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When synchronous online learning goes wrong: using humor to cope and to build resilience Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Brandi N. Frisby, Robert J. Sidelinger, Nicholas T. Tatum, Audra L. McMullen
Using the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping (TTEC), this study examined college students’ (N = 159) use of humor to cope with stressors in synchronous online courses. Participants viewed h...
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From manual to machine: assessing the efficacy of large language models in content analysis Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Andrew Pilny, Kelly McAninch, Amanda Slone, Kelsey Moore
This study compares the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) and human coders in predicting relational uncertainty from textual data. Employing various LLMs (gpt-4.0-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo, Cl...
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A comparison of the relationship between extraversion and argumentativeness in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Stephen M Croucher, Tommy Yotes, Doug Ashwell, Shawn M Condon
The association between argumentativeness and extraversion, while well established in the United States, has not been examined cross-culturally. Therefore, this study conducts a cross-cultural comp...
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Cross-cultural measurement validation: an analysis of dissent, workplace freedom of speech, and perceived immediacy Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Stephen M. Croucher, Stephanie Kelly, Doug Ashwell, Shawn Condon, Beth Tootell
Croucher and Kelly (2019) laid out guidelines to develop measures that can be used across cultures. The present study provides support for their guidelines, indicating that pancultural measurements...
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People follow emotion display rules when choosing emoticons on social media Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Anthony Cherbonnier, Genavee Brown, Nicolas Michinov
This study examined whether people use emoticons on Facebook in the same way they display emotions via facial expressions in face-to-face interaction. In an online experimental study (N = 124), par...
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The development of imagined interactions in online text-based initial interactions Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Kathryn D. Coduto
Many individuals meet romantic partners, friends, and coworkers online before meeting in person. This study investigates the development of online-first partner perceptions, utilizing the imagined ...
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An examination of university students’ perceptions of physicians’ humor usage, source credibility, and fear of physician Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Matthew C. Ramsey
The study examined university students’ (N = 237) ratings of their primary care physicians’ humor usage (identification and differentiation), credibility, and fear of physician. Participants report...
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The moderating role of partisanship in the relationship between perceptions of media bias and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Wenzhu Li, Harry Yaojun Yan, James Shanahan
This study examines the moderating role of political partisanship between perceptions of media bias and vaccine hesitancy. Data from three cross-sectional online surveys, collected in the summer of...
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The effects of narrative and statistical messaging about air quality Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Dima Farooq, Kushal Gautam, Zainab Hadi, Bailey Hardiman, Luisa Delgado Heinz, Seth Sanders, Sammie Serrano, Marisol Solis, Taylor Trent, Bobbie Wilde, Jared Williams, Benjamin Lyons
Air pollution is among the world’s greatest environmental health threats. Still, little strategic communication research has addressed it. We report two pre-registered experiments examining narrati...
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How do people tweet about gay and bisexual people surrounding the 2022 monkeypox outbreak? An NLP-based text analysis of tweets in the U.S. Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Hyeonchang Gim
Despite the United States government agencies’ efforts, inconsistent messaging about the causes of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the U.S. facilitates the potential stigmatization of gay and bisexu...
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PrEP on TikTok: benefits, barriers, and possibilities Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Joseph Schwartz, Josh Grimm, Cameron Jamison
HIV remains a serious problem in the U.S. particularly for men who have sex with men. PrEP is an intervention that can dramatically decrease the risk of HIV infection. Because rates of PrEP adoptio...
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The relationships between parental and peer norms and moderate drinking among first-year college students: similarities and differences in typical and celebration drinking Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Sunyoung Park
The study explored how perceived parental and peer norms toward moderate drinking can be related to first-year college students’ drinking behavior across two occasions: typical days and celebration...
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Media consumption and COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy: health literacy as a response Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Andrew C. Tollison, Ashley LoPresti
This study explored the influence media consumption (i.e. news websites, television networks, and social media) and health literacy have on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy. Controlling for participa...
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Exploring the effects of positive emotions and attribution on helping behaviors after exposure to meaningful and pleasurable movies Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Danyang Zhao, Arthur A. Raney
This study examined whether elevation elicited by meaningful movie clips led to helping regardless of whether a stranger’s need for help is attributed to a controllable or an uncontrollable cause. ...
