Communication Reports articles from June 2002

Communication Reports archives from June 2002

The presence and portrayal of social groups on prime-time television.
June 22, 2002... This paper describes a content analysis of the presence and portrayal of age, sex and ethnic groups in all prime-time dramas and comedies from the major networks in 1999. Older adult, child, female, and Latino characters were underrepresented,...

Beliefs about arguing: a comparison of public issue and personal issue arguments.
June 22, 2002... Arguments occurring in interpersonal relationships can be divided into two types: public issue arguments and personal issue arguments. This study utilizes five beliefs about arguing delineated by Rancer, Kosberg, and Baukus (1992) to examine...

Perceived aggressive instructor communication and student state motivation, learning, and satisfaction.
June 22, 2002... This study examined the relationship between perceived instructor aggressiveness (i.e., argumentativeness, verbal aggressiveness) and student outcomes (i.e., state motivation, affective learning, cognitive learning, satisfaction). Participants...

The influence of self-construals, family and teacher communication patterns on communication apprehension among college students in Taiwan.
June 22, 2002... The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between self-construals, family and teacher communication patterns, and communication apprehension (CA) among college students in Taiwan. This study surveyed 203 students who were...

Perceptions of intercultural interaction and communication satisfaction: a study on initial encounters.
June 22, 2002... This project explored perceptions of intercultural interactions. Data were collected from U.S. undergraduate students shortly after they had a face-to-face, one-on-one conversation with an international student. A 15-item instrument was used to...