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  • Effectiveness of Computerized Communication Treatment for Neurologically Impaired Adults

    Creator:
    Krivak, Brenda M.
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    The single subject alternating treatment design experiment reported here compared the effectiveness of pencil-and-paper versus computerized communication treatment for neurologically impaired adults. Five stroke patients receiving outpatient speech/language treatment (ages 51-72) served as subjects. One subject completed the experiment as designed and clearly supported the hypothesis that a higher number...
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    , advantages, or disadvantages of computer therapy in treating communication 3 and cognitive disorders

  • Earth First! : An Ethnography of Communication

    Creator:
    Vondracek, Julie A.
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    This study examined the culture of Earth First!, an environmental activist movement. The study was limited to two groups of Earth First! in the Northwest, Corvallis and Eugene. The goal was to discover what it is to be a communicatively competent member of Earth First! The method used to address...
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    Earth First! : an ethnography of communication AN

  • Multiethnic women's identity and perceptions of competent communication

    Creator:
    Hilliard, Cynthea R.
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    This study identified some of the ways that multiethnic women describe their ethnic identities, how they perceive ethnic-specific gender identities and what they think are appropriate norms for, and effective outcomes of, communicative behavior. Twelve multiethnic women described their ethnic identity names or labels, and ethnic-specific gender identities; they also...
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    communication AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Cynthea R. Hilliard for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Communication Climate in a Health Care Setting : A Case Study

    Creator:
    Reynolds, Kristy
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    The climate in which communication occurs is a result of how employees in an organization perceive and react to such factors as rewards, support, trust, openness, decision making, and leadership. The purpose of this case study is to identify and describe communication climate factors in a health care organization which...
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    Communication climate in a health care setting : a case

  • Intercultural Communication Competence Between Malays and Chinese in Malaysian Organizational and Social Settings

    Creator:
    Omar, Mariani
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    This study analyzed intercultural communication competence between Malays and Chinese in organizational and social settings in Malaysia. Two groups: Malays and Chinese in organizations in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), were studied. The intent of this study was to find similarities and differences in Malays and Chinese' communication styles. A total of...
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    Intercultural communication competence between Malays and

  • Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

    Creator:
    Chen, Yuejian, 1958-
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    This study uses an anthropological perspective to discuss the cultural differences between Chinese and Americans in business contexts. Through an analysis of case studies related by businesspersons involved in Sino-US trade, and by an analysis of literature on the subject, it describes how cultural differences contribute to the problems and...
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    , material circumstances, the customary way of doing things, nonverbal communications and cultural traits

  • The Impact of a Relaxation Exercise on Communication, Apprehension in the Classrogm

    Creator:
    Hitchcock, Romi C.
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    The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a deep breathing and stretching exercise on communication Apprehension, Cohesiveness and Attentiveness. An empirical method was used in this study. All of the subjects involved in the study were students in beginning public speaking courses, Speech 112, at Oregon...
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    The impact of a relaxation exercise on communication

  • Comparing organizational theory to practice : using communication to describe a consensual organization

    Creator:
    Lang, Sabrina A.
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    The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the communication implications of a self-proclaimed consensual organization (IT) within a classical organizational environment. The literature review of relevant theory and research covers both hierarchical and consensual organizations viewed via the classical, human relations, and system perspectives. The researcher compares organizational...
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    ofMaster of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Speech Communication and Adult

  • Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

    Creator:
    Christian, Mary Ann
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    The Communication Decency Act became law in 1996 and was immediately challenged on Constitutional grounds. It was subsequently declared unconstitutional based on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. Using Fantasy Theme Analysis, an analysis of the dramatic elements of the key players was accomplished. The dramatic elements of Overall...
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Speech Communication, and Women

  • Perspectives from the Ranching Culture in the 1990's : Addressing Mythological and Environmental Concerns

    Creator:
    Steward, Judith A.
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    Ideals of freedom, independence, and land ownership helped form and perpetuate the mythology of ranching in the United States. However, stereotypes emerged as a result of distortion from the media and the move away from the land. Social philosophies changed regarding the environment, land use, and the health and safety...
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    the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Anthropology and Speech Communication