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Courses: Interpersonal communication, relational communication, language and social interaction, professional communication, interviewing practices Objectives: This single class activity enables students to understand the theoretical foundations of conversation and to develop their conversational skills by talking in dyads with classmates. Upon completion of this activity, students will be able to: Understand the importance of conversational skill across communication contexts; Identify the four maxims of Grice’s cooperative principle within their conversations; Recognize the factors that affect language use (gender, intimacy, and power) within their conversations; and Produce communication strategies for furthering conversation in future face-to-face and mediated interactions.
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Course: Public Speaking Objectives:At the end of this activity, students will be able to: Construct a story-based impromptu speech that holds the attention of one's audience; Articulate how stories hold audience's attention and imagination; Recognize relevant communication theories/concepts that effectively engage with an audience; and Utilize specific verbal and nonverbal strategies that effectively hold an audience's attention.
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Courses Health Communication, Gender Communication, Communication and Food, Communication and Diversity, Ethnography, Critical/Cultural Studies, or Qualitative Methods Objectives Explain, assess, and critique the social, cultural, and political discourses related to food. Analyze how communication about food reflects and influences issues of inequality. Examine and alter damaging racist, sexist, and classist stereotypes of low income people and SNAP recipients. Practice composing scholarship informed by communication theories and personal health behavior.
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Organizational communication scholars have paid scant attention to the motivations of people who choose careers in social service organizations. This study examined organizational identification in the context of two Thai social service organizations: government-run Community Development Department (CDD) and non-governmental Population and Community Development Association (PDA). The degree to which CDD members identified with CDD and PDA members identified with PDA was assessed by using the Organizational Identification Questionnaire constructed by George Cheney ( 1982
Cheney , G. (1982) . Organizational identification as process and product: A field study . Unpublished master's thesis , Purdue University . [Google Scholar]). Comparison of CDD and PDA scores on Cheney's OIQ provided findings that mirror those of previous studies of organizational identification. Specifically, the level of organizational identification among employees who work for the non-governmental privately-run social-cause organization (PDA) was significantly higher than for employees who work for the government organization (CDD). Thus, the non-governmental organization appears to be more effective than the government organization in fostering employee identification. Interestingly, a factor analysis of Thai responses to the Cheney instrument revealed three dimensions that were different from the three dimensions theorized by Cheney ( 1982
Cheney , G. (1982) . Organizational identification as process and product: A field study . Unpublished master's thesis , Purdue University . [Google Scholar]). While Cheney's conceptualization of identification included employees sense of membership, similarity, and loyalty to their organization, the Thai dimensions reflected life values (‘pride in membership’), social values (‘fit with organization’), and personal values (‘comfort zone’). These findings hold important implications for communication scholars who study employee motivation in non-Western organizational contexts. 相似文献
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Graduate courses are designed to help students learn discipline -specific knowledge, theories, and methods, but also to socialize them into the larger professional network. The awards assignment in this paper is designed to familiarize students with a wide variety of scholars and research within a field of study, to engage them creatively with synthesizing and assessing a field of study, to build strong arguments, and to enhance their socialization and networking opportunities. Course: Any graduate-level survey course focused on a particular area of communication studies (e.g. instructional communication, health communication, family communication). Objectives: (1)?Understand the historical, philosophical, and foundational roots of a field of study, including people, concepts, theories, and research studies. (2)?Critically evaluate scholars, constructs, theories, and research. (3)?Develop sound and supported arguments regarding critical evaluations and decisions. (4)?Socialize students into a field of study. (5)?Begin building students’ scholarly networking opportunities.
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This column is a collection of reference interview stories within a number of diverse mediums (chat, phone, face-to-face, immersive environments) sharing one librarian’s dialogues with a host of patrons. Some names, places, times, and events have been changed to preserve anonymity.In this reference chat transaction, you will: Consider the reference interview as art Know what every patron deserves Understand two goals of chat reference Be aware of the average time for picking up patrons Practice statistically significant time between librarian’s posts
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Courses: Public Speaking, Storytelling, Performance Ethnography, Oral Interpretation, Language and Communication Objectives: The aims of this this class exercise are: To engage in a collaborative creative process of developing a story/topic from a simple idea to deepening the relationship with the audience through vivid and evocative language; To practice the use of various linguistic devices and figures of speech; To gain an understanding of the affective and relational functions of language; and To gain performance practice.
