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The Cowl - V.61 - N.24 - Apr 17, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 24 - Apr 17, 1997. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.18 - Mar 6, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 18 - Mar 6, 1997. 24 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.16 - Feb 12, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 16 - Feb 12, 1997. 28 pages.

Family Planning In Developing Countries: A Study In Communication Strategies, Carolyn Babcock

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines communication strategies used in the promulgation of family planning in developing countries. The types of information, education and communication are studied. The case study of the telenovela focuses on an application of communication theory to promote social change.

The History Of The Present Illness As Treatment: Who's Listening, And Why Does It Matter?, Herbert M. Adler, Md, Phd

Department of Family & Community Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: The history of the present illness (HPI) is examined as a narrative communication that has the potential to be therapeutic.

METHODS: The general principles that influence the therapeutic potential of the HPI are induced from participant observation of personal experience and natural observations of conventional social interaction. These principles are corroborated by evidence from cross-cultural healing practices, clinical experience, and experimental psychology.

RESULTS: To facilitate a therapeutic HPI, the clinician should convey a sense of safety, sensitivity, affective competence, and cognitive competence. Furthermore, the effective clinician joins the patient in coprocessing the illness experience.

CONCLUSIONS: The (HPI) is not …

Working With Your Employees To Move Through Change Using Communication And Motivation: A Case Study, David G. Buck

Theses

This thesis focuses on effecting change in a government agency by the use of communication, motivation through incentives, and other management tools.

The United States Army Reserve Personnel Center (ARPERCEN) manages, trains, and mobilizes Army personnel. Its largest directorate is the Personnel Records Management Directorate, which houses the Accessions Division. At least 200,000 hard-copy personnel records pass through the Division for verification and processing in a typical year.

Eighty percent of hard-copy records transferred to ARPERCEN were also transferred electronically; however all were band-processed as if new. This entire accessioning process was redundant and inefficient.

Change was coming. The Reserve …

Conflict Is Optional, Difference Is Not : Toward A Difference-Based Approach To Interpersonal Communication, James Arthur Gieseking Jr

Dissertations and Theses

An examination of the discussion of conflict in general, interpersonal and small group communication texts indicates that the conceptualization of conflict theory in the U.S. is increasingly dependent upon three theoretical pillars: the qualities of ubiquity, utility and necessity. A critical, deconstructive analysis of these operational characteristics in relation to the actual human experience of conflict reveals that they are more appropriately associated with the essential condition of difference, rather than conflict, and the concepts of conflict and difference are generally conflated in U.S. communication texts. The synergistic interaction of a variety of specific cultural constructs can be seen as …

Expectation States Theory And The Principle Of Judicial Neutrality : The Impact Of Judicial Communication On Juror Verdicts, Paul E. Vanyo

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.13 - Dec 5, 1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 13 - December 5, 1996. 28 pages.

The Psychopolitics Of Language And Communication, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses political issues connected by linguistic and communicative discord and controversy.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.11 - Nov 14, 1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 11 - November 14, 1996. 24 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.10 - Nov 7, 1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 10 - November 7, 1996. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.3 - Sep 26, 1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 3 - September 26, 1996. 24 pages.

Reflections From The Seventh American Forest Congress: Some Thoughts For National Forest Management, William R. Bentley

The National Forest Management Act in a Changing Society, 1976-1996: How Well Has It Worked in the Past 20 Years?: Will It Work in the 21st Century? (September 16-18)

21 pages.

Contains endnotes and references.

Relationship Between Life Change Events And Communication Apprehension, Elaine Bylund

Student Work

This research investigates relationships between communication apprehension (CA) and life change events, using college students at a Midwestern university. Instruments used were the Personal Report o f Communication Apprehension-24 (PRCA- 24) which measured CA, both overall and in four subareas, and a modified version of the Adolescent Life Change Event Questionnaire (ALCEQ), which records life change events during formative years and past year before being questioned.

No significant relationships were found between the overall scores of the two instruments in this study, although demographic information showed that the younger college students reported more public speaking apprehension than the older groups. …

The Cowl - V.61 - N.2 - Summer 1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 2 - Summer, 1996. 4 pages.

The Cowl - V.60 - N.19 - Apr 18, 1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 60, Number 19 - April 18, 1996. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.60 - N.17 - Mar 6, 1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 60, Number 17 - March 6, 1996. 16 pages.

The Cowl - V.60 - N.14 - Feb 8,1996

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 60, Number 14 - February 8, 1996. 24 pages.

