The purpose of this study was to determine women's perceptions of their physical activity needs and preferences, survey their evaluation of how the Intramural Sports Department accommodates those needs and preferences, and determine if and how intramural sports programming might be adjusted to serve women better. An open-ended survey was...
This research examines women's magazine editors' perspectives of the relationship between editorial and advertising content in women's magazines. It specifically investigates how this relationship affects both general editorial content and more specifically, social topic stories. Mainstream women's beauty/fashion magazine editors—including editors-in-chief—were queried as to the nature of these relationships. Interviews...
This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and
meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled
after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by
midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale
that meaning emerges...
The following question guided this research: How do female readers understand the romantic content of Cosmopolitan and/or Glamour magazines, and how do they perceive connections between their readership of this content and their personal ideas and behaviors regarding romantic relationships? This study involved a series of responsive interviews in which...
The goal of this research was (1) to identify the patterns or pattern pieces of
development for heterosexual, dyadic, romantic relationships that emerge from
mixed-sex, friendship groups and (2) to compare and contrast those patterns or
pattern pieces to patterns in existing stage theories. To address these goals, data
were...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a daughter's managerial style and her personal relationship with her father in father-daughter work relationships in family-owned businesses. This research is an attempt to reveal daughters' perceptions of these occurrences and interactions which often are overlooked in current research...
This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
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Judith K. Bowker
This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of