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This community features research by faculty members and students in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. The college is named for its most illustrious alumnus. It has won national and regional Emmys for student television productions. Much of the research conducted at the college occurs in the technology-enhanced Focus Group Lab, Media Viewing Lab, Communication, Emotion & Cognition Lab, and Digital Research Lab. Key research areas include journalism and mass communications, advertising, literacy (i.e. media literacy) and drugs (substance abuse prevention).
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This community features research and educational materials created by faculty and graduate students within the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at WSU.
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Beyond the Thin Ideal: Women's Perceptions of and Experiences with Beauty Standards and Beautyism
(2019)A substantial body of research suggests that women may experience anxiety, disordered eating, self-objectification, and other problems in response to narrow or unrealistic beauty ideals that are communicated interpersonally ... -
VISUAL PERCEPTIONS OF DIALOGUE: STRUCTURES OF ONLINE DISCUSSION THAT FOSTER CIVILITY NORMS
(2019)Digital media present an opportunity for the public to engage in conversation. Although digital discussions rarely meet the standards outlined in deliberative dialogue, prior political communication theory has presented ... -
Health in Action: A Culture-Centered Approach to Discourses and Identity with Type 1 Diabetics
(2019)Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease requiring constant attention to complex health behaviors, the avoidance of which can lead to significant acute and chronic health risks, including five to seven times higher ... -
Hanging Out is the New Date: Redefining Romantic Experience in an Era of Media
(2019)The contemporary Western society has witnessed changes in romantic experience with various degrees of commitment and intimacy, among which non-committed relationships are gaining acceptance, especially among young people ... -
Resilience and Alcohol Use Disorder
(7/18/2018)Surveys about resilience, alcohol use disorder, and generalized self-efficacy among Korean working adults -
"Why can't we stop eating?": An investigation of the emotional and cognitive processing of and reactivity toward cues in food advertisements
(2018)The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationship between the presence of different types of food cues (i.e., social cues, use cues) in food advertisements and subsequent motivational, affective and ... -
THE NASTINESS AND FALSEHOOD IN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN A MIXED-METHOD STUDY OF POLITICAL TALK ON FACEBOOK DURING 2016 ELECTION SEASON
(2018)Incivility is an increasing concern in recent political communication studies. Although many studies have well documented various types of incivility in political discussions online and have thoroughly investigated effects ... -
The Effects of Exposure to Consequences of Bystander Intervention on Intentions to Intervene in Intimate Partner Violence Situations
(2018)Widespread acts of violence within romantic relationships have created a worldwide public health epidemic, with approximately one in three women reporting having experienced either physical or sexual violence by their ... -
THE ROLE OF THEORY AND INTERACTIVITIY OF TAILORED MESSAGES ON HEALTH RISK DECISION-MAKING
(2018)As health communicators and practitioners continue to develop tailored health interventions, little is known about the most effective components and the underlying mechanisms through which tailoring effects occur. This ... -
ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN BENGAL BASIN: REINVENTING MITIGATION THROUGH PARTICIPATORY SOCIAL INNOVATIONS
(2017)Arsenic contamination of groundwater and soil in West Bengal, India is a serious environmental health issue. Approximately 40 million people are exposed to contamination, 20 million being seriously affected. Risk mitigation ... -
Evaluating a Self-Determination Approach to a Text Message Intervention for Sexual Violence Prevention
(2017)Sexual assault is an issue that plagues college campuses and results in physical and psychological harm of students. An option becoming more popular today to tackle sexual assault is the use of bystander intervention ... -
Dynamic processing of sequential emotional trajectories
(2017)This dissertation had two goals. First, to examine the deactivation patterns of the appetitive and aversive motivational systems and the effects such deactivation had on information processing of subsequent messages. Second, ... -
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERACTIVITY AND USER ENGAGEMENT ON SKIN CANCER INFORMATION PROCESSING
(2017)The advent of computer and mobile devices revolutionarily changes the way of communication. Technologies on mobile devices, websites and applications provide users the ability of more engagement and interactions with the ... -
“WE MUST DEMYSTIFY PARTICIPATION”: TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZING & THE UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
(2016)This dissertation sought to better understand the connection between participation and organizing through the examination of a contemporary transnational organizing form: the United Nations Special Summit on the Prevention ... -
"DOCUMENTED OR NOT": CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL IMMIGRATION REFORMS IN ASIAN INDIAN ETHNIC NEWSPAPERS
(2016)This dissertation seeks to understand the representation of national immigration reforms in Asian Indian ethnic newspapers and how the newspapers construct their own community members and other immigrants. The examination ... -
EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND UNSUPPORTIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ON PTSD AND SOCIAL SUPPORT SEEKING BEHAVIORS IN OFFLINE AND ONLINE CONTEXTS IN VETERANS
(2014)As service members return home from active duty, the number of veterans seeking attention for PTSD will likely increase. The manner in which society offers or denies support to veterans with PTSD is of utmost importance ... -
Representation of African Countries in Chinese Online Newspapers
(2014)This study analyzes two online Chinese newspapers' representations of African countries, and how the representations construct the state's neo-imperialistic domination. One is China Daily, a state-run newspaper. The other ... -
Employee constructions of organizational mission and vision
(2013)Organizational mission and vision play important roles in the life of an organization and well-being of its employees. While many researchers have studied mission and vision from leadership perspectives, little is known ... -
Dinosaurs and Donkeys: British Tabloid Newspapers and Trade Unions, 2002-2010
(2012)This study presents a critical discourse analysis of how three major British tabloid newspapers - -
Community Newspapers as a Macro-Level Source of Social Control
(2012)This dissertation proposes a theoretical model regarding the role of local mass media in realizing safe and healthy communities. Despite a rich body of theoretical and empirical work in mass communication, few studies to ...