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Emerging Political Identification of Young Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Research has more than adequately established the importance of the role of parents in the political socialization of young people. However, there is surprisingly little research that examines if and when young people ...
On the Network to Damascus: Emerging Adulthood, Social Networks, and Conversion in American Religion
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Competing social networks are central to the process of conversion from one religious or spiritual orientation to another. Although numerous sociological, psychological, quasi-economic, and theological forces have been ...
The Narrative of the Professional: The Value of Collegiate Forensics Participation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Forensics, or competitive speech and debate, has a history stretching back to the ancient Greeks. Although practitioners, students, and coaches have long sung its praises, limited research has been done to demonstrate the ...
Breaking Bad: Breaking Television's Limited Representations of Addiction
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
As a communication device, television helps cultivate a culture’s social reality. Yet,
television sometimes advances flawed concepts in a social reality, particularly concerning
addiction. Television appears to have ...
“I’m Not Just Crazy.”: Exploring the Impostor Phenomenon in an Educational and Communicative Context
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
The purpose of the current study is to gain a better understanding of the impostor phenomenon (IP) and see which communication channels and instructional types are best to use when educating others on IP. Impostor phenomenon ...
"Giving Rope and Pulling It Back" : Types and Patterns of Strategies Used by Parents to Prevent Adolescent Substance (Ab)use
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This study contributes to the INC theory by adding the stage of prevention to the parent-child relationships' timeline. Ten parents (six mothers and four fathers) were interviewed, and a memory enhancing timeline calendar ...
Once a Member, Always a Member: Identification Inducement Messages in National Sorority Magazines
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
As sorority membership numbers keep rising, national sororities need to be cognizant of the ways in which they may induce their members to remain active and involved within the organization. Identification inducement ...
Leaving a Lasting Impression: The Role of Foundational Family, Privacy, and Gender Messages on Coming Out Disclosures
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
This dissertation investigates the influence of family messages about gender, free expression, conformity, and privacy on coming out disclosures, a difficult experience in today’s society. Using communication privacy ...
Too Many American Icons: Conflicting Ideologies of Wild Horse Management in the American West
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Wild free-roaming horses in the American West continue to exist in tension with the land they inhabit, the government that “manages” them, and the people that are impacted by them. The problem, argued here, is the result ...
From Preparation to Practice: An Applied Sports Broadcasting Course
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This project establishes the immense popularity of sports and explores the connection between sports and society, while establishing past weaknesses of broadcast education. It provides evidence of previous philosophical ...