The Interaction of Issue and Image Frames on Political Candidate Assessment     

Sean Luechtefeld  Adam S. Richards 《Communication Studies》2016,67(1):20-36

This study examined the combined effect of character and policy coverage about a political candidate in news media on voters’ evaluations and thoughts about the candidate. A 2 (issue coverage: present/absent) × 2 (image coverage: present/absent) between-subject factorial experiment was conducted whereby participants (N = 134) read a version of an editorial article that varied in the coverage of a candidate’s character and policy positions. Results indicated that issue and image coverage, each in isolation, enhanced perceptions of the candidate’s image strength and issue strength. However, issue and image coverage when presented in combination compared to in isolation did not enhance perceptions of the candidate and in some cases hindered perceptions of candidate strength. When both coverage types were present, issue coverage dominated image coverage when participants formed image evaluations, whereas image coverage dominated issue coverage when they formed issue evaluations. Similar findings resulted for issue- and image-relevant thoughts. Implications about the effects of multicoverage political messages are discussed.  相似文献   

Facial Similarity Mitigates the Persuasive Effects of Source Bias: An Evolutionary Explanation for Kinship and Susceptibility to Influence     

Adam S. Richards  Dale Hample 《Communication monographs》2016,83(1):1-24

This research examined how the interaction between a source's facial similarity to message targets and communicated bias affects audience persuadability. We used an evolutionary explanation to hypothesize that biased sources would elicit less favorable attitudes than unbiased sources for dissimilar sources, but that this difference would be absent for similar sources. Predictions were supported by results from a 2 (facial similarity) × 2 (source bias) experiment, in which an unrecognizable percentage of participants' photographs (n = 94) was digitally morphed with a source's face to act as a kinship cue. Further, structural equation modeling demonstrated a direct effect of facial similarity on attitude independent of mediation by source liking and appraisals, providing further evidence that susceptibility to influence from facially similar sources may have evolutionary origins.  相似文献   

Ice hockey shoulder pad design and the effect on head response during shoulder-to-head impacts     

Darrin Richards  B. Johan Ivarsson  Irving Scher  Ryan Hoover  Kathleen Rodowicz  Peter Cripton 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2016,15(4):385-396

Ice hockey body checks involving direct shoulder-to-head contact frequently result in head injury. In the current study, we examined the effect of shoulder pad style on the likelihood of head injury from a shoulder-to-head check. Shoulder-to-head body checks were simulated by swinging a modified Hybrid-III anthropomorphic test device (ATD) with and without shoulder pads into a stationary Hybrid-III ATD at 21 km/h. Tests were conducted with three different styles of shoulder pads (traditional, integrated and tethered) and without shoulder pads for the purpose of control. Head response kinematics for the stationary ATD were measured. Compared to the case of no shoulder pads, the three different pad styles significantly (p < 0.05) reduced peak resultant linear head accelerations of the stationary ATD by 35–56%. The integrated shoulder pads reduced linear head accelerations by an additional 18–21% beyond the other two styles of shoulder pads. The data presented here suggest that shoulder pads can be designed to help protect the head of the struck player in a shoulder-to-head check.  相似文献   

In a Yucca-tomic Pickle     

Richards  Linda Marie 《Metascience》2010,19(3):475-477

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‘Masters of Arts and Bachelors of Barley’: The struggle for agricultural education in mid‐nineteenth‐century Britain 1     

Stewart Richards 《History of education》2013,42(3):161-175

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Author’s response     

Evelleen Richards 《Metascience》2018,27(3):411-420

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Guarded optimism or naivety?     

Colin Richards 《Education 3-13》2013,41(2)

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Smallness,Bigness, and Excellence     

Lewis A. Richards 《College Teaching》2013,61(3):165-166

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Teaching distance learners in Wales   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Heddwyn Richards 《Open Learning》2013,28(3):22-28

Open University students and staff in Wales often have to cover large distances to achieve face‐to‐face contact. To provide accessible tuition and counselling on an equitable basis is recognised as a difficulty in the differential provision of resources compared with a compact and densely populated region such as London. However, as disparities grow and budgets shrink, historical tolerance cannot be taken for granted. Heddwyn Richards, Senior Counsellor in the Open University in Wales, provides an analysis of the tutorial problems of student distribution and geography in a low population region.  相似文献   

Critical thinking     

Colin Richards 《Education 3-13》2013,41(2)

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