A collection of published articles from members of the Department of Communication at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2023
Understanding the audience in framing research: empirical evidence from three studies examining HIV framing in China, Tianen Chen, Minhao Dai, and Nancy Grace Harrington
Agendamelding and COVID-19: the dance of horizontal and vertical media in a pandemic, J. Benjamin Taylor, Milad Minooie, and Chris J. Vargo
Submissions from 2022
Royce White, DeMar DeRozan and Media Framing of Mental Health in the NBA, David Cassilo
Royce White, DeMar DeRozan and Media Framing of Mental Health in the NBA, David Cassilo
Perceived facilitators and barriers to intentions of receiving the COVID-19 vaccines among elderly Chinese adults, Tianen Chen, Minhao Dai, and Shilin Xia
Socio-behavioral factors related to PrEP non-adherence among gay male PrEP users living in California and New York: A behavioral theory informed approach, Minhao Dai and Christopher Calabrese
Socio-behavioral factors related to PrEP non-adherence among gay male PrEP users living in California and New York: A behavioral theory informed approach, Minhao Dai and Christopher Calabrese
It’s about Planning: Understanding Young Millennials’ Intention toward Marriage Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, Minhao Dai and Nicholas Chilson
It’s about Planning: Understanding Young Millennials’ Intention toward Marriage Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, Minhao Dai and Nicholas Chilson
Centrist Language, Camouflaged Ideology: Assembled Text-Based Content on Mainstream and Ideological News Podcasts, Marcus Funk and Burton Speakman
Centrist Language, Camouflaged Ideology: Assembled Text-Based Content on Mainstream and Ideological News Podcasts, Marcus Funk and Burton Speakman
The Role of Telemedicine in Rural Mental Health Care Around the Globe, Lindsey Jo Hand
Social media and the demotic turn in Africa's media ecology, Farooq A. Kperogi
Social media and the demotic turn in Africa's media ecology, Farooq A. Kperogi
COVID-19 and Student Perceptions toward a Swift Shift in Learning Format: Does Experience Make a Difference?, Justin E. Pettigrew and Pauline A. Howes
COVID-19 and Student Perceptions toward a Swift Shift in Learning Format: Does Experience Make a Difference?, Justin E. Pettigrew and Pauline A. Howes
How Social Media, FoMO, and Isolation Influence Our Perceptions of Others Who “Break the Rules”, Emily Scheinfeld and Heather L. Voorhees
How Social Media, FoMO, and Isolation Influence Our Perceptions of Others Who “Break the Rules”, Emily Scheinfeld and Heather L. Voorhees
Incorporating Ethics in Disaster Communication Strategy: The Case of the U.S. Government in Deepwater Horizon, J. Suzanne Horsley and Amber L. Hutchins
Incorporating Ethics in Disaster Communication Strategy: The Case of the U.S. Government in Deepwater Horizon, J. Suzanne Horsley and Amber L. Hutchins
The Effect of Innovation on the Market Structure of the Media Industry: A Longitudinal Study, Tom Vizcarrondo
The Effect of Innovation on the Market Structure of the Media Industry: A Longitudinal Study, Tom Vizcarrondo
The influences of student- and school-level factors on engineering undergraduate student success outcomes: A multi-level multi-school study, Xi Wang, Minhao Dai, and Robin Mathis
The influences of student- and school-level factors on engineering undergraduate student success outcomes: A multi-level multi-school study, Xi Wang, Minhao Dai, and Robin Mathis
Submissions from 2021
Mental Health, College Athletics, and the Media Framing of D. J. Carton’s Announcement to Step Away From His Team, David Cassilo and Yannick Kluch
Mental Health, College Athletics, and the Media Framing of D. J. Carton’s Announcement to Step Away From his Team, David Cassilo and Yannick Kluch
Do Messages Matter? Investigating the Combined Effects of Framing, Outcome Uncertainty, and Number Format on COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes and Intention, Tianen Chen, Minhao Dai, Shilin Xia, and Yu Zhou
Remote Control: A Cultural History, Matthew Corn and Kristen Heflin
Remote Control: A Cultural History, Matthew Corn and Kristen Heflin
They Are Just Light Bulbs, Right? The Personality Antecedents of Household Energy-Saving Behavioral Intentions among Young Millennials and Gen Z, Minhao Dai and Tianen Chen
The need to examine behaviors within “actual” constraints: A systematic review of research using the integrative model of behavioral prediction, Minhao Dai and Nancy Grant Harrington
