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Communication

Undergraduate Honors Theses

2013

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Situating The Study Of Messages About Non-Heterosexual Sexual Orientation In Everyday Ordinary Interactions: A Call For Paradigm Change, Clinton Lee Brown Jan 2013

Situating The Study Of Messages About Non-Heterosexual Sexual Orientation In Everyday Ordinary Interactions: A Call For Paradigm Change, Clinton Lee Brown

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This study explores the motivations that may orient an individual to another' s sexual orientation. Extant literature has traditionally focused on the ways in which individuals "detect" or recognize another's sexual orientation, but has failed to explore the communicative strategies individuals routinely engage in and the reasons he or she may be interested in another' s sexual orientation. As such, this study fits nicely into the interpersonal and intercultural communication literatures that concern themselves with the social construction of identity, which is an ongoing interactional task to which conversationalists orient. The data for this study was collected during the fall …


Expediency Versus Harmony: Reconsidering The Values Of Collectivist Cultures In Intercultural Communication, Tori Hagy Jan 2013

Expediency Versus Harmony: Reconsidering The Values Of Collectivist Cultures In Intercultural Communication, Tori Hagy

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