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2020

University of Central Florida

Communication

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

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Just Showing Up Can Make A Difference: A History Of The Association For Communication Administration, Christopher Lynch Jan 2020

Just Showing Up Can Make A Difference: A History Of The Association For Communication Administration, Christopher Lynch

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The Association for Communication Administration (ACA), founded in Chicago in 1972, claimed a membership of one hundred and two departments. It was an independent organization but shared resources with what is now the National Communication Association. Initial membership included theatre and broadcast programs under the umbrella of communication. These programs would create their own independent associations. ACA’s mission was to promote the role of communication administrators, chairpersons to university presidents, in academia. It has weathered the ebbs and flows of any organization as it moves towards its fiftieth anniversary. A newsletter to the membership led to the creation of JACA …

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Listening Leadership: An Academic Perspective, Annie Rappeport, Andrew Wolvin Jan 2020

Listening Leadership: An Academic Perspective, Annie Rappeport, Andrew Wolvin

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Much of the literature on leadership continues to focus on the leader who has the ability to shape a vision and articulate that vision, a vision that resonates with the mission, values, personnel and technology that make up the organization. To shape and articulate a resonant vision, the effective leader must be willing and able to listen. Only through listening to the stakeholders can a leader know how that vision should best be framed and implemented. One significant way that leadership listening can be implemented is through listening sessions. This study provides a detailed example of the effective use of …

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Speech Communication At Iowa State University: A Departmental History And Aftermath, Luke Lefebvre Jan 2020

Speech Communication At Iowa State University: A Departmental History And Aftermath, Luke Lefebvre

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In 1903 at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a Public Speaking department emerged. This transition occurred over a decade prior to public speaking teachers seceding from English. Members of the department played foundational roles in establishing the national association and moving the discipline toward research-driven initiatives in order to secure legitimacy across academic landscapes. Surviving two World Wars, the Great Depression and title merger with English, the department again emerged as an independent academic unit prior to the 1970s. The department included faculty from areas of speech, drama, telecommunicative arts, and speech disorders, which progressed until its …

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Complete Issue, Volume 39, Issue 2 Jan 2020

Complete Issue, Volume 39, Issue 2

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This is the complete issue for Volume 39, Issue 2 of the Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.

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Communication Administration As A Tri-Voiced Sustainable Community, Ronald C. Arnett Jan 2020

Communication Administration As A Tri-Voiced Sustainable Community, Ronald C. Arnett

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Books and authors have challenged the focus on “me” alone, rejecting “individualism” that seeks to stand above social context and constraints (Tocqueville, 1955; Arnett, 2019; Arnett, 2020), “narcissism” that falls in love with one’s own image (Lasch, 1985), and “emotivism” that limits decision making to personal preferences (MacIntyre, 1984). Contrary to a focus on an individual abstracted from a social context, one finds an emphasis on community (Arnett, 1986). When, however, a conception of community embraces only those empirically present, it becomes an abstraction oblivious of the phenomenological considerations of persons before and after the present moment. This essay textures …

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Editor’S Note, Janie Harden Fritz Jan 2020

Editor’S Note, Janie Harden Fritz

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This is the Editor’s Note to Volume 39, Issue 2 of the Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.

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Editor’S Note, Janie Harden Fritz Jan 2020

Editor’S Note, Janie Harden Fritz

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This is the Editor’s Note to Volume 39, Issue 1 of the Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.

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Mentoring Faculty And Bolstering Students’ Emotional And Cognitive Interest: The Impact Of Perceived Homophily In The College Classroom, Robert J. Sidelinger, Leeanne M. Bell Mcmanus Jan 2020

Mentoring Faculty And Bolstering Students’ Emotional And Cognitive Interest: The Impact Of Perceived Homophily In The College Classroom, Robert J. Sidelinger, Leeanne M. Bell Mcmanus

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For this study, expectancy violations theory was used to explore the associations among instructors’ inappropriate conversations, perceived homophily (similarity), and college students’ emotional and cognitive interest. Results found that students’ perceptions of instructor perceived homophily moderated the relationships between students’ reports of instructors’ enactment of inappropriate conversations and students’ emotional and cognitive interest. These results offer further understanding of the ways in which inappropriate conversations and perceived homophily affect perceptual outcomes in the college classroom, which can inform college faculty, administrators, and mentors. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.

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A Social Media Strategy For An Academic Department, Stephanie Buermann, Heidi Everett, R. Jeffrey Ringer, Traci Anderson, Alex Davenport, Eddah Mutua Jan 2020

A Social Media Strategy For An Academic Department, Stephanie Buermann, Heidi Everett, R. Jeffrey Ringer, Traci Anderson, Alex Davenport, Eddah Mutua

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This essay describes the process one communication studies department used to develop a social media strategy. That process involved identifying the audiences to be reached, establishing goals and objectives, conducting an audit to identify possible message posts, and selecting posts to reach our goals and objectives. The resulting strategy involves posting messages two to three times per week targeted toward specific audiences and reflecting twelve objectives. A calendar was created to guide the posts. Future research will assess the effectiveness of the strategy.

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