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Rising Above Relational Aggression: A Research-Based Coaches Guide to Identifying and Coping with Relational Aggression
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
This paper served as a method to develop training materials for high school volleyball coaches pertaining to addressing and coping with relational aggression. The training materials were developed based upon research and ...
“You’re Not Part of the Family”: Understanding the Turning Points and Family System Consequences of High Conflict Mother-/Daughter-in-Law Relationships
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Popular culture representations of in-law relationships are frequently negative, and research has affirmed the communication difficulties associated with these non-kin, nonvoluntary relationships. Mother-in-law/daughter-in-law ...
Vigilance versus Complacency: Communication Strategies Used During Fargo’s Recent Major Floods to Confront Risk Fatigue
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This study explored and evaluated the communication strategies used by Fargo city leaders to persuade residents to work together as a community to withstand the repetitive flood hazards that threatened the city on a yearly ...
The Perception of Risk Messages through Facebook during Severe Weather Events
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This study used computer-mediated focus groups to investigate how college students perceive risk messages about severe weather that are communicated through Facebook. The results of this study found that perceptions of ...
Branding, Communication, and Millennials: A Look at the Communication Habits of the Largest Generation in History
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Millennials are the largest generation in history and are frequently the targets of major marketing campaigns. However, no current research exists that focuses on Millennials' brand related communication habits. Focus ...
Gender, Faith, and Holistism as Prophetic Vision the Legacy of Hildegard Von Bingen's Rhetoric of 'Marriage of God'
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century German Catholic nun, became one of the most influential voices in a time when women, especially in the realm of religion, were suppressed. Yet, Hildegard overcame these suppressions ...
Work Group Identification and Communication Competence in the Use of E-mail
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Among the various communication technologies that are used in organizations, e-mail has been a dominant communication medium in the modern workplace. The purpose of the current study is to examine how individuals' work ...
A Dual Examination of Content and Effects: News Media Representations of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Effects of Attributions on Community Members’ Supportive or Discriminatory Feelings, Behavioral Intentions, and Behaviors Toward the Disability
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The media has the ability to influence societal perceptions about important issues. This study involved a dual examination of content and effects of news media representations of a prominent health issue—autism spectrum ...
Leaving the Family: Exit from Totalistic Organizations
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to explore how members exit totalistic organizations. Existing organizational communication research has treated employee membership in an employment institution as the universal organizational ...
Hindutva Movement: Burkean Examination of Violence as Retributive Justice
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The thesis examines the Hindutva movement as a rhetorical text to understand how it
contributes to the rhetorical study of social movements. The Hindutva movement is a mass
movement that has grown in influence and in number ...