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Applicability of Public Participation for the Finnish Forest and Park Service

Creator:: Loikkanen, Teppo T. J.
Abstract:: Under what circumstances and in what ways can public participation be utilized in managing Finland's national forests? In the first chapter, a framework for answering this question is set by analyzing Finnish legal, cultural, historical and political background. The frame defines the Finnish Forest and Park Service's (FPS) decision making...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: in this study. My deepest gratitude goes to my wife. She affectively equalized most of my cultural

Disputant storytelling in divorce mediation

Creator:: Hansen, Alan R.
Abstract:: This paper investigates the nature of disputants' stories within the context of divorce mediation. Tapes and transcripts of actual mediation sessions from three different sources are scrutinized, utilizing a modified form of conversation analysis known as ethnography of speaking. Several themes emerge from this analysis of disputants' stories: the functions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: heels of increased use of no-fault divorce laws (now in all fifty states) and early studies

Spousal Communication in the Family Setting (Married with Children)

Creator:: Dokken, Cort J.
Abstract:: Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Interdisciplinary Studies in the codepartments of Speech Communication, Political Science, and Sociology presented

Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

Creator:: Felesky, C. Leigh
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Women Studies, Speech Communication, and Business

Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

Creator:: Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this transition. In Chapter 3 I will present the methodology for this interpretive study. Chapters 4

Women's individual accounts of the romantic content in glamour and cosmopolitan and its relationship to their lived experiences

Creator:: Weaver, Shauna Q.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Shauna Q. Weaver for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication

The Emergent Qualities of Diversity in Free and Open Source Software Communities: A Critical Review and Theoretical Discussion

Creator:: Kuechler, J. Victor
Abstract:: Free and open source software (FOSS) projects primarily rely on the efforts of volunteer contributors from around the world. For this reason, recruiting and retaining contributor is vital to the sustainability and growth of FOSS projects. This notion became the jumping-off point for this three-part investigation into the cultural structure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Interdisciplinary Studies in Computer Science, Speech Communication, and English presented on June 5, 2013

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

Creator:: Biddle, Jeanette M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in this area exists in other disciplines, within the communication discipline no studies mention

An Exploratory Study of Social and Personal Identity of Selected Anglo-American, Mexican-American, and Mexican National College Students

Creator:: Espinosa M., Jorge E.
Abstract:: Social and personal identities were examined for samples of college graduate students in three culturally different groups: Anglo-American, Mexican-American, and Mexican National. Four identities were explored in terms of salience, frequency, and valence: religious, family, gender, and peer. No differences were found between the groups on religious and gender identities....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , subconsensual responses were predominant in this study. There were no male-female differences either within or

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:: the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Education, and

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Applicability of Public Participation for the Finnish Forest and Park Service

Disputant storytelling in divorce mediation

Spousal Communication in the Family Setting (Married with Children)

Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

Women's individual accounts of the romantic content in glamour and cosmopolitan and its relationship to their lived experiences

The Emergent Qualities of Diversity in Free and Open Source Software Communities: A Critical Review and Theoretical Discussion

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

An Exploratory Study of Social and Personal Identity of Selected Anglo-American, Mexican-American, and Mexican National College Students

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

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