Theses and Dissertations-Communication Studies
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Racio-ethnic communication and organizational assimilation: An African-American perspective
(1998-12)No abstract prepared. -
Preconceptions, misperceptions, and communication interaction over time in the mixed-age classroom: What's age got to do with it?
(1998-08)This qualitative study utilized expectancy violation theory to investigate student perceptions of others in the mixed-age classroom, expectations about classroom communication interaction, and perceptions of the resulting ...
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An investigation of the importance of immediacy behaviors, job relevance, and active participation in the training context
(1999-05)U.S. companies spend billions on training employees each year, yet there is relatively little research investigating what makes this training effective. In order to investigate this relatively unexplored area, several ... -
The use of social judgment involvement theory in the sermons of mainline and seeker churches
(1998-08)This study, through content analysis, uses social judgment involvement theory to determine if differences exist between the sermons of mainline Christian churches, specifically Presbyterian and Episcopal churches, and ...
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African-American women's cosmetic conformity: An ideological analysis of 1920's advertising of hair straighteners and skin whiteners
(2000-05)No abstract prepared. -
Discrete Emotions in Anti-Smoking Campaigns: An Application of the Extended Parallel Process Model
(2021-05)No abstract prepared. -
Intersections of Queer and Immigrant Identities in NBC's Superstore
(2021-05)No abstract prepared. -
The Femininity Diet: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Discursive Formation of Femininity and Weight Loss in Contemporary Social Media Promotions
(2020-12)This thesis identifies the communicative means by which the conflation of femininity and weight loss is perpetuated and sustained across contemporary health discourses. Through the rhetorical lenses of Michel Foucault’s ... -
A study of the effects of differential amounts of information on small group conflict
(1974-08)No abstract prepared. -
Rhetorical subjectivity and ironic discourse: Concentric irony theory
(2005-05)No abstract prepared. -
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The Progress of Prophecy: An Analysis of the Rhetoric of Christian Zionism
(2005-08)No abstract prepared. -
Negotiation Patterns of Families with Stuttering and Nonstuttering Children
(2003-05)No abstract prepared. -
Interpersonal Communication Motives: A Communibiological Perspective
(2002-05)This study examined the relationships between interpersonal communication motives (ICM) and temperament traits. Specifically, this study sought to determine if ICM were communication traits based on their correlations ...
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Gender Differences in Self-disclosure to Friends: An Application of Social Learning Theory
(1992-05)No abstract prepared. -
A Descriptive Analysis of Speech Communication in an Organization: The Texas Department of Public Safety as a System
(1975-08)No abstract prepared. -
Student Humor and its Effects on Teachers' Perceptions and their Anticipated Leniency Behaviors Toward Students
(2001-05)No abstract prepared.