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No Girls Allowed: Television Boys’ Clubs As Resistance To Feminism, Pamela Hill Nettleton Phd Dec 2016

No Girls Allowed: Television Boys’ Clubs As Resistance To Feminism, Pamela Hill Nettleton Phd

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This article analyzes the male-only spaces present in four television series, FX’s The Shield, Nip/Tuck , Rescue Me, and ABC’s Boston Legal, which each include a gendered territory as a recurring feature. I argue that these homosocially segregated environments enforce boundaries against women and shelter intense bromance relationships that foreclose romantic relationships of any kind, acting as physical incarnations of troubling retrograde sexual politics and ideologies. I also assert that the “boys’ clubs” in which these narratives take place, enabled and empowered by the aesthetic dimensions of architecture and design, help establish workplace patriarchy as commonplace, reasonable, and …


Taking Food Fights Online: Analysis Of Chipotle’S Attempt To Cultivate Conversation With The Scarecrow Video, Rebecca Swenson, Nathan Gilkerson, Betsy Anderson Nov 2016

Taking Food Fights Online: Analysis Of Chipotle’S Attempt To Cultivate Conversation With The Scarecrow Video, Rebecca Swenson, Nathan Gilkerson, Betsy Anderson

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This study examines Chipotle’s use of The Scarecrow, an animated YouTube video, to initiate conversation about food sustainability issues. Results illustrate publics were highly engaged in conversation with one another, even though the organization did not directly engage with publics or employ principles of dialogic communication. We highlight the importance of network approaches to studying online interaction between stakeholder groups for public relations scholars interested in dialogical theory frameworks.


Scientific Uncertainty In Media Content: Some Reflections On This Special Issue, Robert J. Griffin Nov 2016

Scientific Uncertainty In Media Content: Some Reflections On This Special Issue, Robert J. Griffin

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

It was an honor to be called upon to be the anchor reviewer for this special issue of Public Understanding of Science devoted to new perspectives on media presentations of scientific uncertainty. But more than that, it was for me a pleasure and an education. It is always rewarding when, as one of the reviewers of submitted manuscripts, you get so engaged by the content and quality of the research in the articles before you that you have to remind yourself that your task is that of the critic. That happened repeatedly with all of the research articles in this …


Stitched To Kill, Pamela Hill Nettleton Oct 2016

Stitched To Kill, Pamela Hill Nettleton

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of Doug Underwood's The Undeclared War Between Journalism And Fiction: Journalists As Genre Benders In Literary History, John J. Pauly Oct 2016

Book Review Of Doug Underwood's The Undeclared War Between Journalism And Fiction: Journalists As Genre Benders In Literary History, John J. Pauly

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Brand Tracking On Social Media: The Role Of Country Of Origin Perceptions, James Pokrywczynski, Hang Lu Oct 2016

Brand Tracking On Social Media: The Role Of Country Of Origin Perceptions, James Pokrywczynski, Hang Lu

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Marketers are now almost a decade into using social media as another outlet in developing brand relationships with consumers. Yet an understanding of how consumers interact with brands online is still in its infancy. This paper compares the social media and brand-tracking habits of consumers in three parts of the world: Asia, the Middle East and the USA. In addition, the study attempts to explain what motivates consumers to follow brands on social media, focusing on the role of products’ country of origin in explaining the relationship. The results show that US consumers spent the most time on social media …


Review Of Harry Truman And The Struggle For Racial Justice By Robert Shogan, Steven Goldzwig Sep 2016

Review Of Harry Truman And The Struggle For Racial Justice By Robert Shogan, Steven Goldzwig

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of A Communication Perspective On The Military: Interactions, Messages, And Discourses, Lynn H. Turner Aug 2016

Review Of A Communication Perspective On The Military: Interactions, Messages, And Discourses, Lynn H. Turner

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Understanding Dialogue And Engagement Through Communication Experts’ Use Of Interactive Writing To Build Relationships, Betsy Anderson, Rebecca Swenson, Nathan Gilkerson Aug 2016

Understanding Dialogue And Engagement Through Communication Experts’ Use Of Interactive Writing To Build Relationships, Betsy Anderson, Rebecca Swenson, Nathan Gilkerson

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Dialogic communication is an important public relations theory, yet scholarship has found few organizations using it to its full potential. Meanwhile, multiple overlapping definitions exist for related terms like engagement, interactivity, and responsiveness, causing potential confusion for researchers and professionals. This research reports the results of in-depth interviews with top digital public relations professionals regarding how they use interactive writing, a form of social media engagement, to build relationships. Through their own unprompted words, the research also describes how professionals use terms such as dialogue, engagement, interactivity, and responsiveness, and corresponding definitions, to refer to their …


