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Title: FUZZIER CONSTRUCTS IN CONTENT ANALYSIS: RATINGS FROM THE CROWD VS. TRADITIONAL EXPERTS
Author: Moffit, Miles
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Psychology
Description: 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...

Title: Presidential Eulogies in the Wake of Mass School Shootings: A Call to Action
Author: Culletto, Gordon
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Political science, Rhetoric
Description: 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...

Title: Professionalization through socialization: Student conceptualizations of internships
Author: Beveridge, Chelsea
Date Created: 2007
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Psychology
Description: 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...

Title: Reality Collapses, "Real or Not Real?": The Theoretical Consequences of Compromised Authenticity in Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay
Author: Pailthorpe, Brittany
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Literature, Rhetoric
Description: This thesis proposes the theorization of the consequences of what I deem compromised authenticity, in this hyper-mediated age. Drawing from the work of scholars concerned with the growing anxiety over the tension between the authentic and the inau...

Title: Navigating the Insider-Outsider Divide: Understanding the Socialization Experiences of Contract Workers
Author: Beveridge, Chelsea
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Management, Communication, Psychology
Description: Contractors have unique employment arrangements, but previous research has often grouped them into samples with other contingent workers. As such, research specific to contract workers is relatively sparse and focused on This dissertation focused ...

Title: PROMOTING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MANAGERS' STRATEGIC USE OF MEETINGS
Author: Allen, Joseph
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Psychology, Industrial, Business
Description: Employee engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that researchers suggest is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption in work activities. Employee engagement is heavily marketed by HR consultants and recently rec...

Title: PUNISHMENTS, PRISONERS, & PRAGS: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF MALE PRISONER RAPE ON HBO’S OZ
Author: Burns, Myasia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Communication
Description: This analysis examines the symbolic rape narratives of Oz and the cultural contexts in which they exist. It confronts visual images of male rape within the show to uncover considerations of masculinity, sexuality, and gender identification in a pr...

Title: RESURRECTING THE DEPARTED – AN EXPLORATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCES OF REHIRED EMPLOYEES
Author: Oleson, Joan
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Communication
Description: This qualitative study conducted within a Fortune 100 corporation examines experiences of employees who leave an organization and then later choose to return for a second round of employment. It examines the communicative processes of employees wh...

Title: Communicative Needs of Patients who Experience Miscarriage: Understanding Healthcare Communication and Reproductive Self-efficacy
Author: Lacci-Reilly, Kandice
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Communication, Health services administration
Description: Miscarriage, defined as pregnancy loss in the first 20 weeks of gestation, is a profound and individualized experience. It is estimated to occur in up to one in four pregnancies, resulting in approximately one million miscarriages annually in the ...

Title: Attribution Theory and Apology Discourse in the Context of Medical Errors
Author: Hartsell, Haley
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Psychology, Health education
Description: 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...

Title: ANOTHER BATTLE, ANOTHER HURDLE: HOW PARENTS CREATE MEANING FROM RAISING A CHILD WITH AUTISM
Author: Basalik, Debra
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Psychology
Description: The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is increasing (CDC, 2016). Research studies have focused on either medical treatments and therapeutic interventions for this disorder, or the trauma of the diagnostic process. Scholarship, however,...

Title: Architectural and mobility management designs in internet-based infrastructure wireless mesh networks
Author: Zhao, Weiyi
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Communication
Description: Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have recently emerged to be a cost-effective solution to support large-scale wireless Internet access. They have numerous applications, such as broadband Internet access, building automation, and intelligent transport...

Title: Fast and Energy-Efficient Mobility Management in Mobile Edge Computing Networks
Author: Wang, Haoxin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Communication, Computer engineering
Description: The prevalence of computation-intensive and latency-sensitive mobile applications, such as mobile augmented reality (MAR) and autonomous driving, has an utmost effect on resource-limited mobile clients. Mobile edge computing (MEC) is proposed to b...

Title: MLB's Neocolonial Practices in the Dominican Republic Academy System
Author: Gentile, Patrick
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Communication
Description: 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...

Title: Me, Myself, and Depression: Identity Construction and Depression
Author: Thomas, Rachael
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Mental health
Description: 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 ...

Title: Crowd Control: Organizing the Crowd at Yelp
Author: Askay, David
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Management, Communication, World Wide Web--Study and teaching
Description: This dissertation investigates how businesses are able to align the collective actions of a disconnected crowd with the strategic goals of the organization. I examined this questions within the context of the business review website Yelp through a...

Title: Electronic Multitasking During Workplace Meetings: Why Do Employees Do It?
Author: Williams, Eleanor
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Management, Communication, Psychology
Description: Employees are increasingly engaging in electronic multitasking during workplace meetings, as the proliferation of technology is on the rise. Though electronic multitasking is common and potentially harmful to meeting effectiveness because it distr...

Title: Black Lives Matter and Black Power
Author: Fraser, Daviana
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Rhetoric, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: 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 ...

Title: Building the Leaders of the Future: A Communication Perspective on College Student Leadership Programs
Author: De Jesus Cesar Bezerra Alonso, Vanessa
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Communication
Description: While leadership communication has been the focus of interest for communication scholars in the last 20 years, no work has been done to understand the conceptualizations of leadership and its implications for the communication discipline in the hi...

Title: Breaking Down Barriers to Goals of Care Discussions With Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Author: Poillucci, Victoria
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Medical sciences, Oncology
Description: Opportunities to discuss options for care when faced with a life limiting disease is the right of all patients. Yet, healthcare provider feelings of awkwardness, fear of diminishing hope, and fear of failing to cure can result in missed opportunit...