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CAUSING A RUCKUS: RACIAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL BLOGS DURING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
(2010)
This investigation seeks to observe and examine the presence of racial framing during the 2008 presidential election. Twelve hypotheses were advanced for this study observing explicit and implicit racial framing, racial ...
Expressing the kami (deities): A study of Washinomiya Saibara Kagura
(2010)
This dissertation explores WASHINOMIYA SAIBARA KAGURA as a communication site where religious beliefs, values, and ways of life are interwoven with human expression. The kagura is one of the oldest forms of Shinto folk ...
COMBATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE BY ADDRESSING HEALTH-NUTRITION RELATED COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING CLAIMS: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF REGULATORY FIT ON THE INOCULATION PROCESS
(2010)
Currently, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases are a primary threat to human health and development. International and domestic health ...
The third-person effect of news coverage of opinion poll results
(2010)
The objective of the present study was to examine 1) the differential third-person perception (TPP) of the opinion poll reports and 2) whether and how the TPP is associated with its consequences -- attitude change and ...
To Think Different: The Unexpected Consequences of Personal Computer and Internet Use
(2010)
This study examines the contemporary user patterns that emerged when a new medium--the personal computer and the Internet--was introduced into the user's media ecology. The study focuses on the introductory period and ...
Intercultural communication of identity: A study of Japanese international students in the United States.
(2010)
This study aims to explore and understand how Japanese international students in the United States experience intercultural communication of identity. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. The Japanese ...
Glocalization of the Korean Popular Culure in East Asia: Theorizing the Korean Wave
(2010)
This dissertation examines implications of the Korean Wave in relation to East Asia's contemporary media and popular culture, and discusses complex conditions and processing transformation of the Korean and East Asian media ...
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Hispanic Youth: A Study of Communication Patterns, Functional Fitness, and Psychological Health
(2010)
This study examines the psychological health and functional fitness of Hispanic youth from a theoretical perspective, specifically with respect to the role of their interpersonal communication patterns in their integration ...
Intercultural communication of identity: A study of Japanese international students in the United States.
(2010)
This study aims to explore and understand how Japanese international students in the United States experience intercultural communication of identity. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. The Japanese ...
Emerging Adulthood, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and the Environment: Young Hispanics in Oklahoma and New Mexico
(2010)
In this dissertation I examine the cross-cultural adaptation of Hispanic emerging adults in two distinct environments--the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. These two research sites ...