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“You need to speak up”: Agency in the cancer pre-diagnosis phase Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-09-08 Lisa Glebatis Perks, Andrew C. Tollison, Rebecca Legro
This study analyzes patient agency within the cancer pre-diagnosis phase: the space between the onset of concerning symptoms but before a positive or negative diagnosis is received. Through two pha...
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“It’s kind of like a real-life superhero”: How law enforcement officers discursively reinforce group power relations through self- and other- categorization in talk Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Bobbi J. Van Gilder
In examining law enforcement officers’ communication, this study aims to identify the ways in which power structures are maintained through discourse, specifically through the discursive practices ...
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Daughterwork in times of social upheaval Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Allison M. Alford
This paper focuses on adult daughters’ experiences of daughtering and role changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The relationship between daughters and their parents is a topic of importance given ...
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How can social media contribute to friendship jealousy and conflict among early adolescents? Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Joris Van Ouytsel, Debra De Groote
This study examines early adolescents’ perceptions of how social media can contribute to jealousy and conflict within their friendships. We conducted nine focus groups with a total of 51 participan...
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Instagram: rewriting the rules for social media use, the role of selfies, and the importance of likes Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Scott J. Weiland, Liam McLoughlin
Instagram is a powerful form of social media. While it can be entertaining and engaging there may be consequences for users. The purpose of this phenomenological research was to explore the uses an...
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College students’ motives for listening to their instructors Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Scott A. Myers
The purpose of this study was to identify the motives college students report for listening to their instructors. One hundred and fifty (N = 150) undergraduate students enrolled at a large Mid-Atla...
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Global discourses of protest and support of offshore wind energy Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Alison N. Novak
As offshore wind energy (OWE) grows popular, stakeholder support and opposition are critical for ongoing development. Platforms like Twitter (X) allow stakeholders to engage and discuss energy sour...
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Intercultural doctor-patient communication experiences of Indian women living in Singapore Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Aayushi Hingle Collier, Iccha Basnyat, Smrithi Vijayakumar
Understanding intercultural medical communication ensures doctor-patient communication accommodates our cultural differences in medical encounters. While there is existing research that explores do...
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Code-switching in English language classrooms: revealing teachers’ strategies and motivations for effective language instruction Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Mobina Ghaderi, Mostafa Morady Moghaddam, Seyyed Ali Ostovar-Namaghi
The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of English language teachers regarding the use of code-switching in classroom. The study explores the functions of code-switching employe...
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Is quitting an option? The power of brotherhood among non-scholarship college football players in risk decision-making Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Colin H. Storm, Amanda D. Boyd, Traci K. Gillig
Football upholds traditional masculine ideals of toughness, aggression, and dominance despite the risk of serious injury. This study uses a qualitative framework to understand why non-scholarship N...
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An investigation of technology’s role in coping with infidelity Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Ava Franzoy, Jessica R. Frampton
Infidelity is a relational transgression in which one or more partners betray sexual and/or emotional boundaries within a romantic relationship. Often, infidelity will result in relationship dissol...
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Cultivating cultural humility for Palestinian Rhetoric Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Noura Ahmad Hajjaj
Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of Judith Butler and alternative media, this paper explores the depictions of Palestinians in US mainstream media. It offers an alternative intercultural appr...
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Birth, trauma, and communicating maternal health Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Elizabeth A. Johnson-Young
This paper focuses on birth choices, experiences, and perceptions of traumatic or challenging birth experiences. Maternal and postpartum health is a topic of importance in the United States, given ...
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Philosophy of communication within the narrative of interpretive research Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Susan Mancino, Michael R. Kearney
This essay extends and enhances an understanding of human communication by framing a narrative-grounded approach to qualitative/interpretive communication research. Ronald C. Arnett’s application o...
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Controlled chaos: examining collaborative response to the 2017 Hattiesburg tornado Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Braden Hale Bagley, Kathryn Anthony, Candace Bright, Edward Sayre, Carrie Reif-Stice, Steven Venette, Jessica Beckham
Hattiesburg, Mississippi experienced two tornados within a four-year span (2013–2017). Community members who participated in response and recovery to both disasters were interviewed to understand h...