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Clicking around the dial: viewer choice of sports broadcasts Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-08-26 James R. Angelini
While major sporting mega-events have begun to feature equitable amounts of coverage, portrayals of male and female athletes can reinforce gender stereotypes about sports. It is important to examin...
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Why do employees choose defensive silence?: How concerns with formal powerholders undermine self-efficacy to dissent Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Lauren G. Millender, Ryan S. Bisel, Alaina C. Zanin
ABSTRACT This study used structurational divergence theory (SDT) to explain why employees’ concerns with powerholders can encourage them to select defensive silence in their approach to workplace problems. A survey of working adults (N = 276) revealed employees who had a concern with powerholders were more likely to select defensive silence as compared to employees who were concerned about other types
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Pursue the boo: The moderating role of dating recency between ghosting and unwanted persistent pursuit Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Ellen Alley, Mian Jia
ABSTRACT Drawing on Uncertainty Reduction Theory and Expectancy Violations Theory, this study examines the relationship between unwanted persistent pursuit (UPP) behaviors and ghosting behaviors. An online survey distributed via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk found that those who experienced UPP were more likely to have previously engaged in ghosting behaviors. Additionally, those who experienced being ghosted
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“What about me?”: veteran organizational members’ negative emotional responses to newcomers Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-07-08 Michael Sollitto, Stephanie Kelly
ABSTRACT Uncertainty is a pervasive feature of organizational membership, exasperated by the presence of newcomers. Using uncertainty management theory (UMT), this study explored how veteran organizational members emotionally respond to the presence of new coworkers. Results revealed that veteran organizational members’ perceptions of new coworkers’ work, social, and relational performance associated
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Does feeling caught between parents magnify or reduce the association between parents’ nonaccommodation and sexual minorities’ personal-enacted identity gap with family? Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Paul Schrodt, Haley Decker
ABSTRACT This study examined the degree to which the association between parents’ nonaccommodation and sexual minorities’ personal-enacted identity gap (PEIG) with their family depends upon feelings of being caught between parents. Participants included 205 sexual minorities who reported on their parents’ unwanted advice about their sexual identity and the degree to which they emphasized divergent
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Effects of narratives and parasocial interaction on consumer behavioral intentions Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-06-21 David E. Clementson, Michael J. Beatty
ABSTRACT Drawing upon parasocial interaction theory, this paper examines the impact of narratives. A randomized experiment (N = 365) is reported in which a company spokesperson in a televised news interview is questioned about a scandal. The spokesperson replies to the journalist with (a) on-topic narratives, (b) off-topic narrative spinning, or (c) nonnarrative information. Multiple mediator modeling
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Does it matter who tells the story? An experimental test of the effects of narrative perspective on credibility, identification, and persuasion Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Jonathan Cohen, Erga Atad, Tomer Mevorach
ABSTRACT This experimental study explores the effects of narrative perspective on the outcomes related to health testimonials. One testimonial was presented to each respondent regarding one of the four topics (AIDS, lung cancer, gum disease, and alcoholism) and in one of the three perspectives (patient, parent, and doctor). Respondents (n = 967) were then asked to report on various reactions to the
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Predicting telephone anxiety: use of digital communication technologies, language and cultural barriers, and preference for phone calls Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Leanna T. Kim, Sang-Hwa Oh
ABSTRACT This study examines telephone anxiety, a form of communication apprehension associated with making and taking a phone call. We theorize that the use of digital communication technologies can influence how anxious one feels about speaking on the phone. Supporting our theorization, we found a positive correlation between using digital technologies and telephone anxiety. Also, such a correlation
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A brief validity report for the instructor strictness scales: relationships with instructor communication styles Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-06-02 T. Kody Frey
ABSTRACT Researchers have begun using strictness as a framework for better understanding the communicative nature of classroom enforcement strategies. In pursuit of operationalizing this construct, the purpose of this study was to provide extended validity evidence for the Evaluative, Regulatory, and Interactive instructor strictness scales through hypothesized relationships with different instructor
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Universal connectedness: trait universality dampens psychological reactance Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Russell B. Clayton, Katherine R. Dale, Junho Park, Akansha Kharkwal
