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Reality TV and interpersonal relationship perceptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The objective of this research was to understand the relationship between viewer motives for watching reality TV, reality TV exposure, and interpersonal relationship perceptions. The interpersonal relationship perceptions ...
Information, pleasure, and persuasion : how motivations function in talking politics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Scholars have long debated the role that communication plays in the formation and functioning of a democratic system. Philosopher John Dewey (1927) suggested that citizen-to-citizen talk serves as the very foundation of ...
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 ...