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Military Marriages: A Look at Dialectical Tensions, Deployment, and Military Life Through Navy Wives' Eyes
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
This qualitative study explored the lived military relationships of eighteen Navy wives
whose husbands were stationed on the Naval Air Station Whidbey Base in Oak Harbor,
Washington. The researcher performed interviews ...
The Role of Cyber and Face-to-Face Verbal Bullying on Adolescent Victims
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to examine adolescent verbal bullying across
communication media (e.g., face-to-face [F2F], cyber, both). Media Richness Theory
(MRT; Daft & Lengel, 1984; 1986) and hyperpersonal communication ...
Powerful and Powerless Language in Health Media: An Examination of the Effects of Biological Sex and Topic Focus on Language Styles
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
Powerless language has been shown to influence audience perceptions, and the media has
been shown to influence health behaviors. However, little research has looked at
powerless language in health media. This study expands ...
Carl Bildt's Assertive Sweden: Rhetorical Exigence, New Identity, and Prominence
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
This study examined the text of a speech by Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister, Kingdom
of Sweden, in Stockholm on December 19, 2006. Analyzed through the prism of
Lloyd Bitzer's (1968) "rhetorical situation" theory, a discourse ...
Extending the Diffusion Model in Risk Communication: A Case Study of Risk in a Public Health Campaign
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
Everett Rogers' (2003) diffusion model provided a theoretical framework through which to
measure change among publics. However, use of Rogers' diffusion model can lead to
research shortcomings such as lack of consequence ...