The need to examine behaviors within “actual” constraints: A systematic review of research using the integrative model of behavioral prediction, Minhao Dai and Nancy Grant Harrington
Understanding Beliefs, Intention, and Behavior on Daily PrEP Uptake Among MSM in California and New York, Minhao Dai and Nancy Grant Harrington
Talking Is Hard: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Factors Associated with Communication about Mental Health Issues among Black College Students, Minhao Dai and Delani Morgan
Talking Is Hard: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Factors Associated with Communication about Mental Health Issues among Black College Students, Minhao Dai and Delani Morgan
SoundCloud Rap: An investigation of community and consumption models of internet practices, Ian Dunham
SoundCloud Rap: An investigation of community and consumption models of internet practices, Ian Dunham
The ‘other’ in the bowels of the hegemon: US media portrayals of Guam during the United States–North Korea tension, Eduard Fabregat and Farooq A. Kperogi
Participatory publics: #NASASocial events and fan engagement, Amber L. Hutchins
Agendamelding how Americans meld agendas, Milad Minooie
A world of two agendas Agenda setting sampling, Milad Minooie
Shame and STIs: An Exploration of Emerging Adult Students' Felt Shame and Stigma towards Getting Tested for and Disclosing Sexually Transmitted Infections, Emily Scheinfeld
Shame and STIs: An exploration of emerging adult students’ felt shame and stigma towards getting tested for and disclosing sexually transmitted infections, Emily Scheinfeld
Filling the void: Grieving and healing during a socially isolating global pandemic, Emily Scheinfeld, Kendyl Barney, Katlyn Gangi, Erin C. Nelson, and Catherine C. Sinardi
Please Scream Inside Your Heart: Compounded Loss and Coping during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Emily Scheinfeld, Katlyn Gangi, Erin C. Nelson, and Catherine C. Sinardi
A Knight in Sheep’s Clothing: Media Framing of the Alt-Right Can Alter the Image of Racist Groups, Burton Speakman
A Knight in Sheep’s Clothing: Media Framing of the Alt-Right Can Alter the Image of Racist Groups, Burton Speakman
A virus and viral content: The Vietnam government's use of TikTok for public health messages during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kylie P. Torres
The narrative persuasion interactivity model: Maximizing persuasive storytelling in the interactive age, Amanda J. Weed, Alexandra Beauchamp, and Karen Freberg
Submissions from 2020
Intention to Behavior: Using the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction to Understand Actual Control of PrEP Uptake Among Gay Men, Minhao Dai and Nancy Grant Harrington
Exploring the influences of profile perceptions and different pick-up lines on dating outcomes on tinder: An online experiment, Minhao Dai and Robert Robbins
Communicating influence: positioning the trainer as an organizational leader, Robin Smith Mathis
Submissions from 2019
Privacy violations and mobile streaming video: examining organizational social media policies and Antonio Brown’s Facebook live stream, David Cassilo
Submissions from 2018
White Norm, Black Deviation: Class, Race, and Resistance in America’s “Postracial” Media Discourse, Eduard Fabregat and Farooq A. Kperogi
Submissions from 2017
Managing Online Communities: Lesson’s From Reddit’s “AMAgeddon”, Amber Hutchins
Submissions from 2013
Culture Determines Business Models: Analyzing Home Depot's Failure Case in China for International Retailers from a Communication Perspective, May Hongmei Gao
Company Spokesperson vs. Customer Testimonial: Investigating Quoted Spokesperson Credibility and Impact in Business-to-business Communication, Pauline Howes and Lynne M. Sallot
Positive Organizations for Older Adults in Community Settings, Linda Johnston and Deanna F. Womack
Predictors of Organization's Crisis Communication Approaches: Full Versus Limited Disclosure, Sora Kim and Emma K. Wertz
Submissions from 2012
The First Amendment’s Impact on Bloggers: A Legal Perspective, Joshua N. Azriel
Navigate the FERPA Nuisance, Carolyn S. Carlson
"Which Technology Should I Use To Teach Online?": Online Technology and Communication Course Instruction, Carolyn S. Carlson, Philip J. Aust, Barbara S. Gainey, and Stephen Jake McNeill
