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Gender Communication: An Impact in American Management
(1992-04-01)Among recent studies in communication research, several experts have analyzed contrasting communication between men and women. Most research presents consistent and valuable information about the dichotomous communication ... -
Gender Communication: Barriers to Women in Business Management Positions
(1990-04-01)This paper explores the various aspects of gender communication through social, cultural, and linguistic viewpoints to reach an awareness of the present-day communication barriers facing women in business management ... -
“Ha ha ha, very funny”: An Ethnographic Study of Conversational Humor among College Students
(2014-04)In this paper we take up the topic of conversational humor by analyzing instances of teasing, joking, irony and banter in everyday settings in which these integral forms of talk play a part. This paper comes from an ... -
A Headline is Worth a Hundred Words: An Analysis of Syrian Opposition and Government Media
(2023)With about thirteen million displaced Syrians worldwide, the Syrian refugee crisis remains one of our most significant global challenges. In 2015, images of Alan Kurdi, a Kurdish-Syrian two-year-old refugee, lying dead on ... -
Images of a Western Daughter An Analysis of the letters of Elizabeth Chester Fisk 1867-1892
(2003-04-01)Elizabeth Chester Fisk of Vernon, Connecticut arrived in Helena as a new bride in 1867. Seeking to describe her new life to her mother, Elizabeth began a 26-year correspondence with her mother that lasted until the time ... -
Intercultural Uncertainty Reduction: Synthesis And Strategies
(1992-04-01)Information transfer is faster and easier than it was five years ago and it is more likely that people from different cultures will meet each other. Most aspects of our lives, from business to television are affected by ... -
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" Self-Disclosure: Gender Gap Analysis
(1992-04-01)Self-disclosure, the unique sharing of information about oneself which would not otherwise be known, is examined in the following discussion. While knowledge of same-sex and mixed-sex disclosures are valuable, this research ... -
Law and Order: SVU applying rape myths to victim representation
(2014-04-01)This study analyzed the portrayal of rape victims in seasons eight through twelve of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. This study sought to determine how rape victims are framed in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit ... -
Little Girl Big Miracle
(2014-04-01)This documentary is the true account of a little girl who was unexpectedly diagnosed with a rare bone disease. McLain Thornquist found out that she had Ewings Sarcoma when she was only eight years old. Her world was quickly ... -
Marketing Montana Beef in Japan: An Analysis of Communication Theory and Marketing Practices in the Japanese Beef Market
(1990-04-01)This paper examines the necessity of effective communication in the practice of marketing beef products into Japan. Initially examining Japanese agricultural history since the Meiji Restoration (1880), the research develops ... -
Mentoring in the Workplace: A Look at Unsuccessful Mentoring Relationships and their Effect on Women
(2004-04-01)Mentoring has been used as a tool by organizations for over four decades. Mentoring addresses organizational needs such as socialization, education and training. The mentoring relationship between the mentor and protege ... -
News on the Wire: Exploring and Evaluating the Content of Newspaper Coverage of the O.J. Simpson Case
(1996-04-01)The amount of bias in news stories covering the preliminary hearings of the O.J. Simpson trial is measured by analyzing articles printed in the New York Times and the Independent Record and applying the Hayakawa-Lowry ... -
Once S.T.A.R.T. Stopped and Geneva Started: U.S. And Soviet Rhetoric Prior To The 1985 Meeting
(1987-04-01)President Ronald Reagan, when confronted with the age gap between himself and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, commented with regard to the November, 1985, Geneva Summit: It'l1 be the first time we've ever had someone on ... -
Parental Alcoholism: A Study Of Resultant Communication Breakdown And Behavioral Handicaps Affecting The Child
(1981-04-01)Through the stimulation of speech communication we are able to discover, explore, test, express and foster meaning. Oral communication is a unique process of symbolic communication which involves a transactional encounter ... -
Pediatric Patients’ Satisfaction and Perceptions of Physician-Patient Interaction During Medical Visits
(2000-04-01)Unlike many current studies involving children and adolescents, this study focuses on the pediatric patient’s view of his or her physician and medical visit. This is important to improving techniques, communication, and ... -
Perceived Understanding, Trust, And Satisfaction In Communication Between Probationers and Parolees and Their Probation And Parole Officers
(1999-04-01)People on probation and Parole make up a measurable portion of the population. Central to the success or failure of an offender on probation or parole is the communication between the offender and their probation or parole ... -
Prevent, Reverse, & Defy: Ageism in Magazine Advertisements
(2012-04-01)Prejudice based on one’s age, or “ageism,” is not a new phenomenon. Even though ageism has been known in scholarly literature since the 1960s, its influence on society is perhaps underestimated. The perpetual search for ... -
Production Thesis Concerning Direction Of A Cry Of Players
(1982-04-01)The project was to direct William Gibson's A Cry of Players. Somehow that simple, though accurate, statement does not seem to adequately describe the undertaking. Directing entails an enormous variety of tasks. A more ... -
Servant Leadership in Higher Education and Options for its Incorporation at Carroll College
(2014-04-01)This thesis shares research and analysis systematically designed to guide Carroll College of Helena, Montana, towards the goal of beginning a formal servant leadership program. Servant leadership, a term coined by Robert ... -
Sex Sells: An Analysis of Sexual Content on Prime Time TV over the Past 50 Years
(2012-04-01)The prevailing perception is that we have experienced a cultural shift in that today’s TV content is markedly more risqué than it has been in the past. In this study, I investigate this view with a content analysis of ...