Browsing by Author "Moore, Jensen"
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Beyond the Welfare Queen: The Rhetorical Construction of Single Mothers in American News Media
Eaves, Katherine (2018-12-14)This research employed a critical rhetorical lens to examine the construction of single mothers in American news media during four discrete but interconnected historical representative anecdotes that reflect periods of ... -
Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition
Leshner, Glenn; Bolls, Paul; Gardner, Elizabeth; Moore, Jensen; Kreuter, Matthew (2018-01-15)This study examined the impact of narrative and emotion on processing of African American breast cancer survivor messages. We employed a two (narrative: present/absent) × three (emotional valence: pleasant/unpleasant/mixed) ... -
Designing Social Media Messages to Promote Action by Suicide Gatekeepers
Cox, Megan (2022-12-16)The act of suicide is a tragic and yet prevalent occurrence in the U.S. younger population. Suicide prevention professionals and programs have focused on reaching not only individuals with suicide ideation, but also family, ... -
The effects of apologies and causal attribution on public responses
Nguyen, Tham (2019-05-10)Apologies have been used in crisis communications to address organizational transgressions. Yet, there is no consensus about the components of an apology (e.g., Hearit, 2006; Smith, 2008). Also, the causes of an organization’s ... -
Examining Personal Branding Strategies and Perceptions of Preferred Brand Identity of Female Collegiate Athletes
Thomas, Jared (2022-08-04)Student-athlete branding opportunities are vastly expanding as more opportunities are given using athlete’s name, image, and likeness (NIL). However, a research gap exists between examining branding opportunities and ... -
An Extension of the Extended Parallel Process Model to Promote Healthy Heart Behaviors
Thapaliya, Rashmi (2018-08)The purpose of the current research was to extend the Extended Parallel Model (EPPM) by adding the variable of barrier from Health Belief Model (HBM) to EPPM. The study explored the role of threat, efficacy, and barrier ... -
Framing a vice: how America learned to stop worrying and love sports betting
Petrotta, Brian (2021-08-05)The purpose of this study was to analyze 27 years’ worth of public communication and newspaper coverage of arguments surrounding legalized sports betting in the United States and to assess current perceptions of legitimacy ... -
Natural Disaster Crisis Communication by FEMA and Red Cross Via Twitter During Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Lane, Matthew, and Michael
Jones, Kelly (2019-08-01)This thesis examined the way disaster relief agencies, FEMA and Red Cross, communicated during natural hazards at the national and regional levels. Using tweets from the weeks of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Lane, Matthew, and ... -
Processing of texting-while-driving narratives and attribution of responsibility to the perpetrator: the moderating effect of need to believe in a just world, situational similarity and the mediating effect of internal, external locus of control and sympathy
Banu, Nafida (2022-05-13)Texting while driving is a dangerous form of distracted driving that causes injuries and fatalities every year. Combined efforts, such as legislation, enforcement, social norms, and education, were recommended to aware ... -
Quantifying Crises’ Effects on Organizational Reputation
Castle, Ace (2017-05-13)Crisis communication research has been significantly advanced over the past 50 years with models and theories. But it lacks a method for assigning objective, numerical values to how severe a crisis is on an organization’s ... -
Sports Online Ticketing: The Effects of Navigability and Interactivity on Consumers' Experiences, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions
Sun, Fuwei (2019)Web-based ticketing has become a prominent source of revenue for sports organizations. Sports fans today are increasingly searching for and purchasing tickets through the Internet. To increase the potential online ticket ... -
A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF OBESITY ATTRIBUTIONS AND MESSAGE SOURCES ON OBESITY PREVENTION MESSAGE PROCESSING AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS: THE MEDIATION EFFECT OF ANGER ON MESSAGE ATTITUDES, SOURCE EVALUATIONS, AND BEHAVIOR
Kim, Narae (2019-12-14)The main purpose of this study was to design and test the effects of obesity prevention messages that specifically targeted Native American adults. The message features on which this study focused to design obesity precention ... -
What does it mean to be Black-ish?: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Colorism on Twitter
Parker, Skyla (2021-08-05)This research examines the discussion of colorism that Twitter audience members posted after viewing an episode of ABC’s Blackish which explicitly identified colorism as its central theme, and in response to the casting ...