Exploring Organizational Communication (Micro) History Through Network Connections, Scott C. D'Urso, Jeremy P. Fyke, David H. Torres Jun 2016

Exploring Organizational Communication (Micro) History Through Network Connections, Scott C. D'Urso, Jeremy P. Fyke, David H. Torres

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

In light of the 100th anniversary of the National Communication Association, the following essay offers an initial look at the communication subdiscipline of organizational communication and its development over the past seven-plus decades. As part of this review, we advocate the use of network methods as a microhistory analytic tool to explore the vast number of connections, both between people and research interests, generated as the discipline developed from its humble beginnings. This work represents a small sample of the greater Organizational Communication Genealogy Project. This larger effort seeks to create a detailed review of the discipline as it explores …


Communicating With Key Publics In Crisis Communication: The Synthetic Approach To The Public Segmentation In Caps (Communicative Action In Problem Solving), Young Kim, Andrea Miller, Myoung-Gi Chon Jun 2016

Communicating With Key Publics In Crisis Communication: The Synthetic Approach To The Public Segmentation In Caps (Communicative Action In Problem Solving), Young Kim, Andrea Miller, Myoung-Gi Chon

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this study is to identify and understand key publics and their communication behaviours in crisis communication, using the public segmentation framework which has been rarely used in crisis communication. In doing so, the study quantitatively tests a new theoretical framework of Communicative Action in Problem Solving, classifying eight types of aware and active publics. Through the new framework of public segmentation, the survey results from 1,113 participants substantiate eight types of active and aware publics, as well as their communicative characteristics in a crisis situation. The study finds that the aware and active publics are, as the …


The Kids Are All Right, Pamela Hill Nettleton May 2016

The Kids Are All Right, Pamela Hill Nettleton

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Making Jfk Matter: Popular Memory And The Thirty-Fifth President By Paul H. Santa Cruz, Steven R. Goldzwig Mar 2016

Review Of Making Jfk Matter: Popular Memory And The Thirty-Fifth President By Paul H. Santa Cruz, Steven R. Goldzwig

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Lure Of Love, Pamela Hill Nettleton Feb 2016

The Lure Of Love, Pamela Hill Nettleton

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Lady Killers: Twenty Years Of Magazine Coverage Of Women Who Kill Their Abusers, Pamela Hill Nettleton Phd Jan 2016

Lady Killers: Twenty Years Of Magazine Coverage Of Women Who Kill Their Abusers, Pamela Hill Nettleton Phd

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Farmed And Dangerous? A Case Study Of Chipotle’S Branded Entertainment Series And Polarized Reactions To Its Satirical Depiction Of Farming And Agribusiness, Nathan Gilkerson, Rebecca Swenson, Betsy Anderson Jan 2016

Farmed And Dangerous? A Case Study Of Chipotle’S Branded Entertainment Series And Polarized Reactions To Its Satirical Depiction Of Farming And Agribusiness, Nathan Gilkerson, Rebecca Swenson, Betsy Anderson

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This study follows Chipotle’s innovative strategy of using branded entertainment and satire to enhance its brand image and positive consumer perceptions, while negatively portraying an entire industry. The study explores audience reactions to Chipotle’s satirical Farmed and Dangerous program, part of the company’s broader “Food with Integrity” campaign. Increasing agricultural literacy and understanding among the general public is a priority (Doerfert, 2011). Yet marketing communication campaigns—and responses or reactions to those campaigns—that simplify issues into distinct “sides,” or focus on attacks, prevent deep discussion of the complexity of our food system and efforts to collaborate on solutions. Research presented uses …


How & Why Technology Matters In Consulting & Coaching Interventions, Keri Stephens, Eric D. Waters Jan 2016

How & Why Technology Matters In Consulting & Coaching Interventions, Keri Stephens, Eric D. Waters

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Old New Media: Closed-Circuit Television And The Classroom, Amanda R. Keeler Jan 2016

Old New Media: Closed-Circuit Television And The Classroom, Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This article explores closed-circuit television (CCTV) and its ‘bright promise stage’, as it was contemplated, marketed, and implemented as a low-cost classroom tool. After the Federal Communications Commission issued the 1952 Sixth Report and Order, many schools and communities sought to bring educational television to the classroom. However, this model was financially out of reach for most. CCTV was a more affordable version of educational television that could cater to specific classroom needs and allow schools to create their own in-house network. CCTV represents just one of many new technologies that have been promoted as ideal for classroom instruction over …


