Communication Studies articles from March 2004

Communication Studies archives from March 2004

Welsh widows' descriptions of their relationships: themes of relational experience in long-term marriage.
March 22, 2004... Marriages that last many years provide a context in which researchers can explore how the experience of relationships changes across time and how social norms surrounding relationships influence relationships. Research indicates that the...

Toward a broader conceptualization of jealousy in close relationships: two exploratory studies.
March 22, 2004... Because romantic jealousy within romantic relationships is a prevalent research topic in the fields of communication and psychology, our knowledge about the associations among romantic jealousy and relational satisfaction (e.g., Andersen, Eloy,...

The Jasper dragging death: crisis communication and the community newspaper.
March 22, 2004... During the early morning hours of Sunday, June 7, 1998, what was left of the body of James Byrd Jr. was found on Huff Creek Road, on the outskirts of a small, rural town in East Texas, Jasper. Later the same day police arrested three young...

Socializing medical students in an era of managed care: the ideological significance of standardized and virtual patients.
March 22, 2004... Conducting medical interviews is one of a physician's core clinical duties. Traditional methods of teaching the "art" of medical interviewing include the use of written case studies (Novack, Dube, & Goldstein, 1992), role-plays (Cohen-Cole,...

The rhetoric of atonement.
March 22, 2004... Public apologies offered by political and religious leaders always have been a part of society. Recently however, the focus of these apologies has shifted away from an emphasis on self-defense toward the theme of atoning for past sins. For...

Cultural and gender influences on age identification.
March 22, 2004... In today's increasingly age-conscious society, where children want to be adults, adults want to be children, and those in their twenties and thirties are considered to be in the "prime of their life" in terms of vitality, communication scholars...

Antenarrative and managerial practice.
March 22, 2004... Stories represent one of the oldest tools people use to make sense of and transmit their history, beliefs, culture, and meanings about life to subsequent generations (Durrance, 1997). The use of stories for sense making is also evident in...

The everyday accomplishment of work and family: exploring practical actions in daily routines.
March 22, 2004... Social science research investigating the challenges of managing work and family has been extensive over the past 30 years. Recently, scholars have examined work and family issues from a number of communication perspectives (for a review see...

Relational power, marital schema, and decisions to withhold complaints: an investigation of the chilling effect on confrontation in marriage.
March 22, 2004... Relational irritations arise almost daily within marriage (Wills, Weiss, & Patterson, 1974), even in satisfying ones (Birchler, Weiss, & Vincent, 1975; Kirchler, 1988). Common marital grievances include issues of finances and employment, peer...

Effect of verbal aggressiveness on the perceived importance of secondary goals in messages.
March 22, 2004... In everyday communication, speakers pursue both primary and secondary goals. Primary goals have to do with the specific purpose of talk. They include such goals as obtaining information, providing feedback, or making a request. Secondary goals,...

A visual analysis of prescription drug advertising imagery: elaborating Foss's rhetorical techniques.
March 22, 2004... In the late-1980s and 1990s Sonja Foss developed a research program using rhetorical strategies to examine visual images (Foss, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994; Foss & Kanengieter, 1992). Not the first to use rhetorical methods to analyze visual imagery...