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Sharing Your National Service Story: A Guide To Working With The Media, Corporation For National And Community Service Jan 2005

Sharing Your National Service Story: A Guide To Working With The Media, Corporation For National And Community Service

Service Learning, General

Running a national service program is more than a full-time job. Between developing projects, recruiting volunteers, managing finances, seeking resources, and filling out paperwork, it may feel like there’s no time to do anything else. With all the things a busy program manager has to do, you may wonder: “Why should I care about media coverage, and can it really help me?”

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 13 - December 9, 2004 Dec 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 13 - December 9, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 13 - December 9, 2004. 28 pages.

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Needed Communication Skills During Initial Employment As Perceived By Graduates Of The West Virginia University Davis College Of Agriculture, Forestry And Consumer Sciences, Jessica R. Rollins Dec 2004

Needed Communication Skills During Initial Employment As Perceived By Graduates Of The West Virginia University Davis College Of Agriculture, Forestry And Consumer Sciences, Jessica R. Rollins

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of the study was to determine communication skills used during initial employment by graduates of the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences who were enrolled in the agricultural and natural resources communications (AgEE 421) course. The population consisted of 70 2001--2002 graduates of West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences who were enrolled in agricultural and natural resources communications (AgEE 421) during their collegiate careers. A descriptive research design was used for the study. A major finding of the study was the beneficial effects of educational training in communications skills prior to …

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A Swarm Intelligence Based Approach To The Mine Detection Problem, Vignesh Munirajan Dec 2004

A Swarm Intelligence Based Approach To The Mine Detection Problem, Vignesh Munirajan

Theses

This research focuses on the application of swarm intelligence to the problem of mine detection. Swarm Intelligence concepts have captivated the interests of researchers mainly in collective robotics, optimization problems (traveling salesman problem (TSP), quadratic assignment problem, graph coloring etc.), and communication networks (routing) etc [1]. In the mine detection problem we are faced with sub problems such as searching for the mines over the minefield, defusing them effectively, and assuring that the field is clear of mines within the least possible time. In the problem, we assume that the mines can be diffused by the collective action of the …

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Notions Of Practice: Design As Facilitation For Interactive Social Systems., Penny Hagen Nov 2004

Notions Of Practice: Design As Facilitation For Interactive Social Systems., Penny Hagen

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper introduces the notion of ‘design as facilitation’ identifying some of the places it features in current research, and how it informs design of interactive social systems, such as multi-user communication technologies. This research is motivated by the shift in focus from the technical to the social in technology. A parallel shift in the notion of design practice is suggested in the move to understand interactive systems in relation to users as seen in design theory and interaction design research and methodology (Dourish 2001), (Preece et al 2002), (Winograd 1997). By examining the commonalities that exist in four different …

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The Role Of Silence And Avoidance In Interpersonal Conflict, Alexia Georgakopoulos Nov 2004

The Role Of Silence And Avoidance In Interpersonal Conflict, Alexia Georgakopoulos

Peace and Conflict Studies

Conflict is an inevitable process in relationships. Effective strategies must be used to manage conflict accordingly. If one is to understand how to incorporate effective strategies when dealing with conflict, the emotional experience related to conflict must be understood. The expression of anger is the emotion most associated with conflict; therefore, anger is an important emotion in the assessment of conflict. Anger is associated with arousal that may be traced to have its roots in the evolution of humankind. The emotion of anger is in part biological which links it to dispositional properties and to another extent largely communicative as …

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 8 - October 21, 2004 Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 8 - October 21, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 8 - October 21, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004 - Winter Sports Preview Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004 - Winter Sports Preview

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 7 - October 14, 2004 - Winter Sport Preview. 12 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004 Oct 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 7 - October 14, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 7 - October 14, 2004. 24 pages.

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Relationship Advertising: Investigating The Strategic Appeal Of Intimacy (Disclosure) In Services Marketing, Andrea Diahann Gaye Scott Oct 2004

Relationship Advertising: Investigating The Strategic Appeal Of Intimacy (Disclosure) In Services Marketing, Andrea Diahann Gaye Scott

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

One approach to communicating and thereby building a close relationship with consumers is via advertising. In other words, if service providers can invoke feelings of connection and intimacy--where consumers feel understood, cared for, and validated--through advertising, a stronger bond and sense of loyalty is likely to follow. When intimacy is conceived as knowing and being known by another, which incorporates mutual and reciprocal (though not necessarily equal) liking and vulnerability, its application extends beyond romantic relationships to the current context of relationship and services marketing. This research provides empirical support for the use of intimacy as an appeal in services …

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004 - Welcome Back Issue Sep 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004 - Welcome Back Issue

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 1 - September 16, 2004 - Welcome Back Issue. 8 pages.

