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Attribution Theory and Apology Discourse in the Context of Medical Errors
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Author
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Hartsell, Haley
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology, Health education
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Description
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Communication scholars have investigated medical error and apology discourse over the last 20 years. However, despite the previous research on this topic, little is known about what factors (i.e., controllability, emotional response, and error sev...
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Black Lives Matter and Black Power
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Author
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Fraser, Daviana
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Rhetoric, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Today, Black Americans face the same foes as in previous efforts to secure civil rights. Over the last decade, names like Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Keith Lamont Scott, Philando Castile, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor join those ...
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FUZZIER CONSTRUCTS IN CONTENT ANALYSIS: RATINGS FROM THE CROWD VS. TRADITIONAL EXPERTS
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Author
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Moffit, Miles
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology
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Description
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The task of rating (or "coding") text data as a component of qualitative content analysis remains a time-consuming process. Advances in crowdsourcing platforms have presented novel opportunities to outsource this work away from the desks of academ...
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MLB's Neocolonial Practices in the Dominican Republic Academy System
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Author
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Gentile, Patrick
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication
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Description
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Major League Baseball (MLB) has operated in the Dominican Republic for many years in order to find cheap labor that is refined and shipped to the United States, with goals that a few players will develop into great players. Once a player is signed...
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Me, Myself, and Depression: Identity Construction and Depression
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Author
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Thomas, Rachael
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Mental health
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Description
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In this narrative autoethnography, I write about and analyze my experiences with depression in order to understand how my identity is socially constructed within that context. Through thematic analysis, I use Goffman's (1963) identity theory as a ...
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NOVEL IMPLEMENTATIONS OF PLANAR ANTENNAS WITH GOVERNABLE CIRCULAR POLARIZATION
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Author
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Thakar, Dip
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Communication
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Description
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This document is an explicit and an exclusive account on two antennas. This literatureis an attempt to solve some of the challenges for planar antennas in the frequencyindependent class and exploit the radiative nature of narrow band patch antenna...
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Presidential Eulogies in the Wake of Mass School Shootings: A Call to Action
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Author
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Culletto, Gordon
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Political science, Rhetoric
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Description
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President Barack Obama described December 14, 2012 saying, "it continues to haunt me, it was one of the worst days of my presidency." That morning, a gunman stormed through the doors of Sandy Hook Elementary School and began opening fire on childr...
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Professionalization through socialization: Student conceptualizations of internships
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Author
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Beveridge, Chelsea
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Date Created
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2007
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology
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Description
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Research suggests that internships lead beneficial outcomes for students, universities, and organizations (e.g., Eyler, 1992; Knouse & Fontenot, 2008), yet a large body of internship research is devoid of a theoretical basis. Previous research tha...
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Self-distancing: A Key to Leadership Success?
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Author
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Williams, Eleanor
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Management, Communication, Psychology
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Description
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This study adds to the limited body of research on self-leadership—at the heart of which is self-talk—and it’s impact on leaders’ performance. The research that has been done on leaders’ self-talk has not yet looked at the promising effects of sel...
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Social Media Framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline
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Author
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Tierney, Carla
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Sociology
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Description
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Objectives The purpose of this research is to identify and understand the social media framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The DAPL is in North Dakota, crossing .55 miles north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Primary criticisms r...