Communication Studies articles from March 2005

Communication Studies archives from March 2005

Editorial.(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... Welcome to the inaugural issue of Communication Studies (CS) now published by Taylor and Francis, Routledge Journals. On behalf of the Central States Communication Association (CSCA) Executive Committee, the largest editorial board in the...

The ecology of academic risk: relationships between communication apprehension, verbal aggression, supportive communication, and students' academic risk status.
March 1, 2005... Because nearly 50% of those who attend college fail to earn a bachelor degree (Seidman, 2000), college student retention and academic success programs have received renewed interest throughout the Academy (see Lau, 2003). Academically at-risk...

Sex differences in goals for supportive interactions.
March 1, 2005... In the past decade, considerable attention has been given to the effect of gender on supportive interactions. Although the claim that men and women constitute vastly "different cultures" has been increasingly discounted (Goldsmith & Fulfs,...

Motivating factors: perceptions of justice and their relationship with managerial and organizational trust.
March 1, 2005... In times like these with individuals afraid of losing jobs, not finding work, and/or not receiving raises, Herzberg's (1976) "motivating factors" become that much more important. According to Herzberg, there are organizational intangibles, or...

Predicting exposure to and liking of media violence: a uses and gratifications approach.
March 1, 2005... The desire to consume media is influenced by a host of social and psychological factors (Finn, 1992, 1997; Krcmar &: Greene, 1999; Weaver, 1991). Those very factors (e.g., sensation seeking, neuroticism), however, that have been implicated as...

Trends in organizational communication research: sustaining the discipline, sustaining ourselves.(Kathy Krone's keynote address delivered at the 16th annual Organizational Communication mini-conference, Western Michigan University, October 3-5, 2003)(Transcript)
March 1, 2005... Before I begin my remarks today, please join me in thanking Steve Rhodes and the faculty and graduate students of the Department of Communication here at Western Michigan University for their hard work in hosting the 16th annual Organizational...