Search Results - "The Southern communication journal"

Explicating the Pathways Among Memorable Message Themes About Religion and Spirituality, Positive Role Models for Aging, and Successful Aging by Bernhold, Quinten S., Bertram, Victoria, Devereux, Sarah, Blue, Jalen, Julius, Kylie

“…Grounded in the communicative ecology model of successful aging (CEMSA), this study asked older adults to report on a memorable message about religion or…”
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Erasing Race: Convenience Memories of Anita Hill and Rhetorics of White "Worthy Victimhood" in News Coverage of the Ford/Kavanaugh Hearings by Buisker, Lauren L.

“…In 1991, Anita Hill shifted societal understandings of sexual violence when she accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his Supreme Court…”
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The Impacts of Political Internet Memes on Opinions: The Moderating Role of Political Party Identification by Cao, Xiaoxia

“…Using memes on two political issues, an online experiment was conducted among a convenience sample of American adults to explore people's reactions to…”
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Instructor Communicative Behaviors as Cultivators of Students' Task Value by Kelly, Stephanie, Foresman, Galen, Winchester, Danielle

“…The purpose of this study was to understand students' task value toward a class. Task value is the utility students see in the course material. As expected,…”
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Managing Jealousy within Non-Monogamous Romantic Relationships: A Critical Discursive Psychological Approach by Korobov, Neill, Barnes, Ava

“…This article uses a critical discursive psychological approach to examine how consensual non-monogamous couples actively manage jealousy in casual unscripted…”
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Understanding Media Effects Through Media Technological Attributes: Young People's Second Screening Use and Political Efficacy by Liu, Yiben

“…Young people's low political engagements have long been a universal concern. Second screening is assumed to be a potentially effective tool to engage young…”
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Analysis of Dominant Factors Driving Civic Engagement on of the Bandung City Government's Social Media by Atnan, Nur, Imran, Ayub Ilfandy

“…Bandung as an urban area has a substantial population of social media users. However, civic engagement through the official social media platforms of the city…”
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The Influence of Social Media on Online Political Participation among College Students: Mediation of Political Talks by Intyaswati, Drina, Fairuzza, Malida Tsani

“…This study explores and discusses the impact of political talks as a mediator of social media use on online political participation. It uses a survey method to…”
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From Fringe to Mainstream: How Celebrity Endorsement on Social Media Contributes to the Spread of Conspiracy Theories by Jennings, Freddie J., Neville-Shepard, Ryan, Jackson, Dani B., Magusiak, Amanda, Sigrist, Katelynn

“…Celebrities have been known to endorse and amplify conspiracy theories over various forms of media. This study experimentally examines the influence of…”
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Regularities of Constructing the Narrative of an Interactive Documentary Film as an Infotainment Phenomenon by Suleimenova, Ainur, Ishanova, Asima, Zhussupova, Almatay, Aigelova, Altynay, Karekenov, Manarbek

“…This article provides a content analysis of 10 interactive Russian-language and English-language projects to isolate documentaries from them and analyze the…”
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Senator Mitt Romney's Voting Statement in Trump's First Impeachment Trial: The Roles of Agonistic Model/Anti-Model Hexads, Progressively Staged Genres, and Enactment in Advocating a Rhetoric of Renewal by Olson, Kathryn M

“…This essay argues that rhetorics of renewal seek to convince auditors to accept guilt for falling away from golden-age values and respond with mortification…”
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Affectionate Communication Mediates the Effects of Minority Stress on Mental Wellness for LGBTQIA+ Adults by Hesse, Colin, Floyd, Kory

“…As a prosocial behavior, affectionate communication evidences a stress-buffering effect, ameliorating the deleterious effects of stressors on stress. Although…”
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Anger, Efficacy, and Message Processing: A Test of the Anger Activism Model by Bessarabova, Elena, Turner, Monique Mitchell, Richards, Adam S.

“…This study tested the anger activism model (AAM), proposing that the relationship between anger, cognitions, and behavioral intentions is moderated by the…”
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Vaccine Mavens or Health Mavens? by Carpenter, Christopher J., Rahman, Md Shahedur, Kotowski, Michael R.

“…Although topic-focused opinion leaders have been studied for decades, it remains unclear whether they are best conceptualized based on a narrow topic…”
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The Communication Patterns of Highly Effective Lie Detectors by Anderson, Curt, Bies, Kevin, Gelderman, Andrew, Moore, Alivia, Sakyi-Addo, Kafui, Thompson, Katie, Wooten, Megan, Levine, Timothy R.

“…A prior experiment involving professional interrogators using unscripted questions produced exceptionally high (98%) deception detection accuracy. Guided by…”
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Measuring Relational Entropy: Relational Maintenance Behavior Mediates the Association between Religious Similarity and Entropy in Friendships by Fellers, Lauren E., Ledbetter, Andrew M.

“…Entropy is the natural tendency of systems to move from a state of order to disorder, and previous theorizing has argued that close relationships are subject…”
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Relational Turbulence: A Latent Model Test of Theoretical Propositions by Bolkan, San, Goodboy, Alan K., Shin, Matt, Quaack, Karly R.

“…In this study we simultaneously tested theoretically specified predictions from relational turbulence theory (RTT) using a fully latent structural regression…”
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Rhetorics of Allonormativity: The Case of Asexual Latter-day Saints by Brandley, ben, Spencer, Leland G.

“…Asexuality describes a range of identities characterized by a lack of attraction toward sexual relationships or activities, and its opposite is allosexuality…”
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"Frankly, My Dear, I Just Might Give a damn:" An Experiment Investigating Preexisting Beliefs and Reasons to Watch Romantic Comedies on Reports of Beliefs, Mood, and Enjoyment by Hefner, Veronica

“…This multiple message, pretest-posttest control group design experiment investigated whether different motivations to view romantic comedies and preexisting…”
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Parent-Child Communication About Independence in College by LaFreniere, Jenna R., Cui, Wei

“…One of the most formative aspects of college involves increasing independence from parents. Emerging adults may be forming ideas of what independence entails…”
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