Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Campaign Communications (1)
- Campaign Speech (1)
- Catharsis (1)
- Communication Models (1)
- Community Engagement (1)
-
- Community-Based Participatory Communication (1)
- Control (1)
- Enjoyment (1)
- Environmental Health Literacy (1)
- Environmental Health and Risk Communication (1)
- Frustration Aggression Hypothesis (1)
- Health Communication (1)
- Judicial Campaigns (1)
- Judicial Candidates (1)
- Media Coverage (1)
- Risk Communication (1)
- Uses and Gratifications Theory (1)
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Better Engaging Communities: Moving Beyond Cardinal Rules, Anna G. Hoover
Better Engaging Communities: Moving Beyond Cardinal Rules, Anna G. Hoover
Anna G. Hoover
“Cardinal rules” and best practice approaches have guided governmental risk communication efforts at chronic risk sites for more than two decades, playing an important role in how those most affected by contamination make sense of risk. In addition to providing information, however, communication approaches themselves can affect community perceptions indirectly, through stakeholder interpretations of the processes by which risk information is shared. It is increasingly necessary to evaluate not only whether risk communication approaches have been effective for increasing knowledge but if, in fact, the ways in which information is shared has had unintended consequences that change how stakeholders perceive …
Campaigning For Judicial Office, 2012, Robert J. Zuercher
Campaigning For Judicial Office, 2012, Robert J. Zuercher
Theses and Dissertations--Communication
Concerns over the way in which judicial campaigns are conducted have been voiced since the 1970s. Judicial elections are thought to have become rough and tumble contests, featuring increasing campaign expenditures and controversial campaign speech. With the widespread deregulation of judicial candidate campaign speech in the early 2000s, scholars have become increasingly concerned with how judicial candidates campaign. This dissertation examines the role of the media in judicial elections, campaign communication methods used by candidates, how candidates develop campaign messages, controversial campaign speech, the consequences of campaigning, and candidates’ attitudes toward judicial selection reform. Data gathered from a survey of …
Aggression Predictors In Video Games: Is Catharsis To Blame?, Robert Craig Vaughn
Aggression Predictors In Video Games: Is Catharsis To Blame?, Robert Craig Vaughn
Theses and Dissertations--Communication
The majority of research tends to focus on the effects of violent video games, and as a result the motivations to play games are understudied. This study used the uses and gratifications theory as a framework for investigating game player’s motivation to play video games for the purpose of catharsis. This study also proposed that in-game variables, such as level of difficulty and content of the video game, all be investigated to see the effects they have on the achievement of catharsis or the development of aggression through other mediating variables such as enjoyment, control, and frustration with the game. …