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Newspaper coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign: A content analysis of character/competence/image issues versus platform/political issues
(UW-Eau Claire Research Day Poster Session, 1993-04-28)
The purpose of this research study was to assess the amount of front-page newspaper coverage allotted to “character/competence/image” issues versus “platform/political” issues in the 1992 presidential campaign. Using the ...
Communication Consultants as Organizational Sensemakers: Applying the Team Metaphor
(The Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, Inc., 1998)
This study concerns an organizational communication intervention in which researchers explored the role metaphor plays in organizational development and change. Specifically, the team concept as a strategically ambiguous ...
Wisconsin Parent/Guardian Descriptions of Children's Behavior Related to the Viewing of Television News
(Wisconsin Communication Association, 1999)
Between 1987 and 1998, children committed numerous school shootings–killing or wounding classmates, teachers, and principals. Research suggests a consistent and causal relationship between viewing TV violence and increased ...
Deregulation of the Radio Broadcast Industry: A Survey of National Radio Broadcasters Association Members
(Humboldt State University, 1984-06)
The movement to deregulate radio broadcasting began officially in 1981 when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a broadcast deregulation order that reduced or eliminated numerous regulations applicable to ...
Children and Violence on Television: A Survey of Eau Claire Parents
(UW Eau Claire Research Day; Leader-Telegram, 1995-05)
The primary objective of this study, which was accepted for presentation as a poster in UW-Eau Claire’s Student Research Day (May 1-2, 1995), was to gather data concerning a number of areas related to children’s viewing ...
Pluralism in Transition: Cultural Implications of the Legalization of Private and Municipal Radio Broadcasting in Greece
(1990)
The history of radio broadcasting in Greece from its creation in the 1920s through the mid-1980s reveals a medium persistently controlled by the government; private radio stations were prohibited. The purpose of this ...
International Awareness Through Intercultural Interviews
(Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, 1985-12-06)
This paper discusses the use of an intercultural radio interview project as a means to making both intercultural communication students and the local community more aware and appreciative of their own cultures and other ...
Wisconsin Parental Evaluations of Legislative and Non-legislative Solutions to Violence on Television
(Wisconsin Communication Association, 1996)
Since the early 1950s, television programming containing violent content has concerned citizens in the United States. The first congressional hearings on TV violence and its impact on children and youth occurred in June ...
A Survey of American Cross-Cultural Training Programs for Germany
(UW-Eau Claire Research Day (April 2002) and National Conference on Undergraduate Research, UW-Whitewater (April 25-27, 2002), 2002-04)
Every year, executives from the United States are sent overseas to conduct business in Germany. Yet far too often these executives or expatriates return home early. One reason why so many expatriates are unsuccessful ...
Newspaper Coverage of the 1992 Presidential Campaign
(Journal of Communication Studies, 1994)
The purpose of this study was to assess the amount of front page newspaper coverage allotted to "character/competence/image" issues versus "platform/political" issues in the 1992 presidential campaign. Using textual analysis ...