability of a revised analysis of face and facework (Wilson, Aleman, & Leatham, 1998) by investigating the potential face threats that concern young adults as they seek to initiate, ... -
“Let’s (Not) Talk About That”: Bridging the Past Sexual Experiences Taboo to Build Healthy Romantic Relationships
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2011)Research has shown that individuals in romantic relationships often avoid discussing past sexual experiences. In order to ascertain whether past relationships and/or past sexual experiences were considered to be “taboo,” ... -
Identity Implications of Relationship (Re)Definition Goals: An Analysis of Face Threats and Facework as Young Adults Initiate, Intensify, and Disengage from Romantic Relationships
(SAGE Publishing, 2009)Identity implications theory (IIT) is applied to analyze how young adults manage identity concerns associated with the goals of initiating, intensifying, and disengaging from romantic relationships. Participants wrote their ... -
Parental and Peer Contributions to the Emotional Support Skills of the Child: From Whom Do Children Learn to Express Support?
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2002)With advancing age, children increasingly turn to peers for emotional support, and the child's ability to provide sensitive emotional support to peers becomes an increasingly important predictor of social acceptance. ... -
Pink Ribbons, Blue Moons, and Silver Linings: Communicating, Coping, and Caring
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Which comforting messages really work best? A different perspective on Lemieux and Tighe’s “receiver perspective”
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2005)This article responds critically to a recent article by Lemieux and Tighe (Communication Research Reports, 21, 144–153, 2004) in which the authors conclude that recipients of comforting efforts prefer messages that exhibit ... -
“Unrealistic realities”: Child abuse and the aesthetic resolution
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 1998)This article addresses the complex social realities of organizational life through aesthetic theory. After reviewing aesthetic theory and its relationship to organizational communication, we discuss the issue of suspected ...