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Hospital nurses’ communication overload and obstacles to risk and safety communication: The role of mandating Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Ashley K. Barrett, Jessica Ford, Yaguang Zhu
Hospital nurses encounter a demanding workplace. Advancements in technology and continued staffing shortages increase and complicate the communication and organizational expectations and restrictions placed upon hospital nurses, although the organizational resources and support nurses are offered can remain unchanged, or worse, diminish. This study explores nurses’ experiences of workplace communication
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Extremist organizations and online platforms: a systematic literature review Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Naomi Lawrence, Brett W. Robertson
Strategies of propaganda dissemination by foreign and domestic terrorist organizations have been adapting to the constant growth of technology and social networks. This systematic literature review seeks to analyze a sample of recent studies examining the communication methods and strategies used by violent extremist organizations (VEOs) to communicate online. Articles selected met the following criteria:
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Narrative mapping in relational research: visualizing the catching feelings process Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Heather J. Carmack, Leah E. LeFebvre
This study examines the subjective process of catching feelings, which are the unintentional, unexpected, and surprising yet desirable feelings that can arise during relationship development. In a two-step collection process of focus groups (n = 17) and individual interviews (n = 15), collegiate adults completed guided narrative mapping and elicitation interviews. Analysis of the narrative maps and
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Older adults’ motives for reconnecting with dormant relational partners using social network sites Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Levi S. Ross, Erin M. Sumner, Artemio Ramirez
The present study examined older adults’ motives for reconnecting with partners from their past using social network sites (SNSs). Inductive analysis of open-ended data from 142 Americans aged 50+ years revealed four primary motives for SNS reconnection: relational renewal (i.e. reactivating communication and rejuvenating the relationship), relational updating (i.e. finding out what happened to the
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Socialization about mass suffering and outgroup concern: retrospective accounts of memorable messages in families in the United States Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Jordan Soliz, Megan E. Cardwell, Nia Martinez, Luta Menard, Morgan April Morley
Whereas a majority of research on intergroup bias has focused on general attitudes and behaviors toward outgroups, there is a growing body of scholarship focusing on factors that lead to helping, supporting, and general compassion or caring for outgroups. Building on research pointing to families as a site of socialization for outgroup attitudes, we employ a memorable message framework to identify
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“I can’t get no…motivation?:” exploring students’ reports of instructors’ motivational messages in the college classroom Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Mark Alan Generous, Kristy Corpus, Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Chantel Solomon
Framed by Rhetorical and Relational Goals Theory, this investigation seeks to understand students’ perceptions of instructors’ motivational messages. College students completed an online questionnaire that asked them about a particular instructors’ use of motivational messages. Qualitative analysis revealed the following themes of instructors’ motivational messages: short, banal motivational messages;
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Mediated Participation Among Stateside Puerto Rican Youth: Political Networking, Voting, and Trump’s Lingering Impact Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Joe Cruz
The growth and youthification of the Puerto Rican community and the increased attention of political organizations on their electoral participation raise important questions about youth political culture in the digital era. This exploratory study examines the political culture of stateside Puerto Rican youth with emphasis on their attitudes toward the political process and online participation habits
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Conceptualizing relational entropy: exploring the causes, experiences, and remedies of friendship decay Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-14 Lauren E. Fellers, Andrew M. Ledbetter
Toward the goal of understanding the reduction of relational entropy (i.e., decay and disorder) as an explanation of the function of relational maintenance in interpersonal relationships, the aim of this investigation was to explore participants’ perceptions regarding the experience of relational entropy in friendships. Participants recruited from a university within the United States completed an
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A sociocultural analysis of the bereavement discourse: a cross-cultural study Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Mostafa Morady Moghaddam
Reactions to death have been examined in line with psychological, behavioral, and social perspectives (Zunin & Zunin, 2007). That being the case, the bereavement discourse has not been given sufficient attention appropriate to its communicative functions. This paper aims at investigating the bereavement discourse among Persian and English speakers, delving into the common communicative themes and extracting
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Illuminating the faculty voice: lessons from the pandemic to prepare for future disruptions Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Kristen L. Farris, C. Erik Timmerman, Marian L. Houser, Luke A. Dye
Guided by sensemaking theory, the goal of the current study is to illuminate the faculty perspective so administrators may learn how to more effectively communicate with them during future institutional crises. College instructors (N = 204) completed a cross-sectional survey in which they reported on their experiences during the initial wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic. We thematically analyzed
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After “The Iron Throne”: what two YouTube fan-channels discussed following the end of Game of Thrones Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Pedro Moura, Marisa Mourão, Marta Eusébio Barbosa
This article presents an exploratory study on what themes were discussed in all Game-of-Thrones’ transmedia-world-related videos uploaded by two YouTube fan-channels (Talking Thrones and GrayArea), over a period of one year after the premiere of the final episode of this HBO series. Qualitative content analysis mapped 79 different themes within a sample of 57 videos. The most pervasive themes are related
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Uncertainty and disaster recovery: an analysis of victim perceptions utilizing the problematic integration theory Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Braden Hale Bagley, Candace Forbes Bright, Edward Sayre, Roma Hanks, Sarah Wraight
Guided by the problematic integration theory, the purpose of this study was to determine what probabilistic and evaluative orientations were formed during post-disaster decision-making following th...