ABSTRACT A sample of college-aged participants (N = 233) were exposed to a freedom-threatening, excessive alcohol public service announcement. Freedom-threat, psychological reactance, behavioral intentions to consume alcohol, and trait universality were measured following message exposure. Simple-mediation analysis revealed that psychological reactance had a positive indirect effect on the association
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“Can you tell me about yourself?” The impacts of chatbot names and communication contexts on users’ willingness to self-disclose information in human-machine conversations Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Weizi Liu, Kun Xu, Mike Z. Yao
ABSTRACT Chatbots provide functional and social support in various contexts. They are often designed with humanlike features. This study examines how chatbots’ assigned names (humanlike vs. neutral vs. machinelike) and communication contexts (functional vs. social) influence users’ willingness to disclose personal information. We conducted a 3 × 2 “between-subjects” online experiment with random assignments
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Can’t get no (life) satisfaction: narrative engagement, boundary expansion, and well-being Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Bryan McLaughlin, Jeanette Moya, Nathian Rodriguez, Jeffrey Hunter, Grace White
ABSTRACT This study explored whether boundary expansion is related to increased life satisfaction. In order to examine this possibility, we conducted two studies. In Study 1, we used an experiment to promote either state boundary expansion or state escapism. Although the manipulation was unsuccessful, we did find a positive correlation between expansion and life satisfaction, while escape was not related
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Activating stereotypes through sports media: effects of racialized athlete portrayals on subsequent social judgments Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Erin Ash, Gregory A. Cranmer, Rebecca N. Pool
ABSTRACT This research investigates whether stereotypes activated by common media portrayals of Black athletes that emphasize physicality influence social judgments outside the sporting context. Results of a 2 (athlete race) X 2 (athlete frame) between-subjects experiment indicated that when an athlete was framed in terms of physical attributes, participants evaluated a suspect in a subsequent news
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The value of research reports for how we conduct and draw conclusions from quantitative communication science Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-03-29 David M. Keating
Published in Communication Research Reports (Vol. 40, No. 2, 2023)
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Interference from a partner and anger arousal: a meta-analysis Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Alan K. Goodboy
ABSTRACT A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to examine proposition 2 of relational turbulence theory, that interference from a partner heightens affective arousal toward the partner. The meta-analysis revealed a positive average correlation between interference from a partner and anger toward that partner (k = 15, N = 6114, r = .419 [95% CI: .376, .459]) with a prediction interval ranging
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Youth hockey parents fear of injury and concussion: associations with coach credibility, coach satisfaction, and reporting Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Zac D. Johnson, Michelle Suarez, David Alvarado
ABSTRACT In accordance with concepts forwarded by the Extended Parallel Process Model fear of injuries and concussions were explored among youth hockey parents. Specifically, credibility and parental coach satisfaction were considered as other potential explanatory factors within the framework of EPPM. Results indicate that coach credibility and coach satisfaction are unrelated to fear associated with
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Interplay of message features and source: predicting twitter users’ engagement behaviors following a terrorist attack Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Mengqi Monica Zhan, Xinyan Zhao, Liang Ma
ABSTRACT There has been limited evidence regarding how disaster message features and source of social media communication independently and jointly affect users’ engagement behaviors. We conducted a content analysis of tweets collected from the Ariana Grande concert terrorist attack. Results from negative binomial regressions (N = 687) showed that the social support function of tweets affected reactive
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“Shut up and dribble”: fans’ perceptions of professional athletes’ role in standing up against racial injustices Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Rikishi T. Rey, Johnny Capra
ABSTRACT The study of sport fandom has increased throughout the years as sport is often viewed as a microcosm of the larger society. To date, sports and social justice movements are extensively intertwined, and now, simply rooting for a team may indicate one’s personal stance on societal issues. Therefore, this study sought to understand how one’s fandom, knowledge of systematic racism, systemic racism
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Communicating with back burners among college students according to relationship status and love styles Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Jayson L. Dibble, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, Michelle Drouin
ABSTRACT Back burner relationships are prospective sexual/romantic partners that individuals communicate with for purposes of developing a sexual and/or romantic relationship. This study analyzed 762 college students with regard to sex, relationship status, love styles, and numbers of back burners. Men reported more back burners with whom they sometimes communicated in a romantic/sexual way than did
