Interpersonal communication motives and perceptions of humor among elders     

Carole A. Barbato  Elizabeth E. Graham  Elizabeth M. Perse 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(1):48-57

This study explored the relationship between interpersonal communication motives and perceptions of humor use among elders. Elders (N = 143) ranging in age from 50 to 94 completed questionnaires assessing their interpersonal communication motives (ICM), perceived uses of humor (UHI), and demographics. The hypotheses predicting differential relationships among uses of humor and motives for communicating were supported. Elder men and women differed in their ICM and UHI.  相似文献   

News coverage of abortion between Roe and Webster: Public opinion and real‐world events     

Elizabeth M. Perse  Douglas M. McLeod  Nancy Signorielli  Juliet Dee 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(1):97-105

Based on agenda‐setting research, this study focused on the links between media coverage, real‐world indicators, and public opinion about abortion. We conducted a content analysis of coverage of the abortion issue in two prestige newspapers, The New York Times and the Washington Post, between two key Supreme Court rulings. We hypothesized that amount of coverage would (a) increase during election years, (b) be related to number of abortions performed, and (c) be related to public opinion about abortion rights. We found mixed support for our hypotheses. Abortion coverage did peak during election years but was not related to the number of abortions performed, and was related negatively to public acceptance of abortion rights.  相似文献   

Crime Cultivation: Comparisons Across Media Genres and Channels     

Maria Elizabeth Grabe Ph.D.  Dan G. Drew Ph.D. 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(1):147-171

This study tests the idea that TV genres (crime drama, reality cop shows, news) and channels (TV and newspapers) vary in their potential to cultivate perceptions, fears, and behavior related to exposure and attention to crime content. Randomly selected adults (505) over the age of 18 in Indiana were interviewed. Regression analyses indicate significant variance across media genres and channels in their influence on viewer orientations to crime. Yet overall, media use is a relatively weak predictor of crime orientations.  相似文献   

Precursors to probation and parole agent intent to send informational,emotional, and esteem social support messages to female clients     

Sandi W. Smith  Merry Morash  Brandon Walling  Elizabeth A. Adams  Amanda J. Holmstrom 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(3):344-363

Supervising agents serve as sources of social support for over one million women in the US on probation and parole who strive to avoid recidivism. Little is known about the supportive messages agents intend to provide their female clients or their precursors. The optimal matching model of social support is used in an investigation of the precursors to agents’ intent to send different types of social support messages to the women they supervise. Results indicated that supervising agents intended to provide informational support in the form of suggestions or advice, esteem support in the form of compliments, and emotional support in the form of encouragement to the women. Both agent communication pattern and offender level variables were precursors to the intent to send informational support messages, but only agent communication pattern variables predicted the intent to send emotional support messages.  相似文献   

Uncovering Impact: The Influence of Archives on Student Learning     

Morgan Daniels  Elizabeth Yakel 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2013

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Books on Books     

Elizabeth A. Geiser  Julia Moore 《Communication Booknotes Quarterly》2013,44(10)

THE BUSINESS OF BOOK PUBLISHING: PAPERS BY PRACTITIONERS edited by Elizabeth A. Geiser (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1985---$38.75)

THE BOOK PUBLISHING ANNUAL (New York: Bowker, 1985---$60.00)

THE BOWKER ANNUAL OF LIBRARY AND BOOK TRADE INFORMATION edited by Julia Moore (New York: Bowker, 1985---$69.95)  相似文献   

Study of the records life cycle     

Elizabeth Parker 《New Review of Academic Librarianship》2013,19(1):73-123

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“Packaged” Information: How are new Means of Delivering Information Affecting Students’ Information-Seeking Behavior?     

David Benjamin Brown  Elizabeth Maaike Simpson 《New Review of Academic Librarianship》2013,19(1):43-56

This article explores two methods of “packaging” information for students: custom textbooks and web-based discovery services. It examines the implementation of each of these initiatives at the University of Reading, using the institution as a case study to explore the implications on students’ information-seeking behavior. This is combined with a review of the relevant literature surrounding each service. Custom textbooks were used by the University's History department to support one of its first-year undergraduate modules, with the aim of providing a source of essential reading. The University Library released its web-based discovery service to students in October 2011. Various effects on information-seeking behavior are observed, including the potential decline of critical thinking in order to evaluate sources and the danger of sidelining search skills in favor of easy information solutions. The article concludes that librarians have an important role to play in helping students to understand the complexity of information searching. Whilst custom textbooks and discovery services are in some ways beneficial to students, they still require guidance from expert library staff to help them navigate these resources as independent learners. Finally, topics for further research are presented.  相似文献   

Secondary adoption of technology standards: The case of PREMIS     

Devan Ray Donaldson  Elizabeth Yakel 《Archival Science》2013,13(1):55-83

While archival scholars have identified some of the most important steps for deciding to use and implement metadata standards in archives, very little systematic empirical investigation within the archival science literature regards either how implementation processes actually unfold or the factors affecting implementation. This article analyzes the organizational factors and processes that come into play during implementation of metadata standards, using PREservation metadata: implementation strategies (PREMIS) as an exemplar. Adapting a theoretical framework for secondary adoption of technologies from Gallivan (Database Adv Inf Syst 32(3):51, 2001), the authors apply their model to the PREMIS technology standard and investigate PREMIS implementation by projects/programs on the Library of Congress PREMIS Implementation Registry. Using data from a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews, the authors develop a model for the secondary adoption of PREMIS and outline implications for the secondary adoption of technology standards based on the results of this study.  相似文献   

The Spaces of Children's Programming     

Cindy L. White  Elizabeth Hall Preston 《Critical Studies in Media Communication》2013,30(3):239-255

In the competitive world of children's programming, networks are under intense pressure to build brand loyalty and increase market share. This essay examines how Fox Kids and the Disney Channel transform electronic space into “place” as a means for carving out brand identity. This transformation of electronic space into place requires strategies that encourage viewers to see electronic spaces as habitable and desirable. While the two networks employ different approaches to the creation of place, they both reproduce familiar ideologies (e.g., individuality as identity) and social arrangements (e.g., families and neighborhoods) to represent a habitable place that can inspire loyalty and even affection from viewers.  相似文献