Taking The Ethics Test, Young Kim Jan 2016

Taking The Ethics Test, Young Kim

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Gender, Guns, And Survival: The Women Of The Walking Dead, Amanda R. Keeler Jan 2016

Gender, Guns, And Survival: The Women Of The Walking Dead, Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Sound Recognition Of Historical Visibility: The Radio Preservation Task Force Of The Library Of Congress: Introduction, Josh Shepperd, Amanda R. Keeler, Chris Sterling Jan 2016

Sound Recognition Of Historical Visibility: The Radio Preservation Task Force Of The Library Of Congress: Introduction, Josh Shepperd, Amanda R. Keeler, Chris Sterling

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This issue of Journal of Radio & Audio Media serves as a gesture toward increasing attention to many untold cultural sound histories. The “question” of radio preservation, we’re just coming to realize, closely equates to our responsibility to identify gaps within our historical record, as those gaps are delineated along race, class, orientation, and gendered lines. Sound preservation turns out to be one strategy for how to reconcile failures of recognition. It’s widely accepted that a historian must not project a different meaning upon historical materials than its author intended. Yet at the same time historians might now play the …


Insights For Prevention Campaigns: The Power Of Drinking Rituals In The College Student Experience From Freshman To Senior Year, Joyce M. Wolburg Jan 2016

Insights For Prevention Campaigns: The Power Of Drinking Rituals In The College Student Experience From Freshman To Senior Year, Joyce M. Wolburg

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Using a ritual behavior model and in-depth interviews, this qualitative study examined the role of alcohol in the lives of college students as they transitioned from freshmen to senior year. Key differences in the drinking ritual emerged across the four years, and insights were noted in students' use of alcohol to form a community of friends, to find order in their lives, and to transition from ill-at-ease adolescents to confident adults. A key campaign strategy emerged based on students' desire to avoid being the one who drinks the most or the one who drinks the least.


Premature Adulthood: Alcoholic Moms And Teenaged Adults In The Abc Afterschool Specials, Amanda R. Keeler Jan 2016

Premature Adulthood: Alcoholic Moms And Teenaged Adults In The Abc Afterschool Specials, Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


"The Birth Control Divide": U. S. Press Coverage Of Contraception, 1873-2013, Ana C. Garner, Angela Michel Jan 2016

"The Birth Control Divide": U. S. Press Coverage Of Contraception, 1873-2013, Ana C. Garner, Angela Michel

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

For more than 140 years, religious, medical, legislative, and legal institutions have contested the issue of contraception. In this conversation, predominantly male voices have attached reproductive rights to tangential moral and political matters, revealing an ongoing, systematic attempt to regulate human bodies, especially those of women. This analysis of 1873-2013 press coverage of contraception in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune shows a division between institutional ideology and real-life experience; women’s reproductive rights are negotiable. Although journalists often reported that contraception was a factor in the everyday life of women and men, …


Chair Support, Faculty Entrepreneurship, And The Teaching Of Statistical Reasoning To Journalism Undergraduates In The United States, Robert J. Griffin, Sharon Dunwoody Jan 2016

Chair Support, Faculty Entrepreneurship, And The Teaching Of Statistical Reasoning To Journalism Undergraduates In The United States, Robert J. Griffin, Sharon Dunwoody

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Statistical reasoning is not the same as doing calculations. Instead, it involves cognitive skills such as the ability to think critically and systematically with data, skills important for everyday news work and essential for the era of data journalism. Twin surveys of the chairs of undergraduate journalism programs in the United States, conducted 11 years apart, revealed that those who perceived benefits from statistical reasoning instruction were more likely to reward entrepreneurship (faculty attempts to integrate this instruction into their classes), but with slow gains over time in the fairly small number of such faculty. Being consistent with university goals …


Defining A Medium: The Educational Aspirations For Early Radio, Amanda R. Keeler Jan 2016

Defining A Medium: The Educational Aspirations For Early Radio, Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This essay examines the attempts by many writers to steer the burgeoning U.S. radio industry towards educational uses and programming in the 1920s. At the same time that commercial radio began to take shape, several competing and seemingly incompatible visions of the airwaves emerged—one of which privileged the use of radio for educational purposes. Using discourse from trade journals, general interest magazines, and newspapers, this article explores the calls for educational programming amid the rapidly expanding and consolidating commercial radio industry.