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Student integration: an initial examination of student reports of markers of academic and social integration Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Zac D. Johnson, Zachary W. Goldman
The theory of student departure holds that integration is a critical component of student retention and persistence. Integration is an interactive process through which students come to be full mem...
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Undocumented Latinx/Hispanic immigrants’ perceived stigma, social barriers, coping and adapting during COVID-19 Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-31 Monica L. Ponder, Jordan L. Lindsey, Wei Sun
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people and communities differently depending on individual social status and as members of society. Undocumented immigrants are a group that is especially vulnera...
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“Soon as I saw him, my heart skipped a beat.” A structure analysis of romantic narratives by young Ghanaian women Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Wincharles Coker
Research on how young women in urban African cities talk about their love moments with their romantic partners is rare. This study examined the narrative structure of romantic love narratives as to...
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Core and catalyst criteria for disclosing one’s burnout in the workplace Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-08 Andrea L. Meluch
A sample of 142 full-time employees who experienced job burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic completed an online, open-ended survey designed to explore the core and catalyst privacy rule criteria t...
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Identity Tensions in the Family: Pathways to (Positive) Relational and Individual-Level Outcomes Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Morgan April Morley, Jordan Soliz, Katie Kassler, Emily Strassburger
The purpose of this inquiry was to inductively explore identity tensions that emerged from family identity differences and corresponding positive outcomes. Open-ended surveys were completed by part...
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Promoting a social justice sensibility in qualitative communication research practice Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Elizabeth A. Hintz
This brief study applies the four tenets of the communication approach to social justice (CSJ) to illustrate how a social justice sensibility can be promoted via communicative micro-practices durin...
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Discursive constructions in televised news: The case of Mindanao, Philippines Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Estelle Marie Ladrido, Ariel Robert Ponce
News stories carry boundary setting language that constructs nations as homogenous imagined communities and furthers the us-vs-them metanarrative that separates those who belong to one nation from ...
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Drunk Girl: A brief thematic analysis of Twitter posts about alcohol use and #MeToo Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-01-26 Calandra Lindstadt, Brittany P. Boyer, Erica Ciszek, Arnold Chung, Gary Wilcox
This research brief presents analyses aimed at characterizing the content of a corpus of original and retweeted Twitter posts related to the role of alcohol intoxication in sexual assault within the context of the #MeToo movement. A text-mining approach was used to collect 25,014 tweets and retweets containing #MeToo and keywords involving alcohol intoxication posted during the year after #MeToo went
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Staying in touch during COVID-19: How communication methods varied by age and COVID-related experiences Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2022-01-05 Jean J. Cabell, Kara A. Wood, Catherine High, Annette Cooper, Imge Dogan, Michael Gannon, James M. Ragsdale, Kjerstin Gruys
Many states in the U.S. implemented physical distancing policies to limit the spread of COVID-19. These policies disrupted communication for many people. One method to maintain communication, despi...
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Shaping the UK Government’s public communications on COVID-19: general, follower, other? Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-12-30 Chris McVittie
The death rate in the United Kingdom from COVID-19 is, per capita, one of the highest in the world. Here, I examine three ways in which the UK Prime Minster, Boris Johnson, has communicated to the ...
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Lessons from a dissolving interorganizational collaboration Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-12-19 Tiffany Dykstra-Devette
The dissolution of nonprofit interorganizational collaborations is an understudied, but relatively common phenomenon. This study uses interviews, field notes, and organizational documents to describe the tensions that emerged during the dissolution of an interorganizational collaboration among service providers, faith-based organizations, and community leaders and stakeholders aimed at addressing homelessness
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Chairing an academic department in a climate of crisis: Exploring the implications and limits of an ethic of care Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Lesli K. Pace
Chairing an academic department comes with interesting challenges. Much literature exists describing strategies and techniques department chairpersons should employ to develop and maintain efficien...