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The social cognition of hope Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-01-03 John C. Sherblom, Laura R. Umphrey
ABSTRACT Hope is a social cognition that involves personal agency and creative thinking about how to achieve an individual goal through interpersonal communication. Regression results show that social cognition skills differ in their effect on a person’s hope. Social sensitivity and situational understanding both predict hope. Interestingly, perceived skill in social expression does not. These results
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Investigating the importance of social presence on intentions to adopt an AI romantic partner Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Jihyun Kim, Kelly Merrill Jr., Chad Collins
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has created the possibility of a machine agent serving as a relationship partner. Though this may sound like a radical idea, this type of technology is already available. To understand this new and unique phenomenon, the present study investigates perceptions of an AI romantic partner in a serial multiple mediator model. Based on data collected from
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Helicopter parenting graduate students: Key individual and family characteristics Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Elizabeth A. Munz
ABSTRACT With a sample of graduate students (N = 367), the current study explores graduate student and family demographic variables that are associated with maternal and paternal helicopter parenting. Gender, only child status, international student status, and percentage of parental financial support had large or medium effects or associations with helicopter parenting and combined to predict 41%
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Beyond the classroom: a comparative examination of parental and peer support on students’ socialization Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-11-19 Rebecca N. Pool, Agassy B. Rodriguez, Gregory A. Cranmer, Patrick J. Rosopa, Zachory J. Muñiz, David O. Schaedel
ABSTRACT The first year of college is challenging for students as they learn to navigate new surroundings away from their established social support systems. This study examined the adjustment of first-year students through the lens of socialization resources theory (SRT). According to SRT, adaption to novel environments is partly due to social support. Although researchers have examined the importance
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Reducing psychological reactance to bystander intervention messages: comparing preemptive and postscript mitigation strategies Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Tobias Reynolds-Tylus, Kathleen E. Smith, Megan E. Moore
ABSTRACT This study compared the effectiveness of two approaches for diminishing psychological reactance in the context of bystander intervention: preemptive and postscript mitigation. Undergraduates (N = 598) completed an online survey experiment. Participants viewed a message promoting bystander intervention and were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: preemptive script, restoration postscript
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Real-time responses to stories: linking valence shifts to post-exposure emotional flow and transportation Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Julia R. Winkler, Christoph Mengelkamp, Markus Appel
ABSTRACT Narrative experiences are characterized by dynamic emotional responses. Research has begun to investigate implications of emotional shifts for narrative processing, but the continuous measurement of emotion poses a challenge. This study examines how valence shifts captured using real-time response (RTR) measurement during two films relate to transportation and post-exposure self-reported emotional
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Sexuality and mental health during the pandemic: Associations among couples’ COVID-19 anxiety, sexual communication, and sexual satisfaction Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-09-19 Amanda Denes, Talea Cornelius, Chelsea Guest, Katrina T. Webber, Amy A. Gorin
ABSTRACT The present study explored the associations among COVID-19 anxiety, sexual communication, and sexual satisfaction in couples cohabitating together during the pandemic lockdown. Forty-one couples living in three major cities in the United States completed a survey during the early months of the pandemic. Multilevel modeling revealed that individuals’ sexual communication was associated with
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How to get on top – the effect of rationality and incivility of user comments on their visibility in political online discussions on Facebook Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-09-06 Pablo Jost, Marc Ziegele
ABSTRACT Research on user comments has found that incivility in online discussions affect readers’ attitudes, feelings, and their willingness to participate in discussions. Yet the extent to which users encounter these comments in their daily routine is largely unknown. On social network sites, the number of interactions with comments, particularly the Likes and replies they receive, determines their
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On the norm sensitivity of younger mobile phone users: Perceived social norms and phubbing in interactions between younger and older generations Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-09-06 Liska Winkelmann, Sarah Geber
ABSTRACT Younger and older mobile phone users differ in their tolerance of phubbing, that is, using one’s phone in face-to-face interactions. Yet, there is limited knowledge of how phubbing norms influence phone use in intergenerational interactions. We conducted an online survey among younger (aged ≤ 41; n = 105) and older adults (n = 104), compared their generation-specific normative perceptions
