Browsing 2016 MU dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Communication (MU)"
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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 ... -
Co-sexuality : the lived experience of communicatively organizing around sexuality /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Sex and sexuality are a core part of the human experience. What has been socially constructed as "normal" sexuality (e.g., acts, behaviors, preferences, conversation topics, vocabulary, etc.) has changed dramatically over ... -
The communication and psychology of identity on mobile dating apps for men who have sex with men
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The present study investigated the use of mobile dating apps for men who have sex with men (MSM), the privileging of masculinity in these online spaces, and related effects on attitudes about masculinity, the body, and the ... -
The development and validation of the citizen disaster communication assessment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Disasters pose a significant public health threat. Current federal disaster management perspectives encourage an approach where citizens become partners in their local communities' efforts to prevent or mitigate the negative ... -
Exploring the communicative and attitudinal covariates of violent and non-violent political engagement /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This project is primarily concerned with the relationships between communication behaviors, including pro-attitudinal media use and political social media use, political attitudes, including in-group bias and political ... -
Maternal gestural input to young children : the role of age, language ability, context, and pragmatic function
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)As language learners, young children are required to extract and interpret segments from a continuous communication stream. Interpreting the information provided by adults is essential to increasing infants' understanding ... -
Organizing alternatives : examining normative and alternative nonprofit organizing practices /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Homelessness presents a massive organizational problem in the United States, with over 400,000 men, women, and children making use of shelter services each night. In this study, I take a comparative ethnographic approach ... -
"We didn't realize the loss until it actually happened" : a phenomenological, dialogic analysis of sibling pairs' relational talk about moving apart
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Though research on family ties during the transition to adulthood has typically focused on parent-child relationships, scholars have begun to explore how this important transition impacts the relationship between siblings. ...