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Student-instructor relationships and ethics education: examining student perceptions of the integrative ethical education model Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-07-13 Brooks M. Leftwich, Drew T. Ashby-King, Karen D. Boyd
The National Communication Association has positioned ethics education as a key student learning outcome for those graduating with a degree in communication. However, as central as this learning outcome is, few studies, within communication and across disciplines investigating teaching/learning, have explored specific instructor behaviors that promote students’ ethical development. This study explores
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Participatory mural painting and identifying resources in Asset Based Community Development research: a case in rural Ecuador Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-07-07 Benjamin R. Bates, Daniela A. Grijalva, Paul A. Jacho, C. Xavier Barriga-Abril, Mario J. Grijalva
Most development communication scholarship uses adeficits-based approach to social change. The asset-based community development (ABCD) emphasizes identifying acommunity’s strengths to promote social change. We offer an asset mapping that uses participatory mural painting as its discovery method. As part of an ongoing engagement in rural Ecuador, we worked with the children of Bellamaria, Loja to paint
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Juxta-(re)position: challenging U.S. military and women subject positions through Instagram posts Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-07-07 Amber Lynn Scott
Exploration of how U.S. military minority service members, including active-duty women, communicate personal and social identity remains an underexplored area of organizational communication research. Recent policy changes integrating women into all facets of military service has created an opportunity to observe how U.S. military women visually communicate their personal and social identity as members
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What to withhold and when to disclose: gender transitions and privacy management on social media Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-06-06 Michael C. Coker
While digital resources are important in the development of gender and sexual identities and are often researched, I argue that transgender identities are distinct from other LGBTQ+ experiences and active strategies for managing digital gender transitions on social networks have not been subjected to qualitative inquiry. This study pairs communication privacy management alongside 131 transgender experiences
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HBCU undergraduate students’ perceived stress management and coping skills Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Wei Sun
College students in U.S. higher education institutions experience stress and anxiety. The psychological problems students encounter are roadblocks to college success. Due to historical and socio-economic factors, minority students are more susceptible to stress and psychological needs compared to their White American peers. This research focuses on African American students’ perceived stress and management
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The road to hel(l)icopter teaching: how do instructors make sense of their helicopter teaching behaviors and student effects? Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Marian L. Houser, Kristen L. Farris, Trevor Kauer, Logan Carpenter
The goal of this study was to explore college teachers’ sensemaking (Weick, 1995) of their communicative patterns of helicopter-teaching behaviors and perceived student effects. Semi-structured interviews with college-level instructors were conducted, and results from thematic analysis revealed teachers engaged in informational and relational helicopter-teaching behaviors. Informational behaviors included
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“Okay, I’m not alone”: exploring parental communicative coping through untellable tales Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Jennifer A. Jackl, Rachel M. McLaren
Telling stories allows individuals to make sense of, and cope with, everyday life. Yet, not all tales are equally tellable. This study explores experiences of parents who possess an untellable tale of parenthood with the goal of further understanding how these narratives are utilized for coping. The grand theme of Intrapersonal Communication Strategies emerged with two sub-themes: Internal Narrative
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Asian Americans’ perceived work-related stress: Impacts on job satisfaction and retention Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Wei Sun, Andrew Jared Critchfield
Employees’ work-related stress is detrimental to organizational productivity and morale. Among Asian Americans, health disparities are present not only for lower socioeconomic classes but also for the middle class. Stress symptoms are less reported and the least treated among this population. This alarming phenomenon deserves immediate attention, to help Asian Americans maintain a healthy work-life
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Dissonance, detachment and college student identity: an exploration of identity gaps in the emerging majority student Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-12-17 Jayne R. Goode, Jelena Radovic-Fanta, Alli Cipra
As emerging majority students learn to adjust to academic life, they frequently confront feelings of inadequacy and face changing identities in relation to their home communities. These students often feel underprepared, experience both isolation and marginalization, and have difficulty navigating academic culture and expectations. Drawing on a qualitative data collected from 49 students using focus
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Applications of qualitative content analysis: evaluating the reliability and quality of health information websites Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Meenakshi Venkatasubramanian
Health information websites have become an increasingly important source of information about medicine and health for non-specialists, patients, and consumers. But questions exist about the reliability of the information on such sites. Qualitative content analysis is a useful research methodology for analyzing the reliability of medical content on health information websites. Using a six-step qualitative
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Female golfers’ uncertainty management during their transition into professional golf Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Gregory A. Cranmer, Bailey Troutman, Sydney Legacy
