Browsing by Thesis Department "Communication (MU)"
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The 2004 presidential election between George W. Bush and John F. Kerry : an analysis of visually comparative televised advertisements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This study used impression management theory and framing to explore how George W. Bush and John F. Kerry used nonverbal behavior cues (body movement, eye gaze, facial expression, posture, gestures, and dress/clothing) and ... -
Adolescent sexting : an examination of the psychosocial contributions to the creation and sharing of sexual images
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Sexting, typically defined as the sending, receiving, or forwarding of sexually explicit or suggestive messages or images through cell phones and other mobile devices, is a popular activity among adolescents and is becoming ... -
An affective (dis)ordering of difference: a practice approach to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in veterinary medicine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Recent organizational theorizing contends that ontological assumptions around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) must be reconsidered. I argue that an underlying assumption of separation within the prevailing approaches ... -
Affirming whiteness : a critical discourse analysis of the affirmative action debate in the Fisher case
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)For the past decade, the Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) decision has served as the constitutional basis for the consideration of race in university admissions (Lawrence, 2001; Ledesma, 2013). The recent Fisher v. University ... -
All of the doors are closed : a hermeneutic phenomenological study exploring Black gay male experiences of stigma in Black church organizing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The African American community has become a key site of resistance to accepting same-sex relations in the United States. Scholars have suggested that this resistance is most accurately explained by Black religious affiliations ... -
Ambiguity, uncertainty, and othering : a queer phenomenology of the organizational socialization of sexuality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Despite the many frames, metaphors, and lenses in the organizational communication discipline, we have yet to examine the lived experience of sexuality ... -
The Anthropocene as kairos : the rhetorical invention of ecological consensus /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The Anthropocene is a geological and temporal designation that represents the end of an 11,000 yearlong geological time period and marks the beginning ... -
Applying the communication theory of identity to members of Alcoholics Anonymous : a phenomenological analysis of the expression of the recovery experience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)The current study interviewed 24 members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to analyze the expression of the addiction recovery experience. The current study also explored the theoretical boundaries of the Communication Theory ... -
Assessing perceptions of parents' communication accommodation in relation to sexual and gender minority adult chidren's child-parent communication apprehension and mental health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, or people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, genderqueer, nonbinary, or any other self-identified sexual orientation or gender identity, deal with chronic ... -
Assessing the predictability of election victory from a functional theory perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This investigation utilized the Functional Theory of Campaign Discourse (Benoit, 2007) and previous content analyses of television advertisements to ... -
The assimilation of in-laws: the impact of newcomers on the structuration of families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)In this study, 42 participants (including newlyweds, parents of newlyweds, and siblings of newlyweds) were interviewed about their relationships with their in-laws. Most of the participants reported that they liked their ... -
Battles for branding : political marketing and U.S. Senate debates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Televised political debates, as two-sided information flows, are dynamic political communication events that inform, persuade, and entertain voters. Political debates provide candidates the opportunity to brand themselves ... -
Becoming the bystander : a cultural phenomenon
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Sexual harassment has been a continuous problem in the workplace. Previous research that postulates bystander intervention through an interpersonal lens need to be reevaluated. Critical-Interpretive assumptions about power ... -
"Behind closed doors" : a feminist analysis of senior citizen sexual communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Abundant research has been conducted on senior citizen sexuality but research on sexual communication has been limited. The current study was designed ... -
Between cultural diversity and fantasy : hybridity, pop cosmopolitanism and transnational media fandom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examines the complex, multidirectional process of media transnationalization and online media fandom within the new media environment, ... -
Boxing and mixed martial arts: sociocultural cues, ego enhancement, and aggression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This work explores two sports in the world of fight media, boxing and mixed martial arts. Employing the use of social cognitive theory, cultivation theory, and critical race theory as the frameworks from which the following ... -
Bumping up the body : examining the impact of celebrity gossip magazines on body image during pregnancy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The present analysis examined the impact of celebrity gossip magazine coverage on pregnant women through both quantitative and qualitative methods. Study 1 employed both objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) ... -
Can Second Life make health a first priority? : examining exercise efficacy and body image through Priming Theory and the Proteus effect /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study examined prosocial and antisocial effects of avatar embodiment in a virtual world on health and body image in emerging adult women. ... -
A case study of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 : interorganizational policymaking and food security d/discourses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)For this dissertation case study, I examined how individuals, especially those who worked on interorganizational food security programming and policymaking, discussed organizational policy messaging and the discursively ... -
Challenging national heterosexuality : a rhetorical analysis of campaign rhetoric for and against marriage equality in the November 2012 elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study analyzed the campaign appeals from the November 2012 campaigns for and against marriage equality. This study found that the campaigns against ...