The Use of Social Media: An Exploratory Study of Usage among Digital Natives, David L. Williams, Victoria L. Crittenden, and Paulette McCarty
Submissions from 2011
Meeting Online Friends Offline: A comparison of South Korean and U.S. College Students' Differences in Self-Construal and Computer-Mediated Communication Preferences, Kim Heeman and William Faux
Stakeholder Input in Establishing an Evaluation Plan for Tobacco Counter-Marketing Campaigns, Rebecca Murphy-Hoefer, Marco S. Andrade, Dorean E. Maines, and Maurice Martins
Teaching Tips Corner: Tips from the AEJMC Teaching Committee Student Attendance: Being Present for the Teaching Moment, Birgit Wassmuth
Submissions from 2010
(Re)Imaging the Afrocentric Self: An Organizational Culture Analysis of Shifting, Audrey Wilson Allison
SPJ's Reporter's Guide to FERPA, Carolyn S. Carlson
Educational Crisis Management Practices Tentatively Embrace the New Media, Barbara Gainey
Crisis Leadership for the New Reality Ahead, Barbara S. Gainey
Crisis Management in Public School Districts, Barbara S. Gainey
Facilitators and Obstacles of Intercultural Business Communication for American Companies in China: Lessons Learned from the UPS Case, Hongmei Gao and Penelope Prime
Expectation Gaps between Stakeholders and Web-Based Corporate Public Relations Efforts: Focusing on Fortune 500 Corporate Web Sites, Sora Kim, Jae-Hee Park, and Emma K. Wertz
The Influence of Tobacco Countermarketing Ads on College Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs, Rebecca Murphy-Hoefer, Andrew Hyland, and Cheryl Rivard
Submissions from 2009
Spirituality Then and Now: Our Journey Through Higher Education as Women of Faith, Audrey Wilson Allison and Patreece Boone Broadus
Crisis Management’s New Role in Educational Settings, Barbara Gainey
Collectivist and Individualist Influences on Website Design in South Korea and the U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Content Analysis, Kim Heeman, James R. Coyle, and Stephen J. Gould
Resolving Conflict in the Chinese and U.S. Realms for Global Business Entities, Linda M. Johnston and Hongmei Gao
Media Morality Tales and the Politics of Motherhood, Katherine N. Kinnick
An Examination of the Role pf Online Social Media in Journalists' Source Mix, Ruthann Weaver Lariscy, Elizabeth Johnson Avery, Kaye D. Sweetser, and Pauline Howes
Pets in Print Advertising - Are We Seeing More of Rover and Fluffy? A Content Analysis of Four Popular Magazines, Charles M. Mayo, Donna T. Mayo, and Marilyn M. Helms
Teaching Corner: Tips from the AEJMC Teaching Committee, Birgit Wassmuth
Spirituality Then and Now: Our Journey Through Higher Education as Women of Faith, Audrey M. Wilson Alison and Patreece R. Boone Broadus
Blogging Communities Spurred to Action, Leonard Witt
Submissions from 2008
A Best Practices Service Learning Framework for the Public Relations Campaigns Course, Audrey Wilson Allison
Chinese Companies Going Global: The Operational Strategies and Communication Challenges, Hongmei Gao
Is She Chinese or American? On the Identity Communication Patterns between Caucasian Parents and their Adopted Chinese Daughters in the U.S., May H. Gao and Deanna F. Womack
The Effects of Interactive Images and Goal-Seeking Behavior on Telepresence and Site Ease of Use, Kim Heeman, James R. Coyle, and Andrew Mendelson
Exploring Voice as Integration: A Direction for Assessing Student Work in Learning Communities with Composition, Keisha L. Hoerrner, Ruth Goldfine, Amy Buddie, Charlotte Collins, Emily Holler, Nancy Prochaska, and Brian Wooten
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Perceived Effectiveness of Tobacco Countermarketing Advertisements among Young Adults, Rebecca Murphy-Hoefer, Andrew Hyland, and Cheryl Higbee
Legislators and Constituents: Examining Demographics and Online Communication Tools, Amber J. Narro, Charles Mayo, and Alison F. Miller
Submissions from 2007
Turn-Taking and the Local Management of Conversation in a Highly Simultaneous Computer-Mediated Communication System, Jeffrey F. Anderson, Fred K. Beard, and Joseph B. Walther
The California Supreme Court's Decision in Barrett v. Rosenthal: How the Court's Decision Could Further Hamper Efforts to Restrict Defamation on the Internet, Joshua N. Azriel
Comparing Chinese Guanxi with American Networking for Foreign-born Chinese Job Seekers in the U.S., Hongmei Gao
Approaching Chinese Culture: Strategies American Expatriates Adopt for Learning Chinese Culture, May Hongmei Gao and Deanna F. Womack