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Objectives: The purpose of this assignment is to increase students’ understanding of health campaign messages and material design. Upon completing this assignment, students should be able to: -
Understand the importance of effective health campaign material design and the potential problems and implications of ineffective health campaign materials, -
Evaluate health campaign materials for clarity and readability, and -
Design effective health campaign materials that are clear and readable for the lay person. Courses: Health Communication, Communication and Aging, Health Literacy, Health and Medicine Writing, Social Marketing, Health Message Design 相似文献
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ABSTRACT Although there is a proliferation of information available on the Web, and law professors, students, and other users have a variety of channels to locate information and complete their research activities, the law library catalog still remains an important source for offering users access to information that has been evaluated and cataloged by experts. The usability of the catalog needs to be effectively measured before any necessary improvements can be made. This study was undertaken to investigate the information retrieval patterns of users of the Rutgers Law Library Online Public Access Catalog and to develop the catalog into a more effective search tool for these users. This study used an experimental approach to measure the usability of our catalog by analyzing the transaction logs from the OPAC system and the results from Google Analytics. The findings provided not only important information on user demographics and their computer systems, but also more insight on the search behaviors of users. The specific findings included the following: -
As a Web-analytic tool Google Analytics provided extensive information on the OPAC and the navigational behaviors of users. -
Fifty-eight percent of our users visited the Web site regularly. -
The most popular search method, which was employed by 37% of our users, was by title. -
Most patrons used computer systems with a high resolution and color depth monitor and visited the catalog Web site with a high-speed Internet connection. -
Suggestions were made by the authors to improve the users’ search experience of the catalog Web site. This study is significant to libraries with Web catalogs because it demonstrates the potential value of using Google Analytics as a Web analytics tool in combination with the OPAC transaction logs to measure catalog usability. 相似文献
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This paper traces the development of computerisation of library operations in Singapore from 1970–1989. Two levels of computerisation are examined, namely: At the institutional levels, the National Library, National University of Singapore Library, Nanyang Technological Institute Library, Singapore Polytechnic Library, Ngee Ann Polytechnic Library, the Law Libraries Consortium, the Education Libraries Consortium and the ECOMNET Libraries Consortium are among the major libraries examined. At the network level, the development and progress, functions and organisation of the Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS) are outlined. The author concludes that computers and related technologies are becoming increasingly important in the library scene of Singapore and that there is no perfect library computer system and upgrading is a necessary continuous process. 相似文献
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This paper reports on a study of the information behavior of Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) distance learning students in the Quinn School of Business, University College Dublin (UCD). In order to gain a better understanding of the information behaviors of distance-learning students, the study sought to answer the following research questions: -
What are the main sources of information for the BBS distance learning students? -
What are student perceptions of the virtual learning environment (VLE), Blackboard employed by the Quinn School of Business? -
To what extent, if any, is there evidence of collaborative information behaviors and practices? The full cohort of BBS distance-learning students was surveyed. A total of 55 out of 136 (40.4%) responded to the survey. Data were collected by means of a self-completion online questionnaire. The paper presents the findings of the study and considers implications for academic librarianship. The chief sources used by the students to assist them with study are web search engines (primarily Google) and content from the VLE (Blackboard). Search engines and the university elibrary are the main sources used by the students when conducting an information search for their course, however the students also rely significantly on their lecturers with regard to acquiring information for their coursework. The study also found that collaboration with regard to information sharing is a major facet of the information world of this cohort of students. 相似文献
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This is an exploratory study of public library services in Singapore for young people (defined as those people between thirteen to nineteen years of age) who are wheelchair bound. The research was carried out originally in 2000, but the study still informs policy makers in the Singapore system. Three main research questions are explored: -
What are the information needs of wheelchair-bound young people? -
What are their perceptions of libraries and library services? -
What are the problems they face in using library facilities and services? The study involves eleven wheelchair-bound people between the ages of twelve and twenty who were selected by means of a purposive sample. Findings indicate that most participants enjoyed reading books but did not read newspapers. The computer was used primarily as a recreational tool, and the convenience of the Internet appealed to them. There were, however, problems in using computer equipment in the libraries. School libraries were generally inaccessible. There were also problems in using public library services and facilities as well as being in public places. Their use of public libraries was infrequent. They were unaware of the full range of library facilities and services. The study concluded that there was a need and demand for library services by wheelchair-bound young people. Their information needs and reading habits were no different from those of any young person. Current library promotions were inadequate in stimulating or sustaining their awareness and interest. Transportation was the main obstacle in getting to libraries. The problems faced in using libraries were mainly related to architectural and physical access to library facilities and services. 相似文献
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This study examined the relationships between perceptions of organizational justice and enacting organizational dissent. Participants were 107 full-time employees working in various organizations. Results indicated that employee perceptions of distributive and interpersonal justice negatively predicted latent dissent, while perceptions of informational justice positively predicted latent dissent. Perceptions of interpersonal justice were the strongest predictor of latent dissent. Perceptions of justice were not related to articulated or displaced dissent. Future research should continue to explore triggering agents of dissent in organizations. 相似文献
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Courses: Science communication, public speaking, technical communication, professional and/or management communication Objectives: This activity about scientific and technical communication uses narrative principles to communicate complex information to broader audiences. Upon completion of the activity, students will be able to: (1)?Explain the four fundamental elements of Cohen’s framework for creating memorable anecdotes. (2)?Identify the four elements of Cohen’s framework in sample scientific presentations. (3)?Provide examples of how to apply Cohen’s framework to communicate complex information. (4)?Identify one or two complex concepts in their subject area that would benefit from a narrative approach. (5)?(Optional) Use Cohen’s framework to create a narrative relevant to their subject area.
