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Predicting communication satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in online romantic relationships.
(2000)
Grounded in the literature on computer mediated communication and in traditional theories of interpersonal relationships and communication (e.g., Uncertainty Reduction Theory) this study examined the predictors of communication ...
CAN YOU SPARE SOME (SOCIAL) CHANGE? PARTICIPATORY MEDIA AS CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE IN POOR AND HOMELESS COMMUNITIES
(2014)
Increase in empowerment and accurate representation for lower socioeconomic status groups is a dire and growing need in America. This dissertation examines how participatory media processes can serve as catalysts for change ...
Communication patterns of Thai students in the process of acculturation.
(1982)
A survey was conducted through mail among 350 randomly selected Thai students in more than 20 universities in the U.S. during December 1981-February 1982. The survey questionnaire consisted of the items which measured the ...
Hurricane Risk Information and Perceptions of Blogs
(2009)
Hurricanes have proven to be one of nature's deadliest forces, and they can cause irreplaceable damage to entire communities, infrastructure, and people's livelihood. As a hurricane approaches, it generates an immediate ...
COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA APARTHEID AND THE U.S. MEXICO SECURITY FENCE
(2015)
Powerful semiotic signs like the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall served significant communicative functions. The modern culture of nation state wall building continues despite the fact that the security fences are ...
The Influence of Storytelling on the Identity of Children of Adolescent Parents
(2018-12)
Grounded in Communicated Narrative Sensemaking, this dissertation examines the influence stigma and storytelling have on those born to adolescent parents. Analyses based on a survey completed by 141 individuals found those ...
Mediated citizens: Mass media depictions of citizens and the influence of those depictions on individual perceptions of what it means to be a democratic citizen.
(2007)
The survey portion of this study found that overall media use had a weak impact on perceptions of what it means to be a democratic citizen. However, while media use did not strongly influence individual perceptions of what ...
Confronting and Defending Unethical Behavior: Communication and Ethical Sensegiving
(2011)
The purpose of this two-study dissertation was to investigate the role of communication in confronting and defending unethical organizational behavior. Utilizing two language production experimental designs, results reveal ...
Study of the relationship between cognitive styles of creativity and personality types of military leaders.
(2003)
Military leaders have experienced a cognitive paradigm shift in preparing for war. Since the Gulf War in 1991, the United States military has participated in operations other than war (OOTW) with greater frequency than ...
Adaptation versus fusion theory in the experience of returned LDS missionaries.
(2002)
This dissertation investigates the outcomes of theory-making, as well as many underlying assumptions surrounding intercultural contact. It does this by examining two competing intercultural theories, Kim's Adaptation Theory ...