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A survey and analysis of the methods and philosophies of selected directors of intercollegiate tournament debating

Carter, Jack Melton (University of Alabama Libraries, 1953)

In 1947 the United States Military Academy began the practice of holding an annual intercollegiate debate tournament in which schools from all geographical regions of the United States participated. In order for a school ...
A history of weekly community newspapers in the United States: 1900 to 1980

Garfrerick, Beth H. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This study is an examination of community weekly newspapers in the United States during the period beginning in 1900 and ending in 1980. For this dissertation, the weekly "community" newspaper is defined as a newspaper ...
University teachers' perceptions and evaluations of ethics instruction in public relations curriculum

Erzikova, Elina (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This study examined the present state of teaching ethics in university public relations departments in the U.S. and abroad. The results indicated that public relations teachers perceived ethics instruction in public relations ...
An initial examination of leadership and team communication behaviors within the organizational environment of a dental practice

Chilcutt, Alexa Stough (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to discover, through qualitative analysis, the current leadership behaviors and team communication practices of today's dentists and their teams. In-depth interviews of the/a dentist, the most ...
Can newscasts reduce prejudice?: television's potential impact upon the malleability of implicit attitudes

Loggins, Ginger Miller (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Despite a preponderance of evidence that news reports increase negative racial attitudes, some researchers have demonstrated that the print media can reduce such effects. Research has yet to examine television news can ...
Mean and strong like liquor and some real fine people: enactments of the progressive white Southern man in the Drive By Truckers' albums Southern rock opera and The dirty south

Harrison, Vernon Ray (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The lyrics of Drive By Truckers (DBT), a contemporary Southern Rock band, were critiqued to better understand the concepts of current constructions of Southern white masculine identity. The methodologies used as a lens to ...
Family and peer communication as determinants

Poston, Sarah Marisa (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The goal of this study was to better understand the influence of family and peers on HPV vaccination, illuminating specific influences of knowledge, family style, conflict as well as conversation. This study is one of the ...
Assessing social support at the university level: the relationship between a supportive educational environment and student success/satisfaction

Joiner, Ashley Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Social support is a widely studied topic among communication scholars, and one environment in which it deems even more attention is the classroom. In this study, I aim to uncover how prevalent perceived available social ...
Toward a stakeholder model of corporate governance: evidence from U.S. media companies

Shao, Guosong (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

It has been widely recognized that corporate governance can play a key role in improving corporate performance. When implementing various governance mechanisms, however, corporations must address a fundamental question: ...
Fake news: a survey on video news releases and their implications on journalistic ethics, integrity, independence, professionalism, credibility, and commercialization of broadcast news

Clark, Judith Chandra (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Public relations practitioners have a very influential role on the content consumers see every day in newspapers and on news broadcasts. The traditional lines between journalism and public relations are now intertwined. ...
Experimental tests of terror management and psychological responses to TV news of immigrant criminals: implications for hostility, risk vulnerability, and issue judgment

Pan, Po-Lin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to explore social and psychological effects of mortality salience in TV news and social group difference between news viewers and news protagonists. Using terror management theory and social ...
Expectations and enjoyment in mediated sports: extended disposition theory in sports entertainment

Woo, Chang Wan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

People tend to seek pleasurable stimuli and avoid unpleasant stimuli. This tendency as reflected in selective exposure theory has come into question when people choose media contents with negative hedonic valance. For ...
Examining sibling communication during parental health crises using social support, relational maintenance behaviors, family communication patterns, and relational outcomes

Carwile, Amy Muckleroy (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The huge demographic cohort of Baby Boomers is aging, and life expectancy rates are increasing. Even as adults deal with age-related health concerns of their own, they must also deal with health-related crises that may ...
Effects of attributional style and health locus of control on emotional support: young adult partnerships shaped by mental illness

Russell, Jennifer Michelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of the research was to investigate the effects of both attributional style and health locus of control on emotional support within potential partnerships that are affected by mental illness. The research focused ...
Warning--side effects may not include paying attention: visual features that influence attention to warning information in direct-to-consumer pharmeceutical advertisements

Fondren, Wesley Eugene (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertisements are required by law to include warning information about possible side effects. The text sizes and text colors for warning information often vary from the headline of the ...
The River God as a necessary horizon: myths of origin as hegemonic influences in feature news journalism

Latta, John (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This dissertation examines the presence of America's foundational myths, especially mythicized American capitalism, as sources of base narrative structure for mainstream American news media. A reliance on these myths ...
The life, rise, and success of Dorothy Shaver, president of Lord & Taylor department store, and America's "first lady of retailing"

Braun, Sandra Lee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

In 1945, Lord & Taylor Department Store, a $35 million company, and one of New York's premier retailers, elected Dorothy Shaver president, making her the first female elected to a large US corporation. Shaver rose through ...
Being an effective custodian of communication theory: an examination of theory construction, methodological streamlining, and special population use between constitutive rhetoric, attribution theory, and the third person effect

Turnipseed, Thomas Robert Ian (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The area of media effects research is important to understanding how one interacts with and is affected by the different forms of media in society. Since this age is called the information age, one is almost always in ...
Antecedents and consequences of ethical leadership of PR practitioners

Kang, Jin-Ae (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this research was to explore antecedents and consequences of public relations practitioners' ethical leadership behavior. Before doing so, this study integrated practitioners' ethical behavior into the concept ...
Does tragic drama have hedonic value?: the social aspects of hedonic motivations and media enjoyment

Ahn, Dohyun (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The hedonic principle, approaching pleasure and avoiding pain, governs human behaviors including media selection. However, the enjoyment of tragic drama poses a challenge to the hedonic principle. Two questions arise from ...

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