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Shared family identity as a moderator of emerging adult sibling relationship maintenance and relational quality Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Scott A. Myers
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of shared family identity on the association between emerging adult sibling use of the positivity, openness, assurances, networks, and tasks relationship maintenance behaviors and perceived relational quality. Participants were 132 undergraduate students enrolled in a variety of undergraduate communication courses at a large Mid-Atlantic university. Using
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“I Just Like to Share My Life with My Partner:” Mobile Phone Integration in Romantic Partners’ Face-to-Face Interactions Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-07-17 Lynne Kelly, Aimee E. Miller-Ott
ABSTRACT Participants (N = 312) in romantic relationships completed an online survey to determine common integrated phone activities, motivations for integrating phones into time together, and whether phone integration is associated with relationship satisfaction. The most frequent activities included showing social media posts, photos, and videos; showing texts; and involving the partner in video
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Believe it or not? Examining how one’s own normative beliefs impact the perceived credibility of descriptive norms-based messages Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-06-04 Buduo Wang, Natalie Brown-Devlin
ABSTRACT A large body of norms-based research has demonstrated that descriptive norm appeals in health messages can shape message viewers’ normative beliefs, which then impact persuasive outcomes. This study, however, suggests that, at least for some health topics (here, a mask-wearing campaign), descriptive norm appeals do not change message recipients’ normative beliefs. Instead, one’s own normative
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Emergency remote instruction versus face-to-face instruction: precursors and outcomes of online teaching self-efficacy during COVID-19 Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Rebekah M. Chiasson, Mary Lynn Miller Henningsen
ABSTRACT Teaching practices have been affected by pandemic shifts from face-to-face to online modalities. Instructors (N = 125) reported predictors and outcomes of online teaching self-efficacy (TSE). Results indicated that professional development predicted TSE but only training completed before COVID-19. In comparing teaching modalities, TSE predicted closeness with students, which predicted breadth
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Examining young adults’ emotional labor as a form of relational load with parents Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-05-07 Jenna R. LaFreniere
ABSTRACT This study examined the power of young adults’ resilience to help deter emotional labor with parents and examined emotional labor as a mediator predicting decreased relational satisfaction. Young adults (N = 257) completed an online questionnaire. Results demonstrated an inverse relationship between their resilience and emotional labor with parents, and showed that emotional labor may function
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Contradictory and complex health messages: an experimental test of different sources of uncertainty Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Thais M. Zimbres, Robert A. Bell, Lisa M. Soederberg Miller, Jingwen Zhang
ABSTRACT Contradictory and complex health messages are prevalent in the media and can lead to uncertainty in decision-making. We explore if the theoretical distinction between message contradiction and complexity is manifested in laypersons’ perceptions. U.S. adults (N = 584) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: contradictory messages, complex messages, or no-message control. Participants
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Fake news on you, Not me: The Third-Person Effects of Fake News in South Korea Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Joseph Yoo, Daekyung Kim, Wi-Geun Kim
ABSTRACT This study explored the perceptual components of the third-person effects of fake news during the 2017 presidential election in South Korea. Specifically, we examined self-other disparities in perceptions of the effects of fake news using data from an online panel survey. The results indicated that the participants considered the influence of fake news to be greater on others than on themselves
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Extending psychological reactance theory to include denial of threat and media sharing intentions as freedom restoration behavior Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Noel H. McGuire, Hannah Ball
ABSTRACT This study extends psychological reactance theory by examining denial of a public health threat and resistance toward media sharing as two novel types of freedom restoration. Participants (N = 220) were randomly assigned to watch a video advocating COVID-19 guidelines and completed an online survey assessing corresponding perceptions and behavioral intentions. Results of structural equation
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A longitudinal investigation of relational turbulence during the transition to college Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Matt Shin, Alan K. Goodboy, Megan R. Dillow
ABSTRACT As emerging adults transition to college, they must adapt to new circumstances, both academic and personal. For partners involved in a romantic relationship prior to attending college, this transition has important relational implications, including potential fluctuations in relational uncertainty and interdependence. Guided by relational turbulence theory (RTT), we conducted the present study
