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Communication Research
Volume 34(2), 2007

 
CONTENTS
 
Yuan, Y. Connie, Fulk, Janet, and Monge, Peter R. Access to information in connective and communal transactive memory systems 131-155
 
  This research tested a transactive theory model of how individuals allocate and retrieve task-related information in work teams 
 
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organizational
small group roles
interpersonal
 
 
Susskind, Alex M. Downsizing survivors' communication networks and reactions: A longitudinal examination of information flow and turnover intentions 156-184
 
  The pre- and postdownsizing information flow and postdownsizing turnover intentions of downsizing survivors were examined in the corporate office of an international hotel company 
 
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social structure
methodology
interpersonal
organizational
 
 
Kim, Young Mie How intrinsic and extrinsic motivations interact in selectivity: Investigating the moderating effects of situational information processing goals in issue publics' web behavior 185-211
 
  By employing a unique methodological tool that combines individual-level Web behavior data with survey data, this study explored the effects of two levels of motivations on online information selection and candidate evaluation in an actual election campaign: the moderating effects of situational information processing goals (i.e., extrinsic motivation) on the selectivity and candidate evaluation of members of issue publics (i.e., intrinsic motivation) 
 
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cognition
methodology
political elections
computer
technologies
politics and government
democracy
 
 
Buijzen, Moniek, Walma van der Molen, Juliette H., and Sondij, Patricia Parental mediation of children's emotional responses to a violent news event 212-230
 
  In a survey among 451 elementary school children (8 to 12 years old), the authors investigate (a) to what extent children's exposure to news coverage of a violent news event is related to their feelings of fear, worry, anger, and sadness and (b) to what extent active (i.e., helping children understand what they see on the news) and restrictive (i.e., keeping children from watching the news) parental mediation strategies moderate the impact of the news 
 
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news
methodology
children
television
emotion
family
 
 
Kohring, Matthias, and Matthes, Jorg Trust in news media: Development and validation of a multidimensional scale 231-252
 
  The dimensions that individuals apply in evaluating the trustworthiness or credibility of news media bear great theoretical and practical relevance 
 
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methodology
news
theory
broadcasting and media