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What Is The Impact Of Gender-Responsive Treatment On Women Offenders?, Melody N. Joiner

Professional Projects

This study uses research literature and results from a qualitative project to discuss how gender-responsive programming would be beneficial to women offenders, both while incarcerated and upon returning to the community. Research proves that women offenders are different from their male counterparts regarding life factors and pathways to crime. The literature identifies how female criminality is heavily influenced by the life circumstances and experiences of women offenders. Recent studies stress the importance of considering the demographics and history of the female offender population, as well as how life factors impact women’s patterns of offending. Most women in the criminal justice …

The Documentary Novel And Its Many Theories, Review Of Factual Fictions: Narrative Truth And The Contemporary American Documentary Novel By Leonora Flis, John J. Pauly

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Literary Journalism And The Drama Of Civic Life, John J. Pauly

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Aging Gracefully: Emerging Issues For Public Policy And Consumer Welfare, Vanessa G. Perry, Joyce M. Wolburg

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

To be an aging consumer in a youth culture means facing several challenges, including maintaining self-esteem in the face of negative media portrayals, redefining the meaning of being sexually active, coping with vulnerability, planning for retirement and investing for the final years. Despite tremendous differences and contradictions among aging consumers, many policymakers take a narrow, single-minded approach to issues of consumer welfare and public policy, which fails to address the wide variation among members of this group.

Adopting An Attitude Of Wisdom In Organizational Rhetorical Theory And Practice: Contemplating The Ideal And The Real, Rebecca J. Meisenbach, Sarah Bonewits Feldner

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Research and practice in external rhetoric often fall short of ideals both in terms of widespread use of a rhetorical perspective and in achieving dialogic conditions in the public sphere. In this response, the authors consider potential explanations for this shortfall, focusing on challenges that exist on a theoretical level within organizational rhetoric scholarship and on a practical level as individuals and organizations interact.

Evolution Of A President: John F. Kennedy And Berlin, Nicholas Labinski

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This paper examines John F. Kennedy's rhetoric concerning the Berlin Crisis (1961-1963). Three major speeches are analyzed: Kennedy's Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Berlin Crisis, the Address at Rudolph Wilde Platz and the Address at the Free University. The study interrogates the rhetorical strategies implemented by Kennedy in confronting Khrushchev over the explosive situation in Berlin. The paper attempts to answer the following research questions: What is the historical context that helped frame the rhetorical situation Kennedy faced? What rhetorical strategies and tactics did Kennedy employ in these speeches? How might Kennedy's speeches extend our …

Robert T. Oliver: Trailblazer In Intercultural Communication, Robert Shuter

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Robert T. Oliver was a scholar extraordinaire and a towering figure in rhetoric and public address, but his contributions to the field of intercultural communication are less well known. For over sixty years, Dr. Oliver wrote prolifically about the impact of culture on rhetoric and communication. Although Dr. Oliver rarely used the words intercultural communication in his writings, which were voluminous, he contributed greatly to the development of the field. This essay focuses on Dr. Oliver’s four major contributions to intercultural communication: (1) Critiquing the Eurocentric bias of rhetoric/communication, (2) offering an Asiacentric alternative to the study of rhetoric/communication, (3) …

"How Did Toyota Stay On Top?" Revisiting Crisis Communication Discourse, Rachel Marie Knoespel

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This study focuses on Toyota's 2010 accelerator pedal recalls and its use of crisis response strategies that relied on past performance. As a precursor, the author researched current literature regarding crisis communication and identified two key areas of research: understanding crisis and its impact and crisis response. To understand crisis communication it is necessary to first define a crisis and the impact it has on an organization's image, identity, and/or reputation. Once the crisis occurs, the organization must respond considering the audience, type of crisis, and the phase of the life cycle the crisis is in to determine a proper …

Assessing The Potential Effectiveness Of Environmental Advertising: The Influence Of Ecological Concern And Ad Type On Systematic Information Processing, Jingyu Bao

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Following the postulation of motivation propelled message processing brought up by Chaiken, Giner-Sorolla and Chen (1996) within the framework of the heuristic-systematic model (HSM) (Chaiken, 1980; 1987; Chaiken, Liberman, & Eagly, 1989), this study attempts to explore the extent to which individuals' environmental concern can affect persuasion via systematic information processing. The study examines the comparative effectiveness of a product-based informational approach versus a social norm-based transformational approach regarding individuals with varied levels of environmental concern. A mixed model design is conducted to test the relationship between environmental concern, ad type, systematic processing of information and advertising effectiveness. The regression …

Perceived Reality Of Images Of Women In Magazines, Valerie Kretz

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Researchers have posited for decades that media, and magazines in particular, have a negative impact on women's body satisfaction. However, that relationship is a complex one. Several theories, including sociocultural and social comparison theories, have been used to better understand the relationship.

Furthermore, with advances in technology, magazine images of women are now fictional portrayals rather than reflections of reality. This project addresses the question of the extent to which women perceive magazine images to be real and whether there is a relationship between that perception of reality and body satisfaction.

