{"title":"Transition is continuous","authors":"Terence Lee","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2151207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2151207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75900388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communicating ‘normal’ behaviour: a randomised controlled trial experimenting with plastic avoidance media messages","authors":"Kim Borg, Jim Curtis, J. Lindsay","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2137244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2137244","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT When excerpts from documentaries about plastic waste are shared on social media, they can increase problem awareness among millions of users. However, they can also inadvertently discourage plastic avoidance by emphasising the scale of the problem and undesirable social norms. An online experiment was undertaken with 1,001 respondents to test if exposure to social media friendly video clips from documentaries about plastic waste influenced plastic avoidance perceptions and behaviours. While social norm perceptions differed depending on how the issue was presented and who delivered the message, the clips were most effective in sensitising the market by promoting the benefits of avoidance, increasing policy support, and increasing willingness to communicate about the issue. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83423785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying inoculation theory in international political campaigns: Analysing public opinion on campaign issues toward Taiwan–PRC relations","authors":"W. Lin","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2056424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2056424","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There has been a rapid increase in attack politics and an inoculation approach is considered to be a promising strategy to resolve the problem. Inoculation theory posits that, through cognitive processing, the likelihood of resistance to attitude change can be enhanced by applying inoculation treatments containing threat components that motivate individuals to generate counter arguments. This study examines the efficacy of inoculation by employing inoculation strategies with a field experiment in an international context. The major hypotheses in this study were supported by empirical data. People receiving inoculation pretreatments conferred more resistance to attitude change following exposure to a political attack message. Moreover, people who had higher strength of support for candidates were more resistant to counter-attitudinal attacks. Further, this study assesses and discusses the nuances of inoculation theory and its applications, especially the implementation and potential of inoculation applications in international political campaigning.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79578465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vale Colleen Mills","authors":"Terence Lee","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2125194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2125194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82580894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role identity tactics of CEOs in public apologies on twitter and user sentiments","authors":"Payal Mehra, Ankit Ahuja","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2054673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2054673","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The public statements of CEOs (such as apologies) should be periodically evaluated to understand the role identity tactics of the CEOs play in navigating through a crisis. While a CEO may exhibit many distinct role identities, studies on the specific identity that is dominant and activated in a crisis are lacking. Thus, we adopted a deductive, qualitative, and interpretive approach, employing content analysis to examine how 30 CEOs apologised on social media to manage organisational identity. We also used the well-tested and reliable typology of image restoration strategies, along with the Koehnian Framework for Assessing the Ethics of Corporate Apologies as theoretical anchors. The results provided two CEO apology categories (the public relations style or personal style) and four discrete identity apology tactics: Humility, caretaker, problem solver, and defensive. Our findings and role-enactment strategy are relevant to both corporate communication managers and CEOs who wish to be more persuasive in their apologies for faster and more positive results.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85343875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Political stability and subnational media systems: Comparing Bahia and the Federal District (Brazil)","authors":"Julián Durazo-Herrmann, F. Pereira","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2056423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2056423","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this article, we argue that the degree of political stability is a critical element in the evolution of media systems. In our view, it is the causal mechanism allowing for the political parallelism of media systems. We argue that political stability has three main effects on media systems: it consolidates the operating principles and mechanisms of the public sphere; it gives clear and self-assumed political identities to media actors; and it allows for the establishment of predictable, long-term professional relationships within the media system as well as between journalists and their sources. To test this hypothesis, we compare Bahia and the Federal District, two Brazilian subnational units that differ essentially by the degree of political stability they experienced between 2003 and 2018.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74116375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rebooting Raymond Birdwhistell","authors":"David Paterno","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2067098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2067098","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The work of Raymond Birdwhistell is generally appreciated only within the communication subfield known as ‘nonverbal’ communication. The current paper reviews key elements of Birdwhistell’s larger theory of human communication and demonstrates its potential applicability to the wider academic field of Communication Studies. Viewed within this larger context, Birdwhistell’s true subject emerges. In this way, readers of the current paper may appreciate the focus of his work was not delimited to one specialised, distilled component of communication but, rather, was directed towards modelling and understanding human communication sui generis. Repackaging the conceptual thrust of Birdwhistell permits fresh exploration of ongoing and unresolved problems in the paradigm of Communication Studies. The paper indicates how select elements of Birdwhistell’s work may sharpen both the basic conceptual focus – and practical appreciation – of human Communication as a unique object of study and posits the possible strengthening of a unique Communication perspective.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79735714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the effects of social news use on citizen participation among young Singaporean adults: A communication mediation model approach","authors":"W. Teo","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2067099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2067099","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Adopting the Orientation–Stimuli–Reasoning–Orientation – Response (OSROR) communication mediation framework, this survey study examines the mediating roles of communication processes and political orientations on the relationship between social news consumption and offline/online citizen participation among young adults in Singapore. Findings through regression and mediation analyses indicate that the relationship between social news consumption and offline/online citizen participation was mediated by communication processes in social news production and interpersonal discussion, as well as efficacy. Social news participation only mediated the relationship between social news consumption and online citizen participation, whereas public affairs knowledge was not found to have a significant effect on either citizen participatory measure. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79737635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ANZCA special issue: Editorial","authors":"W. Shin, Mark Davis","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2073713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2073713","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82210426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication (research) and power","authors":"Edson C. Tandoc","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2072103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2072103","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Conversations about power can be difficult and uncomfortable but also very important, for they must also accompany reflections about responsibility. As individuals who do not fit into traditional definitions of a ‘journalist’ gain more power over their own news consumption as well as those of other audiences, and as traditional journalists continue to be demonised and their work labelled as ‘fake news,’ the question can no longer be how journalists can retain that power or what audiences are doing to journalism. Instead, we must also find ways to ensure that those who wield power – either journalists or audiences – do so responsibly. But in our discussions and examinations of communication and power, we may also be overlooking the power that we as communication researchers may have.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77482996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}