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Key points - This article marks the publication of the Tenth edition Clark's Publishing Agreements: A book of precedents.
- The growing complexity of traditional assignment agreements is accompanied by researchers’ misunderstanding about their rights.
- There is a shifting balance between assignment and licensing of rights in an author's work.
- Academics continue to agree standard assignment contracts even where they disagree with the principles.
- Publishers are loosening control over copyright in response to demands from funders and a growing minority of researchers.
- There is a complex range of researchers’ attitudes to copyright issues.
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Background:To encourage evidence-based practice, an Annals of Internal Medicine editorial called for a new professional on clinical teams: an informationist trained in science or medicine as well as information science. Objectives:The study explored the effects of informationists on information behaviors of clinical research teams, specifically, frequency of seeking information for clinical or research decisions, range of resources consulted, perceptions about access to information, confidence in adequacy of literature searches, and effects on decision making and practice. It also explored perceptions about training and experience needed for successful informationists. Methods:Exploratory focus groups and key interviews were followed by baseline and follow-up surveys conducted with researchers and clinicians receiving the service. Survey data were analyzed with Pearson''s chi-square or Fisher''s exact test. Results:Comparing 2006 to 2004 survey responses, the researchers found that study participants reported: seeking answers to questions more frequently, spending more time seeking or using information, believing time was less of an obstacle to finding or using information, using more information resources, and feeling greater satisfaction with their ability to find answers. Participants'' opinions on informationists'' qualifications evolved to include both subject knowledge and information searching expertise. Conclusion:Over time, clinical research teams with informationists demonstrated changes in their information behaviors, and they valued an informationist''s subject matter expertise more. Highlights- Informationist involvement in traditional team activities—going on rounds and searching and critically evaluating the literature—increased over time.
- As the relationship between a clinical team and informationist developed, activities expanded to include projects such as development of wikis, databases, and websites.
- Clinical teams came to view subject knowledge as key to an informationist''s preparation; however, their expertise as information scientists was valued most highly.
- “Initiative,” approaching research staff in their workplace, was the one personal trait focus group participants agreed on as most desirable for an informationist.
- When first introduced to the concept, researchers cited customization of services to team needs as a major benefit.
Implications- To assure a successful informationist program, libraries must be prepared to commit time and money.
- Whether informationists or not, librarians should be prepared to support users'' increased need for genetics and molecular biology information.
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ABSTRACTWithin organizations, employees often discuss the need for transparency but what exactly is transparency? Transparency is often linked with communication in an effort to create an organization that is more informed about decisions and processes creating a sense of employee engagement. But leaders are not able to operate in a completely open manner due to a variety of factors. What leadership activities can be conducted in a transparent manner and how is transparency balanced with confidentiality? Transparency is not just a leader responsibility but other managers and employees contribute to organizational transparency. This column will provide more insights into the complex issue of transparency within libraries. 相似文献
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Key points - Technological advances in the amounts of data that researchers generate and use are causing problems for the scholarly communication system.
- How, when and by whom should quality checks and assurance be integrated into this – already overloaded – ecosystem?
- This paper outlines the challenges, illustrates some current initiatives and posits possible directions for the future.
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