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Texting and driving : how the media shapes attitudes, behaviors, and information-seeking strategies

Creator:: Saracco, Stephanie
Abstract:: According to the Center for Disease Control, 7-in-10 people use their smartphones while driving. This includes behaviors such as sending or reading text messages or emails, taking photos, or using social media. Despite its prevalence amongst drivers, using one’s phone while driving is considered one of the worst types of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Driving: How the Media Shapes Attitudes, Behaviors, and Information- Seeking Strategies. Abstract

Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

Creator:: Tombropoulos, Charles B.
Abstract:: This research questions the effectiveness of newspapers as a vehicle of environmental information by determining whether the public attitude in Alaska towards off-shore oil exploration was consistent with that expressed in the local newspapers. All newspaper articles about off-shore oil exploration published in Alaska between 1980 and May 1987 were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Charles B

Metaphor and Bias : An In-Depth Look at CNN and Fox News Channel

Creator:: Duncan, Sara R.
Abstract:: This study links together two very complicated, but very important subjects: media bias and metaphor. More specifically, this study investigates whether or not examining a media outlet's use of metaphor is an effective methodology for investigating media bias. Using cluster analysis, I identified the source metaphors most commonly used on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Channel: Politics as Violence .............. 60 Cable News Channel: Politics as Violence............ 73

Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

Creator:: Dunsworth, Sabrina J.
Abstract:: This research addresses the perception of leadership attributes in light of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in language usage when the evaluator is female versus when the evaluator is male. Two studies were conducted. A pre-test used instrumental development drawing from studies conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ……………………………………………..………..……..1 Importance of the Study………………………………………...3 Outline of the Study…………………………………………….4

So You’re Hosting a Conference: A Conference Planning Guide, NACURH Adventures in Conference Undertakings and a Resource Handbook A Qualitative Investigation and Analysis of NACURH, Inc. Regional Conferences

Creator:: Cheung, Cameo M.
Abstract:: Each conference hosted by a NACURH, Inc. affiliated school publishes a conference wrap-up report detailing the conference hosting process and the conference itself. As a resource, these reports are intended for future conference staffs, to share the lessons learned by the last conference staff. They contain pointers to and evaluations...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: conference hosted by a NACURH, Inc. affiliated school publishes a conference wrap-up report detailing the

Gender bias & teachers : college students' perceptions of sexual discrimination in their high school

Creator:: Hostetler, Catherine L.
Abstract:: The field of gender bias indicates that teachers are a significant source of gender-role socialization for students. This study focuses on post hoc recollections of college students' perceptions of gender bias exhibited by their high school teachers. Specifically, this study asks students to define sex discrimination, as well as describe...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: exhibited toward students of the same sex, as well as toward students of the opposite sex; (3) students

The Influence of a Daughter's Managerial Style on Father-Daughter Work Relationships in Family-Owned Businesses

Creator:: Bottaro, Michelle Reser
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: proprietorships, fall into one of the various definitions of family controlled businesses. Some scholars report

Inter-test Comparison of Three Preschool Language Tests : SICD, PLS, a d PPVT R

Creator:: Hansen, Laura S.
Abstract:: Thirty preschoolers were tested for language skills using the Preschool Language Scale (PLS), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) Form L, and Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD). Each child's age scores on one test were compared to his/her scores on the other two tests. As a group, the children achieved...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: activity; 2) specific language tasks adminis- tered apart from formal tests; 3) case history information

Forestry & Communication : A Coos Bay Case Study

Creator:: Livingstone, Tasha
Abstract:: This thesis combines elements of forestry, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric to describe where residents of Coos Bay and North Bend Oregon obtain information about forests and forest uses, and how they view the credibility of that information. As a qualitative exploratory study, grounded theory methodology was used to develop theme...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: credibility and trustworthiness of forest information; and (3) to make suggestions about what course of

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

Creator:: Hitchcock, Romi C.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: first instrument was McCroskey's Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24). In the

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Texting and driving : how the media shapes attitudes, behaviors, and information-seeking strategies

Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

Metaphor and Bias : An In-Depth Look at CNN and Fox News Channel

Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

So You’re Hosting a Conference: A Conference Planning Guide, NACURH Adventures in Conference Undertakings and a Resource Handbook A Qualitative Investigation and Analysis of NACURH, Inc. Regional Conferences

Gender bias & teachers : college students' perceptions of sexual discrimination in their high school

The Influence of a Daughter's Managerial Style on Father-Daughter Work Relationships in Family-Owned Businesses

Inter-test Comparison of Three Preschool Language Tests : SICD, PLS, a d PPVT R

Forestry & Communication : A Coos Bay Case Study

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

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