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The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004 Sep 2004

The Cowl - V. 69 N. 1 - September 16, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 69 No. 1 - September 16, 2004. 24 pages.

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Perception Of Meaning And Usage Motivations Of Emoticons Among Americans And Chinese Users, Yujiao Wang Sep 2004

Perception Of Meaning And Usage Motivations Of Emoticons Among Americans And Chinese Users, Yujiao Wang

Theses

Do people of different cultures agree on the meaning and use of emoticons? This study addresses this question from an inter-cultural perspective and explores the use of emoticons in the American and Chinese Computer-mediated communication (CMC) communities. The research indicates that both the Americans and Chinese participants use emoticons for entertaining, informational and social interaction motivations but the Americans are more likely to use emoticons for information motivations than the Chinese and the Chinese participants are more likely to use emoticons for social interactions than the Americans participants. The results correspond to the cultural differences between the two countries in …

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Communication Cues To Action Prompting Central Appalachian Women To Have A Mammogram., Kathryn Bond Mcneill Aug 2004

Communication Cues To Action Prompting Central Appalachian Women To Have A Mammogram., Kathryn Bond Mcneill

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Today, mammography screening is the best method of detection for breast cancer, yet many women have never been screened and underprivileged, minority and rural women have lower screening rates then other populations. The purpose of this study, through individual interviews(N=88), was to understand the cues that women perceive to have received spurring them to participate in mammogram screening. The Health Belief Model guided this research. Media influence, Health Care Practitioner recommendation, social networks, and symptoms were the cues to action explored in this research prompting compliance to mammography screening. All four of these cues were found to influence women in …

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But What Do They Think It Means? The Text/Image Relationship In Informational Communication, Nicole E. Bartell Aug 2004

But What Do They Think It Means? The Text/Image Relationship In Informational Communication, Nicole E. Bartell

Theses

To better understand how an audience processes information transmitted via image, text, or both, this study presented four different versions of the same message to four groups of RIT students. The message consisted of the following content: text only, text with images depicting evenly spaced years, text with images depicting irregularly spaced years, and text with irregularly spaced years. Subjects were instructed to look at the message for a set amount of time and then complete a questionnaire. Those who were given messages that had images and text felt less confused or misled than those who were given messages containing …

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Forsyth Library Copyright And Intellectual Property Center Brochure, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University Aug 2004

Forsyth Library Copyright And Intellectual Property Center Brochure, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University

Forsyth Library Building

This color six page document features an informational brochure for the Forsyth Library Copyright and Intellectual Property Center.

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Application Of Turning Point Theory To Communication Following An Acquired Disability, Katie Neary Dunleavy Aug 2004

Application Of Turning Point Theory To Communication Following An Acquired Disability, Katie Neary Dunleavy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Interpersonal relationships are affected when one relational partner acquires a disability. The acquisition of the disability is considered a turning point and the interest of this study is what occurs after the turning point. In particular, this study investigated the satisfaction, emotional support and solidarity of those who have acquired a disability in their life and one of their able-bodied relational partners. The stages of adjustment to a disability were also quantitatively analyzed. Both the participants who acquired a disability and their relational partners completed self-report measures. Difficulties in obtaining participants led to descriptive results. Challenges to a small participant …

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Investigating Deception In Cyberspace, Holtjona Galanxhi, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah Aug 2004

Investigating Deception In Cyberspace, Holtjona Galanxhi, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The use of anthropomorphic avatars provides Internet users the opportunity and freedom to present their desired identity. As cyberspace becomes a heaven for deceptive behavior, human-computer interaction research will need to be carried out to study and understand these deceptive behaviors. The objective of this research is to investigate the behavior of deceivers and truthtellers in the cyberspace environment and to examine how their intention to deceive may influence the choice of their avatars. The effect of using avatars to support communication will also be studied. This research provides insights on communication and trust issues in avatar environments.

