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| Journal of Communication |
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| Volume 59(2), 2009 |
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Eveland, William P. Jr., and Hively, Myiah Hutchens |
Political discussion frequency, network size, and "heterogeneity" of discussion as predictors of political knowledge and participation |
205-224 |
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| | In this study, we examine the influence of discussion frequency, network size, and 3 variables that together entangle the often misunderstood concept of network heterogeneity: discussion frequency with like-minded individuals ("safe" discussion), discussion frequency with nonlike-minded individuals ("dangerous" discussion), and diversity of discussion based on the proportion of safe and dangerous discussion | |
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politics and government
social structure
democracy
agreement
interpersonal
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Lambe, Jennifer L., and Reineke, Jason B. |
Public attitudes about government involvement in expressive controversies |
225-242 |
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| | The purpose of this study is to identify segments of the public in terms of their attitudes about the permissibility of government censorship | |
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politics and government
law
public opinion
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David, Clarissa C. |
Learning political information from the news: A closer look at the role of motivation |
243-261 |
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| | This paper investigates how motivations that drive news use affect the process of learning political information from the news | |
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cognition
news
politics and government
democracy
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Zhang, Yuanyuan, Dixon, Travis L., and Conrad, Kate |
Rap music videos and African American women's body image: The moderating role of ethnic identity |
262-278 |
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| | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between exposure to thin ideals in Black-oriented programming and young Black women's body image disturbance, specifically addressing the moderating role of ethnic identity | |
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popular culture
broadcasting and media
african american issues and civil rights
race and ethnicity
gender
interpersonal
personality and psychology
health
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Luther, Catherine A. |
Importance placed on physical attractiveness and advertisement-inspired social comparison behavior among Japanese female and male teenagers |
279-295 |
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| | The primary objective of this study was to examine advertisement-inspired social comparison behavior among Japanese female and male teenagers | |
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interpersonal
nonverbal
asia
pacific rim
gender
children
advertising
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O'Keefe, Daniel J., and Jensen, Jakob D. |
The relative persuasiveness of gain-framed and loss-framed messages for encouraging disease detection behaviors: A meta-analytic review |
296-316 |
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| | A meta-analytic review of 53 studies (N = 9,145) finds that in messages aimed at encouraging disease detection behaviors, loss-framed appeals (which emphasize the disadvantages of noncompliance with the communicator's recommendation) are only slightly, but statistically significantly, more persuasive than gain-framed appeals (which emphasize the advantages of compliance); the difference corresponds to a correlation of -.04 | |
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health
persuasion
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Muthusamy, Nithya, Levine, Timothy R., and Weber, Rene |
Scaring the already scared: Some problems with HIV/AIDS fear appeals in Namibia |
317-344 |
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| | Fear appeals are often used in public health campaigns in Africa to prevent further spread of HIV/AIDS. Based on the extended parallel processing model framework (K | |
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persuasion
health
cognition
africa
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Kraidy, Marwan |
Reality television, gender, and authenticity in Saudi Arabia |
345-366 |
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| | Drawn from a bigger project (Kraidy, 2009, in press), this article examines the heated debate triggered by the pan-Arab reality show Star Academy in Saudi Arabia | |
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middle east
television
intercultural
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Hancock, Jeffrey T., and Toma, Catalina L. |
Putting your best face forward: The accuracy of online dating photographs |
367-386 |
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| | This study examines the accuracy of 54 online dating photographs posted by heterosexual daters | |
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interpersonal
nonverbal
visualization
cognition
deception
computer
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Wilkin, Holley A., Katz, Vikki S., and Ball-Rokeach, Sandra J. |
The role of family interaction in new immigrant Latinos' civic engagement |
387-406 |
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| | Civic engagement can impact politics, health outcomes, support for new policies, and the like | |
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social structure
interpersonal
persuasion
democracy
family
race and ethnicity
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