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Communication Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Cultural values presented in U.S. television commercials featuring older adults
(Baywood Publishing Company, 2004)This study examined commercials (N = 341) featuring older adult(s) shown on four U.S. TV networks (i.e., ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX) to uncover the dominant value themes. Seven value themes (Cheng & Schweitzer, 1996; Mueller, ... -
Stereotype traits of older adults generated by young, middle-aged, and older Chinese participants
(Baywood Publishing Company, 2002)This study examined stereotype traits of older adults elicited from 40 young (M age = 19.6), 40 middle-aged (M = 36.8), and 40 older Chinese adults (M = 64.7). Trait lists were compared across age groups and to traits ... -
Television viewing and perceptions of traditional Chinese values among Chinese college students
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2002)This study examined television's cultivation effects on perceptions of traditional Chinese values (Le., values of interpersonal harmony and hierarchical relations) among a group of Chinese college students (N = 412). ... -
Taiwanese older adults’ perceptions of aging and communication with peers and young adults
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008)This study examined interview accounts from thirty-one Taiwanese older adults’ about their inter- and intra-generational communication experiences, and perceptions of today’s young and older people. Thematic analysis showed ... -
Harmonies and Tensions in Chinese Intergenerational Communication: Younger and Older Adults' Accounts
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002)This study examined interview accounts of intergenerational communication from twenty younger adults (M age = 24.05; Age range: 19 to 33) and thirteen older adults (M age = 67.10; Age range: 62 to 72) in the People’s ... -
Asian Communication Modes
(Blackwell Publishing, 2008)Communication in its simplest form refers to the ongoing process of sharing and understanding meaning ( Communication: Definitions and Concepts). Much of a problematic intercultural communication stems from different ways ... -
Expressed Trust and Compliance in Police-Civilian Encounters: The Role of Communication Accommodation in Chinese and American Settings
(Routledge, 2008-10)Research has demonstrated that police officers’ communicative practices are potent predictors of individuals’ expressed reactions to law enforcement. The present study continues this line of work in Taiwan, the People’s ... -
Taiwanese young adults’ intergenerational communication schemas
(Springer, 2004)This study extended Harwood, McKee, and Lin’s (2000) research on intergenerational communication schemas by examining young adults’ cognitive representations of communication with older adults in Taiwan. Following Harwood ... -
Initiating factors of Chinese intergenerational conflict: Young adults' written accounts
(Springer, 2004)This study examined young adults’ written accounts of intergenerational communication in conflict situations in the People's Republic of China. Using a content analysis approach, this study identified five major types of ... -
Conflict and Cooperation across the Life Span
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Relational quality and media use in interpersonal relationships
(SAGE Publications, 2007-10)This study examined the relationship between relational quality and media use in interpersonal relationships. In addition, the impacts of other potentially important variables such as sex and relationship type of participants ... -
Social interactions across media: Interpersonal communication on the Internet, telephone and face-to-face
(SAGE Publications, 2004-06)Two studies were conducted in this investigation to compare college students’ interpersonal interaction online, face-to-face, and on the telephone. Our first study, a communication diary, assessed the relative amount of ... -
The Portrayal of Older Adults in Advertising: A Cross-National Review
(SAGE publications, 2006-09)From a multi-national perspective, this chapter provides an overview of a number of research programs examining portrayals of older adults in advertising. The research described includes both quantitative and qualitative ... -
Perceptions of Conflict Management Styles in Chinese Intergenerational Dyads
(Routledge, 2005-03)We examined intergenerational communication and conflict management styles in China. Older and younger Chinese adults were randomly assigned to evaluate one of four conversation transcripts in which an older worker criticizes ... -
Older Adults in Prime-Time Television Dramas in Taiwan: Prevalence, Portrayal, and Communication Interaction
(Springer, 2009-09)A content and thematic analysis of 109 episodes (94.9 hours) of prime-time dramas examined the portrayals of aging and the nature of intergenerational interaction involving older adults on Taiwanese television. The content ... -
Modernization and Tradition in an Age of Globalization: Cultural Values in Chinese Television Commercials
(Wiley, 2006-01)Commercials (N = 496) shown on three Chinese TV stations in the summer of 2000 were analyzed to uncover the dominant value themes in the commercials. Thirteen value themes were identified as applicable in the current sample. ... -
Harmony, Hierarchy and Conservatism: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Confucian Values in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
(Routledge, 2005-06)This study examined 1631 college students’ endorsement of traditional Confucian values in four East Asian cultural contexts (i.e., China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan). Findings showed that young people endorsed values of ... -
Cultural values and aging in Chinese television commercials
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008)This study examined commercials (N = 141) featuring older adult(s) shown on three Chinese TV stations (i.e., national, provincial, and local) in the fall of 2005 to uncover the dominant value themes, the major product ... -
Conflict-Initiating Factors in Intergenerational Relationships
(SAGE Journals, 2009-12)This study examined American young adults’ written accounts of intergenerational communication with a focus on factors that initiate conflict. Analysis of the conflict scenarios in intergenerational relationships revealed ... -
Burke’s Encounter With Ransom: Rhetoric and Epistemology in “Four Master Tropes”
(Taylor & Francis, 2004)