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A Cross-Cultural Study Of Directive Sequences And Some Implications For Compliance-Gaining Research, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

Compliance gaining has been widely studied in communication research as a phenomenon central to interpersonal life. Yet the category of attempts to compel the actions of others, labeled as directives in pragmatics and ethnography, has received little specific attention, despite its close connection to actual spoken life. This essay presents an ethnographic examination of directive sequences in two speech communities, one in the U.S. and one in Colombia, with emphasis on the distinctive belief systems revealed by directive use. Data from several earlier studies of compliance gaining are then reexamined to show that patterns of results obtained in those studies …

Toward A Systematic Method Of Measuring Recall From Printed News Stories, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.

Modified Trap Designs And Heights For Increased Capture Of Japanese Beetle Adults (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Stephen Alm, Tamson Yeh, Michelle Campo

Michelle L. Campo

Several trap designs and trap heights were tested on a golf course for effectiveness of capture of Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman) adults. A single Trece trap top or four Trece trap tops (each with quarter-strength lures) on 121-liter trash container collection bases caught significantly more beetles than a standard Trece trap or a large vane trap on a 121-liter container. Traps with a single Trece trap top on a 121-liter container also caught significantly more beetles than a standard Trece trap when both types were emptied daily to determine if captured beetles were influencing trap capture. Significantly more beetles …

Professor Finds Condom Editorial Full Of Holes, James Pokrywczynski

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.

Culture, Communication, And Preferences For Directness In Expression Of Directives, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

Although much research and discussion about culture and communication focuses on the importance of cultural specifics, efforts to theorize in that area tend to begin from apparent universals, and then move to examination of cultural practices as diverse realizations of those universals. This article examines a particular case of cross-cultural theorizing, in regard to preferences for expression of directives. Speakers can opt to express directives, as well as other speech acts, in either a direct or indirect way. A preference for indirect directives has often been assumed in cross-cultural theorizing. Yet a close examination of data from three cultures characterized …

The Issue Of Selection Of Objects Of Analysis In Ethnographies Of Speaking, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

Discusses the traditional basis for selection of objects for ethnographic study. Subjectiveness of selection process; Grounding of selection aspect of ethnographic practice in neutral and explicit procedure based on universal pragmatics or conversational structure; Illustration of different methodological approaches to establishing links between culture and communication practice

Communication In Latin American Multinational Organizations, L. Archer, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

No abstract provided.

Culture, Ideology, And Interpersonal Communication Research, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

No abstract provided.

An Antidote For Ailing Tv Ad Testing Measure And Spiraling Medical Costs, James Pokrywczynski

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.

Responsible Journalism And Aids, Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

The Differential Impact Of Televised Exposure To Arena Displays Vs. Commercials, James Pokrywczynski

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.

Criteria For Evidence In Qualitative Research, Kristine Fitch

Kristine Muñoz

Proposes several criteria for admissibility of evidence in communication research. Qualitative data as evidence for claims about social life; Qualitative data counting as evidence.

Assessing The Distracting Viewing Environment For Televised Sports And Its Relationship To Advertising Recall, James Pokrywczynski

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.

"You Gone Have To Learn To Talk Right": Linguistic Deference And Regional Dialect In Harry Crews's Body, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.