Nf96-262 Is Yours A Partnership 'Team'?, Herbert G. Lingren

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Teamwork has to be cultivated and grown by their members. This NebFact has some guidelines on how to make this work.

Marital Adjustment Across The Transition To Parenthood: The Role Of Communication And Personality, Brandon Mathew Larson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Past research on the transition to parenthood has consistently found that this life phase results in many changes in a couple's marital relationship, specifically declines in couples' marital adjustment. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between constructive communication, personality traits, and spouses' marital adjustment during the transition to parenthood; Participants were 70 married couples expecting their first child. Self-report measures were administered to all participants during the third trimester of pregnancy, three months postpartum, and nine months postpartum; Results showed that marital adjustment significantly declined during the transition to parenthood. Constructive communication consistently correlated significantly with marital adjustment …

Music And Interpersonal Communication: An In-Depth View Of Ani Difranco And Her Lyrics, Robyn Jana Ginsburg

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study provides an analysis of music as a form of interpersonal communication by examining how independent singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco's music lyrics provide her listeners with a foundation for relationship formation based on empathy and self disclosure. This study divides DiFranco's song lyrics into three categories of folk music, more specifically, message, protest, and propaganda songs which provide her audience with an ideology to which her fans can relate. Additionally, DiFranco's messages fall into the psychological categories of emotion, perception, cognition, motivation, needs, and memory as well as the sociological categories which demonstrate how her messages reach society--through the folk …

Norms Of Communication And Commodification, Wendy J. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

Around the laws that regulate information and communication swarm a host of related nonlegal norms: norms of secrecy, confidentiality, and privacy; of anonymity, source-identity, and citation; of quotation, paraphrase, and hyperbole; norms of free copying and norms of obtaining permission; norms of gossip and of blackmail. The articles by Saul Levmore and Richard McAdams provide useful windows on some of the ways these laws and norms interact. The two articles also provide insight into the comparative advantage possessed in some circumstances by law and by nonlegal norms, respectively, when information and communication are at issue. In my brief Comment I …

"You're My What?" The Problem Of Children's Misperceptions Of Their Lawyers' Roles, Emily Buss

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Cowl - V.60 - N.11 - Dec. 7, 1995

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 60, Number 11 - Dec. 7, 1995. 20 pages.

An Investigation Into Attitudes Surrounding Facilitated Communication, Jessica N. Peregoy

Theses & Honors Papers

This qualitative study investigated facilitators' opinions regarding facilitated communication (FC). Six individuals who have experience and/or training in the use of this method were interviewed. Issues discussed included FC's effectiveness for individuals other than those with autism, training prior to using the method, need for modifications in the method, and validity of the communication arising from the use of FC. Recurring themes were constructed from comments made during the course of the interviews. Each theme was supported by comments made by at least half of the facilitators. These themes were dissatisfaction with formal training, application to other populations, acknowledgement of …

The Cowl - V.60 - N.7 - Nov. 2, 1995

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. The Cowl - Volume 60, Number 7 - Nov. 2, 1995. 24 pages.

The Cowl - Vol Lx - No. 4 - Oct. 19, 1995

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 60, Number 4 - Oct. 19, 1995. 24 pages.

Sabbatical Leave Proposal, Stephen E. Brown

Sabbaticals

The sabbatical will be built around analysis and study of the speeches and great speakers of the mid-1800's in the United States, among them Lincoln, Davis, Lee, Grant, and Frederick Douglas. Theirs was an era of great speeches and volatile public opinion. I believe their words and presentations were as much responsible for the definition of America as those of Washington or Jefferson. Even the average soldier displayed language skills of surprising quality. These speeches, poems and correspondences effectively "sold" the American Civil War to the nation. They inspire my curiosity as to how and why they were so effective …

A Study Of Women's Compliance-Gaining Behaviors In Violent And Non-Violent Relationships, Jill E. Rudd, Patricia A. Burant

Communication Faculty Publications

Recent research by communication scholars has investigated the dynamics of abusive spousal relationships (Chandler, 1986; Infante, Chandler, & Rudd, 1989; Infante, Chandler-Sabourin, Rudd, & Shannon, 1990; Rancer & Niemasz, 1988; Rudd, Burant, & Beatty, 1994; Sabourin, Infante, & Rudd, 1993). Infante and his colleagues have suggested that those involved in violent relationships communicate differently with their partners than those involved in nonviolent relationships. Based on this prior research, it seems important for communication scholars to further investigate the communication behaviors of individuals involved in violent relationships. This current study seeks to advance the family violence research by comparing the types …