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The intellectual structure of political communication research: An author co-citation analysis.
(1997)
This study applies a method of author co-citation analysis to examine intellectual structure of political communication study. Primarily based on the number of their articles in communication journals, fifty-one influential ...
Effects of structure on efficacy of public relations problem-solving processes.
(1998)
The unit of analysis for this study was the group. Treatment groups A were trained in a modified public relations problem solving (PRPS) process which used CPS techniques as decision making procedures. The treatment groups ...
An examination of computer-mediated communication's scholarly communication.
(1999)
This dissertation asks "what is meant by computer-mediated communication?" CMC was defined as it exists in the scholarly communication concerning business, education, psychology, sociology, and social sciences. This ...
Interactive competence in a multilingual English language school.
(1999)
This study examined the language use in a multilingual English as a second language school located in the Midwest. The primary objective of this study was to uncover and display the ways in which members of this setting ...
Sign-sentence theory: A method of encoding and decoding nonverbal communication.
(1997)
Sign-sentence theory is developed as a translating and decoding method for nonverbal communication. The theory incorporates those of White (1982) and Carroll (1986), and draws support from Vygotsky (1934/1962). White's ...
A rhetorical analysis of "The Contract with America".
(1997)
The Contract with America (CWA) was rhetorically analyzed to answer the question of how Ludwig Wittgenstein, Aristotle, and Jean Gebser might have reacted to the document based on their philosophies. Wittgenstein's language ...
Activity, certainty, optimism, and realism: The verbal style in televised presidential campaign commercials.
(1997)
Presidential campaign commercials have been analyzed to determine their effectiveness with respect to length and style. However, to this point, no study has attempted to count and categorize the words used in the commercials. ...
Aging with Disney: Depiction of gender and age in seven Disney animated fairy tales.
(1997)
Walt Disney Productions is considered by conventional wisdom to be synonymous with wholesome family entertainment in the global marketplace. Parents and well meaning adults may use what they consider to be Disney's wholesome ...
The structuration of (non)deceptive workplace communication: Identifying the system and structure of organizational communication.
(1998)
This dissertation sought to investigate the structuration of (non)deceptive workplace communication. Anthony Giddens' (1984) structuration theory was utilized as a framework to guide an exploratory field study examining ...
The older mother-daughter relationship: The influence of caregiving beliefs on communicative behaviors prior to dependency.
(1998)
The goal of this study was to develop a richer understanding of the interaction between healthy mothers and their adult daughters prior to the mother's dependency. Thirty-six mother-daughter dyads discussed how they would ...