One means of understanding athletes’ careers is via the transitions they endure, including that from collegiate to professional athletics. To date, scholars have overlooked this important, capstone transition, as well as the roles of uncertainty management and human interaction in athletes’ adjustment. This study considers the uncertainties and management strategies of fifteen women’s professional
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Managing patient aggression during registration: in preparation of implementing Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1557 intake questions Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Rachyl Pines, Bernadette Watson, Howard Giles
Health professionals face high rates of workplace violence from patients. This study systematically informed registration staff about pre-violent behaviors and tested its impacts on staff approaches to aggression. In this study, staff were concerned that the implementation of the new patient registration questions as mandated by the Affordable Care Act 1557 would cause patients to become aggressive
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Building messages for the opioid crisis using the extended parallel process model Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-10-28 Braden Bagley, Jessica Beckham
As those who are tasked with combating the opioid crisis turn to communication campaigns, it is important to better understand best strategies for designing effective campaign messages. As posited by the extended parallel process model, perceptions of threat and efficacy must be high in order for message recipients to adopt recommended actions. The purpose of this study was twofold: Identify what makes
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An examination of how young adults manage verbal disclosure of their tattoo(s) Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-10-13 Meredith Foulke, Lynsey K. Romo
Using 25 interviews of young adults and Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) as a theoretical framework, this study examines what motivates young adults to verbally disclose or not disclose their tattoos to others. Findings suggest young adults were aware of the threat of tattoo stigma and carefully created and managed privacy rules by assessing whether disclosing their tattoos was risky or
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Representing illness in medical melodramas on television: a qualitative content analysis of medical diagnoses in Grey’s Anatomy Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Michaela D.E. Meyer, Amanda L. Yermal
This case study explored the representation of medical illness diagnoses on Grey’s Anatomy. Through the use of qualitative content analysis, we compared fictional medical diagnoses to publically available data on the rates of medical diagnoses within contemporary U.S. hospitals. We found that nearly half of the diagnoses made within our sample would be considered either rare, very rare, or extremely
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Quitting social media: a qualitative exploration of communication outcomes Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-09-07 Natalie Pennington
Qualitative interviews (N = 20) were conducted to investigate how individuals who previously used social media but had since quit perceived the benefits and drawbacks of nonuse. Findings from the interviews suggest users experienced several communicative benefits, including an increase in meaningful interactions with close relational partners and a decrease in social comparison with weak ties. On the
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Normalizing incarceration: an examination of an incarcerated mother’s letters to her daughter Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-07-23 Jessica Kahlow
The communication between incarcerated individuals and their families—in this case, the relationship maintained through letters between an incarcerated mother and her daughter—is paramount for communication research due to the social, emotional, and economic disruption incarceration causes families. Given the prevalence of incarceration in the United States, it is important to understand what the communicative
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The boundary permeability patterns associated with managing private information in family eldercare relationships Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-06-22 Kristina A. Wenzel Egan
The present study utilized the retrospective interview technique to illuminate boundary permeability patterns adult children observed while providing care to their older parent. Twenty-seven individuals who self-identified as a caregiver to a parent were interviewed to identify turning points representing permeability changes in their parents’ boundaries around their private information. The four boundary
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End-of-life communication and coping Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-05-04 Mark A. Generous, Maureen P. Keeley
The purpose of this investigation was to qualitatively explore how end-of-life communication impacted participants’ perception of coping after the death of a relational partner. Two-hundred thirty-six individuals participated in an online survey with open-ended questions that asked them about the impact of EOL communication on their coping following a death. Findings indicate that EOL communication
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Reactions to a campus emergency: A text-mining analysis Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-04-24 Calandra J. Lindstadt, Elizabeth M. Glowacki, Brett W. Robertson, Gary B. Wilcox, Jay M. Bernhardt
To observe students’ reactions to an emergency and how they use social media to communicate about it shortly after, this content analysis examines social media posts directly after a deadly stabbing that took place on The University of Texas at Austin campus in the Spring of 2017. A text-mining approach was used to analyze a total of 17,216 tweets and retweets posted within 48-hours after the attack
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Family identity and short-term organizational memberships Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Pub Date : 2020-04-23 Katherine Ann Rush, Lacy G. McNamee
This research examines members’ interpretations of family-like short-term organizational groups, identification with the group, and the experience of exit. In-depth interviews with former group members revealed functional, balanced, and enmeshed interpretations of family. Interpretations corresponded with different levels and forms of organizational identification shaped through four communicative