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A study of the differences between written messages encoded by field dependent and field independent sources /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1976)
The use of verbal statements by college-level communication instructors during classroom interactions with students rated acceptable or unacceptable classroom communicators.
(1980)
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether college instructors use verbal statements with students they perceive as acceptable classroom communicators that are different from the verbal statements they use with ...
An analysis of talk in four first-year composition cooperative learning groups.
(2001)
This dissertation considers the question, "in what ways do students in cooperative learning groups in First-Year Composition courses create social contexts that allow positive, constructive criticism to take place?" Social ...
A phenomenology of intercultural communication /
(1997)
The present dissertation has two major purposes. The first is to examine the origin of intercultural communication as an independent academic field cultivated in the US. In order to carry out this task, this study employs ...
The process of inoculation and its potential in promoting resistance to the effectiveness of multiple competitive attacks on the country of origin concept.
(2006)
This investigation tested the ability of different resistance strategies to protect the positive COO image attributed to products in the face of singe and multiple competitor attacks. The results illustrate the superiority ...
Looking beyond the hijab: An analysis of Muslim adaptation to French culture.
(2006)
*This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation).
REACTANCE THEORY AND SELF-CONSTRUAL IN THE EAST AND WEST
(2017-05-12)
Using psychological reactance theory (Brehm, 1966) as an explanatory framework, this dissertation experimentally tests the effects of appeal type, restoration type, and self-construal on freedom threat perceptions, reactance ...
A case study in contemporary apologia :
(1981)
Although the rhetorical ritual of apologia has been practiced since ancient Greece, the study of the apologetic genre has been limited. Consequently, this study proposed to (1) establish the importance of the apologetic ...
Mother and special education preschool teacher perceptions of the communicative competence of children with severe, multiple disabilities.
(1997)
Early childhood special education teachers who perceive children's behaviors as communications respond accordingly. Mothers and teachers respond to perceived child behaviors as communications when they contingently respond ...
Italian American identity: A hermeneutic examination of Tampa's Italian community.
(2007)
This study focuses on how diverse interpretations of ethnicity within the United States produce meaning for Italian Americans. Research regarding Italian Americans and the effects of negative stereotypes, cultural products, ...