Perceived reality as it relates to magazine images is …

Consulting Social Media In The College Transition Process: Experiential Accounts Of The Class Of 2014, Amanda Stageman

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This study examines social media as a relevant marketing strategy for higher education institutions and seeks to better understand how incoming university students utilize social media to communicate with an academic institution and ultimately make a college attendance decision. A basic history of social networking websites is explored, with emphasis on how this new technology is used in public relations and marketing for non-profit organizations, such as colleges and universities. In order to understand social media use from the students' perspective, individual uses of social networking sites are examined through the lenses of uses and gratifications theory, online identity construction …

Chicago White Sox, James Pokrywczynski

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Will Pergl: Haggerty Writing Projects On Milwaukee Artists, Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Unspoken Rules Of The Creative Game: Insights To Shape The Next Generation From Top Advertising Creative Women, Jean M. Grow, Sheri J. Broyles

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This study addresses gender issues in advertising creative departments and defines some of the unspoken rules in the creative game. Based on the interviews of twenty top creative women from the United States and Canada, the study focuses on the work creative women do, how they do it, and the environment in which they work. Content analysis of in-depth interviews led to the emergence of four thematic categories: the business, about personality, the work, and being female. Ultimately, knowing the unspoken rules will help prepare future generations of advertising creatives for the challenges that lie ahead. For women, knowledge of …

Advertising Media Selection, Lawrence Soley

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Advertising media planning is part of the media planning process. It consists of selecting the appropriate media and vehicles that will carry the campaign advertisements. The decision making involved in media planning is quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative decisions include analyzing the vehicles' delivery to the target market and determining the cost efficiency of particular media and vehicles. Qualitative decisions include looking at the appropriateness of a vehicle's editorial environment for the product being advertised, and the attentiveness of prospects to that vehicle.

Review Of Points On The Dial: Golden Age Radio Beyond The Networks By Alexander Russo, Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Hired Guns And Moral Torpedoes: Balancing The Competing Moral Duties Of The Public Relations Professional, Kati Tusinski Berg, Kevin Gibson

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Public relations helps an organisation and its publics adapt mutually to each other. However, this does not mean that the profession is value neutral or anything goes. There will be cases where professionals have to make discretionary ethical decisions and negotiate their roles and responsibilities, especially when faced with novel or difficult issues. In this conceptual paper, we describe how the notion of professional role morality not only shapes the individual struggles that practitioners endure but also highlights the organisational structures that foster or shun ethics in the decision-making process. Thus we provide a means of assessing professional action that …

Lockouts, Protests, And Scabs: A Critical Assessment Of The Los Angeles Herald Examiner Strike [Book Chapter], Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Chicago Bulls, James Pokrywczynski

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Event Hospitality, James Pokrywczynski

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Judgmental Heuristics And News Reporting, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Facing Up To The Media: Walter Ong And The Embrace Of Technology, John J. Pauly

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Domestic Violence In Men's And Women's Magazines: Women Are Guilty Of Choosing The Wrong Men, Men Are Not Guilty Of Hitting Women, Pamela Hill Nettleton

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Men's and women's magazine discourse on domestic violence characterizes women as guilty of choosing the wrong men but does not hold men responsible for hitting women. Using qualitative narrative analysis on 10 leading titles over 10 years, I find an ongoing tolerance for and celebration of domestic violence in men's magazines and an enduring expectation in women's that women bear responsibility for both genders. No magazines discuss patriarchal cultural structures that enable violence against women.

A Different Kind Of Inter-Media Agenda Setting: How Campaign Ads And Presidential Debates Influenced The Blogosphere In The 2008 U.S. Campaign, Sumana Chattopadhyay, Molly Greenwood

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Interview With Thomas G. Smith, Educational Filmmaker, Amanda R. Keeler

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Brand Logos More Prevalent In Recent News Sports Photos, James Pokrywczynski, John Carvalho, Thomas Preston Jr.

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The exposure is non-intrusive, serving as a backdrop to the sports action occurring at the arena. Because it cannot be separated from the action, this communication form is difficult to tune out perceptually.

Newspaper Theft, Self-Preservation And The Dimensions Of Censorship, Erik Ugland, Jennifer L. Lambe

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

One of the most common yet understudied means of suppressing free expression on college and university campuses is the theft of freely-distributed student publications, particularly newspapers. This study examines news accounts of nearly 300 newspaper theft incidents at colleges and universities between 1995 and 2008 in order to identify the manifestations and consequences of this peculiar form of censorship, and to augment existing research on censorship and tolerance by looking, not at what people say about free expression, but at what they do when they have the power of censorship in their own hands. Among the key findings is that …

Journalism In Second Life, Bonnie Brennen, Erika Dela Cerna

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Our research seeks to understand the emerging journalism practiced in Second Life—a computer-generated alternative reality. Framed by postmodernism, this study uses an ideological analysis to evaluate the three Second Life newspapers: the Alphaville Herald, the Metaverse Messenger and the Second Life Newspaper. We suggest that journalism in Second Life focuses on community building and education, considers the influence of the on-line world to resident members' off-line lives and raises important questions about freedom of expression.

Projective Techniques For Advertising And Consumer Research, Lawrence Soley

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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The World War Ii Patriotic Mother, Ana C. Garner, Karen L. Slattery

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The archetypal good mother and the archetypal patriotic mother are important symbols in American culture. Both are rooted in maternal work but are separated by two conflicting assumptions. The good mother nurtures her children and protects them from harm, while the patriotic wartime mother remains silent when the government sends her child directly into harm's way. This study explores how the World War II press positioned mothers of soldiers to sacrifice their children in support of the nation's war effort. The findings point to the importance of understanding the role of archetypes in news narratives.