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AI companions for lonely individuals and the role of social presence Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-03-12 Kelly Merrill Jr., Jihyun Kim, Chad Collins
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) companiosns (e.g., social machine agents, social robots) are becoming increasingly available. Considering that AI companions can be beneficial for individuals seeking companionships or relationships, the social and relational aspects of an AI companion are important to investigate. To understand people’s perceptions of an AI companion, this study examines the roles
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Sensitivity to argument quality: adding Turkish data to the question of cultural variability versus universality Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-03-09 Yeliz Demir, Jos Hornikx
ABSTRACT Empirical research has shown that high-quality arguments according to criteria from argumentation theory lead to higher claim acceptance than low-quality arguments. However, this relationship was not observed in some cultural settings. This leads to the question whether criteria for high-quality arguments are culturally variable or universal. Therefore, adding to existing research on sensitivity
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One size doesn’t fit all: forms of social technology differentially predict distress Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Laurel R. Benjamin, Shu-wen Wang
ABSTRACT The current study explored diverse forms of social technology and their corresponding links to distress and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. A multinational sample of 302 adults in the United States, Mexico, and Japan self-reported on their use of various forms of social technology, psychological distress, and happiness. Results revealed cultural differences in the amount of social
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Required to work from home: examining transitions to digital communication channels during the COVID-19 pandemic Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-01-25 Rory McGloin, Amanda Coletti, Emily Hamlin, Amanda Denes
ABSTRACT This study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic and related work-from-home (WFH) mandates impacted the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) channels in the workplace and how the use of CMC channels influenced the perceived quality of supervisory relationships. A survey was administered during spring 2020 to a sample of U.S. employees required to work remotely due to COVID-19. The findings
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Changes in family communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of family communication patterns and relational distance Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-01-15 Elizabeth Dorrance Hall, Kelsey Earle, Jacqueline Silverstone, Marissa Immel, Molly Carlisle, Nicole Campbell
ABSTRACT Communication between family members facilitated sensemaking and coping with uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic for many, however, accessing this form of coping can be challenging for marginalized family members who maintain relational distance with family. This study sought to understand how family communication changed during the COVID-19 pandemic for marginalized family members and
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The roles of congruity, narrative, and identification in sustainability messaging Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2022-01-22 Brett Sherrick, Jennifer Hoewe
ABSTRACT This study investigates how advertising-based sustainability messaging is influenced by message-source congruity, narrative engagement, and identification. Using two experimental designs, the results show that sustainability messaging improves evaluations of sources that are congruent with sustainability messaging, when compared to sources that are not. Featuring groups of people – rather
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My pandemic news is better than yours: audience perceptions of early news coverage about Covid-19 Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2021-11-23 Mallory R. Perryman
ABSTRACT This study focuses on how American audiences perceived news coverage during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. Through a survey-experiment of news consumers (N = 767) over a three-day period in mid-March 2020, this study shows that citizens had positive attitudes toward their own Covid-19 news sources, but were critical about the news sources others were using to
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A content analysis of newspaper coverage of maternal mortality from 2010-2019 Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2021-11-21 Amy Delaney, Gabi N. Singleton
ABSTRACT Pregnancy-related death, the death of a woman during or within one year after pregnancy, is between three and four times more likely to occur in Black women than White women. To better understand communication about this public health crisis, we examined features of news coverage on maternal mortality in 155 newspaper articles. Very few articles included a clear definition of the problem,
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Comparing U.S. and French grandparent-grandchild relationships Communication Research Reports Pub Date : 2021-11-12 Daniel H. Mansson, Mathilde Duflos, Caroline Giraudeau
ABSTRACT In response to the many calls for the advancement of cross-cultural communication research, we compared U.S. and French grandchildren’s received grandparental affection and perceptions of their grandparents as ideal (i.e., grandparent attributes and behaviors that grandchildren believe characterize a desirable grandparent). A total of 456 young adult grandchildren from the U.S. (n = 171) and