Browsing by Department "Communication"
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(Journal of Children and Media, 2016)In this essay, we bring together academics and activists from around the world in a “conversation café” to share their perspectives on the past, present, and future of children and media with specific emphasis on building ...
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(2017-04-27)This research study seeks to explore social good apps and the ways they may help facilitate social good. The study also investigates which characteristics of networked individualism are present in these apps, and how this ...
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(2012-02-14)Racism persists individually and institutionally in the U.S. and race-based comedy prevails in media, accepted by diverse audiences as jokes. Media priming and Social Identity Theory theoretically ground this two-part ...
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(2010-10-12)Objectives for managing diversity in organizations include reducing lawsuits, responding to changing employee demographics, enhancing image, attracting and retaining a variety of talent, reaching new customer bases, and ...
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(2018-08-03)This dissertation project sought to explore and better explicate the ways in which discourse of renewal functions as a crisis communication strategy. While previous research conducted on discourse of renewal has focused ...
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(2016-08-01)The central aim of this thesis is to explore the types of messages that high school educators construct and whether or not they are appropriate for minority student groups. Appropriate in this instance is assessed by whether ...
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(2010-07-14)Many scholars have claimed that humor is not powerful enough to bring about social change. However, this study argues that humor is a pervasive form of critique used in America, and is worthy of being examined. With the ...
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(2018-10-25)Alternative work arrangements present novel ways of organizing that continuously change the nature of work and careers. This dissertation adds to the growing literature on the changing nature of careers and workplace ...
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(The Journal of General Education, 2003)This paper examines the effectiveness of the case study method in a team-teaching environment designed to augment a large capstone communications course that satisfies general education requirements. Results from a survey ...
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(Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )This op-ed introduces how people, who stayed in Japan on short-term visa ended up living in one of the Tokyo international airports, as their flights back to Russia were cancelled and the help they received from local ...
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(Nordicom Press, 2017)Media play an important role in perpetuating racial and gender stereotypes that harm the self-esteem and self-concept of marginalized youth, especially for Latino/a youth in the US context. However, this article illustrates ...
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(2011-10-21)In contemporary times, policy makers and risk managers find themselves required to make decisions about how to prevent or mitigate complex risks that face society. Risks, such as global warming and energy production, are ...
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(Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )The quarantine silences our collective musical voice, but a bright world awaits us.
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(2023-12-05)This report explores the current challenges and needs that congregations continue to face related to technology use. This work provides another in-depth analysis of key themes raised in the Tech in Churches During COVID-19 ...
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(2021-06-17)Meditation is a mind-body practice that involves turning one’s attention inwards to anchor one’s attention to still the mind and relax the body. Rooted in Indian yoga and Buddhist contemplative traditions, meditation has ...
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(Routledge, 2020)Connecting media literacy to the ethical, social, and emancipatory aspects of information societies within media-saturated convergence culture is an essential task in conceptualizing active digital citizenship. In this ...
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(2020-06-08)The essay describes a media collective effort that is providing Spanish-language and bilingual information about COVID-19 to Latinx communities, especially regarding health and safety.
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(2010-07-14)American entertainment often presents heroines who still conform to the confining stereotypes of passivity, docility, sexual objectification, and ultimate dependence on the hero, offering patriarchal narratives in popular ...
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(2022-08-26)Background: The current coming out literature discusses the relationship between society’s rejection of queer identities and how that plays into an individual’s understanding of themselves and when/if they disclose their ...
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(2011-10-21)This project examines how social media is being used by individuals within the State Department engaged in public diplomacy and how the use of these technologies may or may not represent a paradigm shift in diplomatic ...