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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"communication sociology"”.
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Structure and struggle in egalitarian groups: Reframing the problems of time, emotion, and inequality as defining characteristics
… and inequality problems in all four of the communication arenas?
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The instantiation of emotion in conversations between romantic partners, male friends, female friends, and cross-sex friends
The purpose of this study was to explore how natural language users employ emotional expressions in conversation with close relational partners. Three research questions were addressed: (1) How is emotion instantiated in conversation between close relational partners, (2) What are the consequences …
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A Japan-United States comparison of apology styles
The current investigation compares the U.S. American and Japanese perceptions of, and reaction to, situations that potentially require apology. Two hundred U.S. and 181 Japanese college students completed a questionnaire in which each was asked to: (a) rate the victim's and the offender's initial …
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Unintended Politics: The Prevalence of Partisan Opinion Expression in Incidental Political Discussions
Political discussion happening in non-political contexts, referred to as incidental political discussion, is abundant in the everyday lives of ordinary people. However, the characteristics of incidental political discussion are still understudied. Analysis of nearly three thousand comments on mass …
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The Rhetoric of Bitcoin: Money, Politics, and the Construction of Blockchain Communities
The rise of Bitcoin and related digital currencies has been accompanied by a proliferation of discourse about these technologies, including debates about their value and status as forms of money. This dissertation examines digital currency discourse from a rhetorical perspective, and traces the …
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The pop art/rock and roll connection: The impact of Andy Warhol on rock and roll style
"The dissertation provides a case study and an analytical account of Andy Warhol's impact on rock and roll style. It first examines the rise of pop art as a form and ethos in America during the 1960s. In so doing it focuses specifically on the art, film, and sculpture projects of Warhol and the …
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Reporting on UN Security Council: Decoding Media Bias
<p>This thesis explores Western media's representation of the United Nations (UN), focusing on the Security Council's role in global conflict resolution. It examines how UN-accredited correspondents perceive the effectiveness of the Security Council, particularly when the body faces deadlock. The …
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Cultural Influences and Negotiation: Chinese Conflict Resolution Preferences and Negotiation Behavior
As international trade between China and the United States has increased markedly in recent years, negotiation behavior between Chinese and Americans has become a timely issue. Most research conducted in this area discusses the fundamental cultural differences between East and West, as well as the …
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A women’s talking circle: A narrative study of positive intergenerational communication
… daughters contribute to their meaning making of communication and connectedness with unrelated women. A purposeful sample of nine women aged 31-69 from a small Midwestern city was studied. Six African American and three white women were chosen for their membership in a group that has regularly …
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PUBLISH AND PERISH: ACADEMIC CANCEL CULTURES, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND NETWORKED ACADEMICS
This dissertation examines and describes some of the social media practices of contemporary academe. Drawing from thousands of posts and interactions, as well as blogposts and institutional guidelines, this research uses these data points to reconstruct chronological narratives of its primary case …
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Malthus travels: A cultural history of the population crisis, 1945-1995
"This study maps the invention, circulation and regulation of the population crisis from 1945 to 1995. I conceptualize the population crisis as a complex field of practical reasoning occupied by different elements--human technologies, discourse strategies, institutions, and populations. The primary …
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"""When I'm with my girls"": Identity and ideology in Black women's talk about language and cultural borders"
"This study of Black women's talk about their talk focuses on the identity implications and consequences of Black women's language use across cultural borders; a phenomenon also known as code switching. This examination includes a discussion of how the women connect their talk to their identity …
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Content analysis of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games' effects in the New York Times
<p>Relying on framing theory, this study used The New York Times to explore how Chinese news was depicted before, during and after the Beijing Summer Olympics. The research regarding how the Chinese government tried to leverage the Olympics to enhance its image is often deliberated. However, there …
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Through My Mother's Eyes: The Lifelong Journey of Raising Children with and Without Disabilities
<p>Through the use of narrative, this study sought to document the life-altering journey of 32 mothers raising children at various stages of development and with a variety of disabilities. The main questions guiding this research study consider the lived experiences of mothers raising children with …
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Improv to Improve Interprofessional Communication, Team Building, Patient Safety, and Patient Satisfaction
… for more effective inter- and intra-professional communication. </p> <p><strong>Literature review:</strong> AIEs have been shown to facilitate individual participant communication strengths through a process of un-learning certain common behavioral habits, and learning new habits that assist in …
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"Speaking others, practicing selves: Power, identity, and communications in ""Apna Ghar"" (Our Home)"
… of multiple positionality for researchers of Communications and Cultural studies. The project concludes by examining the theoretical-research and practical-political implications of the findings for both scholars and Apna Ghar."
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Global Iconic Events: How News Stories Travel Through Time, Space and Media
This dissertation examines how a news event may become a global social myth. In order to track this voyage from the particular to the universal, I developed a theoretical concept of "global iconic events." I define global iconic events as news events that are covered extensively and remembered …