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Stereotypical Perceptions Of The Communication Behaviors Of Gay Males, Daniel W. Brewster Aug 2004

Stereotypical Perceptions Of The Communication Behaviors Of Gay Males, Daniel W. Brewster

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined the stereotypical communication behaviors of gay males. The study examined the associations of assertiveness, responsiveness, homonegativity and biological sex. Participants were 359 (195 men, 164 women) students. Participants provided responses to questions about verbal and nonverbal behaviors for known gay individuals and individuals perceived to be gay. The participants then completed the Assertiveness-Responsiveness Measure (Richmond & McCroskey, 1990) in a self-report and observer-report, and the Modern Homonegativity Scale (Morrison & Morrison, 2002). Results indicated some of the more predominant responses to verbal and nonverbal behaviors are inconsistent with the prevalent societal perceptions of homosexuality. Significant associations between …

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Persuasion By Association: A Content Analysis Of Cigarette Advertisements Aimed At The Youth Market, Pamela L. Carmichael May 2004

Persuasion By Association: A Content Analysis Of Cigarette Advertisements Aimed At The Youth Market, Pamela L. Carmichael

Theses

Past research suggests that manufacturers market cigarettes through advertisements associating cigarettes with qualities and behaviors valued by the target audience. Using content analysis, the present study compares the visual and verbal/textual product associations in cigarette advertisements in youth- (People and Sports Illustrated) and adult-oriented (Time and Better Homes and Gardens) magazines. Results show significant differences in product association categories, with ads in youth magazines significantly more likely than those in adult magazines to employ associations related to social gatherings/friendship, romance/eroticism, independence/self-reliance/rebellion, prize giveaways/merchandise, and pleasure/refreshment/flavor/quality. This study adds to the body of knowledge on the content of cigarette advertisements and …

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Barriers To The Implementation Of The Oklahoma Learning Site Initiative., Robin L. Plumb May 2004

Barriers To The Implementation Of The Oklahoma Learning Site Initiative., Robin L. Plumb

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Oklahoma State Legislature and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have partnered to put forth an initiative to strengthen the state's intellectual power in hopes of preparing its citizens to compete in the global, knowledge-based economy of the 21st Century. As a starting point for the Oklahoma Learning Site Initiative, the Oklahoma State Regents set forth two goals: (a) to improve the quality of life of the citizens of Oklahoma and (b) to improve Oklahoma's rankings on national economic indicators to achieve a condition in which Oklahoma's growth rate on national economic indicators is consistently above the …

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The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 24 - Apr 29, 2004 Apr 2004

The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 24 - Apr 29, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 68 - No. 24 - April 29, 2004. 28 pages.

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Identification And Measurement Of Two Factors Affecting The Long-Term Outcomes Of Public Relations Programs: Public Image And Public Trust, Kimberly B. Amendola Mar 2004

Identification And Measurement Of Two Factors Affecting The Long-Term Outcomes Of Public Relations Programs: Public Image And Public Trust, Kimberly B. Amendola

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the most current theories surrounding organization-public relationship measurement, which is one approach used to verify the effectiveness of public relations programs. The study attempted to define and test two new factors that may affect organization-public relationships, which are identified as public image and public trust. Existing factors used to test such relationships, such as trust, satisfaction, commitment, and control mutuality, focus on testing the perceptions stakeholders have about an organization based upon their interpersonal relationship with that organization. However, in organizations where the dominant coalition still does not view public relations as …

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The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 21 - Mar 25, 2004 Mar 2004

The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 21 - Mar 25, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College.Vol 68 - No. 21 - March 25, 2004. 28 pages.

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Media Practice In The Humanities Classroom, Elizabeth Walden Mar 2004

Media Practice In The Humanities Classroom, Elizabeth Walden

English and Cultural Studies Journal Articles

While there is good reason to be suspicious of the enthusiastic rush to integrate technology into the classroom, we in the humanities should embrace the opportunity it presents for media literacy and critical cultural inquiry.

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The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 20 - Mar 4, 2004 Mar 2004

The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 20 - Mar 4, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 68 - No. 20 - March 4, 2004. 28 pages.

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The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 18 - Feb 19, 2004 Feb 2004

The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 18 - Feb 19, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 68 - No. 18 - February 19, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 17 - Feb 12, 2004 Feb 2004

The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 17 - Feb 12, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 68 - No. 17 - February 12, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 16 - Feb 5, 2004 Feb 2004

The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 16 - Feb 5, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 68 - No. 16 - February 5, 2004. 24 pages.

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The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 15 - Jan 29, 2004 Jan 2004

The Cowl - Vol 68 - No. 15 - Jan 29, 2004

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 68 - No. 15 - January 29, 2004. 24 pages.

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