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I Listen To You Every Day: Parasocial Relationships And Self-disclosure In Christian Radio
(Communication, 2014-09-17)Involvement with characters is an important part of our media rich environment. Researchers have examined different forms of character involvement, most often in television. Though unique because of its focus on the ... -
Identifying Media Consumption Habits And Media Literacy Skills In College Undergraduates
(Communication, 2012-07-25)In the United States, media literacy education is not as advanced as in other English speaking regions such as, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia. Most teachers and students in the US are unaware of issues involved in ... -
The Impact Of Online Non-partisan Videos On Self-reported Intention To Vote
(Communication, 2014-03-12)Previous studies have concluded that Web-based get out the vote (GOTV) messages do not impact voting behavior. However, the primary shortcoming of these studies has been the form of GOTV media studied, focusing on lean, ... -
Implicating Ourselves Through Our Research: A Duoethnography of Researcher Reflexivity
(SAGE, 2022)Researcher reflexivity is not a new concept in qualitative research. However, how/if researchers engage in that reflexivity varies. In this essay, the authors engage in reflexivity about a research project they conducted ... -
In One Ear And In The Other: The Net Effect Of Advertising Frequency
(Communication, 2008-04-22)This research used both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to explore the possible effects and functions that advertising may perform in developing individuals' attitudes. Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model ... -
Influence of Pediatric Patients’ Developmental or Chronic Health Condition Status as a Predictor of Parents’ Perceptions of Patient- and Family-Centered Care
(2022)Our study aimed to estimate how a pediatric patient’s health condition status influences parents’ perceptions of patient- and family-centered care (PFCC). We analyzed five years (2013–2017) of Medical Expenditure Panel ... -
Influences Of Decision-making: A Qualitative Analysis Of Primiparae's Birthing Plan Decisions
(Communication, 2011-07-14)In the U.S., the rate of delivery by cesarean section has increased more than 50% since 1996. On the other hand, home births increased 5% since 2005 and continue to be on the rise. Previous research is limited in examining ... -
International Broadcasting Downunder: A Content Analysis of Organizational Submissions to the Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-06)As we approach 100 years since the first deliberate use by a country to broadcast to audiences beyond its own borders via radio, this research describes the state of international broadcasting in the Pacific region. Using ... -
“Is it because I’m international?”: Unpacking experiences of “international instructors” via critical communication pedagogy as aligned with cultural wealth
(Routledge, 2022-03-14)Given the relatively invisible yet growing presence of international academics on U.S. campuses, this study investigates the lived negotiations of “international instructors” across disciplines via critical communication ... -
It is a Scary and Dangerous World: A Content Analysis of Xinwen Lianbo’s News Coverage of Foreign Affairs
(Mass Media & Communication Unit of ATINER, 2019-10)The television program Xinwen Lianbo has been China’s flagship state-run newscast since 1978. Today, even with competition from other options and a decline in interest from younger viewers, it still has an audience of over ... -
"It's a Struggle, It's a Journey, It's a Mountain That You Gotta Climb": Black Misandry, Education, and the Strategic Embrace of Black Male Counterstories
(Left Coast Press, 2012)Access to education is one of the only or most realistic means in the United States to improving one's opportunities and agency over a lifetime. That so many Black men are severed from this opportunity, early and often, ... -
Locations of Possibility: Reengaging Embodied Pedagogy as an Act of Resistance
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Mapping out the Vietnamese American experience: Parenting styles and communication satisfaction among Vietnamese American generations
(2022-01-06)Communication is vital for all communities and is particularly relevant for families. This study explored intergenerational communication on health and political topics within Vietnamese American communities. While a large ... -
Media Effects On Chinese And American Stereotypes In College Settings
(Communication, 2007-08-23)This study examines national stereotypes in the contexts of Chinese and American universities and discusses how mass media and previous personal contact affect perceptions of the outgroup separately and interactively. The ... -
Miracles and home births: the importance of media representations of birth
(Routledge, 2019-12-27)Since most women do not experience birth firsthand before giving birth themselves, many U.S. American birthing women draw knowledge from media representations for understanding what to expect during delivery. Most media ... -
Mothering in a Pandemic: Navigating Care Work, Intensive Motherhood, and COVID-19
(Springer, 2022-03-03)Even before COVID-19, women around the world performed more unpaid domestic labor, specifically unpaid care labor, than men. COVID-19 has only exacerbated the gender gap in this domestic labor. For Western women, especially ... -
Municipal Immigration Ordinances: An Analysis Of Newspaper Coverage Of A Controversial Issue
(Communication, 2009-09-16)In 2006, the cities of Farmers Branch, Texas, and Hazleton, Pennsylvania, attempted to enact municipal immigration ordinances. The Farmers Branch ordinance would have banned apartment owners or managers from renting to ... -
Negotiating Identity Creation Through Personal Narrative In A Christian Recovery Group
(Communication, 2013-07-22)Alcohol and substance abuse affects 23 million Americans each year and many seek treatment through mutual help groups and rehabilitation centers. Similar to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a mutual ... -
Negotiating Matriarchy: The Discourse Of Single Mothers Taking Care Of Their Families On Small Incomes
(Communication, 2008-04-22)This study used ten in-depth interviews with single mothers on small incomes to analyze for discursive themes. Three theoretical frameworks of Symbolic Interactionism, Presentation of Self and Cognitive Dissonance were ... -
‘Never time to do anything well’: mothers’ reported constraints during a pandemic
(Routledge, 2022-03-28)Mothers’ perceptions of mothering could potentially influence several aspects of their home and work commitments. This study explores how mothers perceive their mothering experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic via 18 ...