{"title":"The boundary permeability patterns associated with managing private information in family eldercare relationships","authors":"Kristina A. Wenzel Egan","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2020.1776758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1776758","url":null,"abstract":"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 permeability patterns that emerged from these data were the crescendo, oscillation, relinquishment, and segmenting patterns. These findings center communication changes as one way to understand the relational changes in the older parent-adult child eldercare relationship by showing that access to older parents’ private information emerged as distinctive marker indicating the beginning of the parental caregiver transition and subsequent changes throughout the eldercare relationship.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129503466","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":"End-of-life communication and coping","authors":"Mark A. Generous, Maureen P. Keeley","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2020.1755720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1755720","url":null,"abstract":"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 impacted participants’ coping via: belief in an afterlife (faith); closure and acceptance; reminiscence of the relationship; guidance on how to move on; and, relief that the deceased relational partner is no longer suffering or in pain. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114080748","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":"A culture-centered, participatory approach to defining “development” in rural Ecuador","authors":"B. Bates, D. Grijalva, M. Grijalva","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2020.1742776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1742776","url":null,"abstract":"The United Nations Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals generally guide deployments of the term “development.” This understanding of development may contribute to the marginalization of local populations. We argue that communities can be better served if we listen to how they conceptualize and contextualize their definitions of development. To demonstrate a community definition of development, we offer an analysis of wall art created by and with children in a community and our service and research team. After understanding the themes of development articulated in this wall art, we articulate how a community-based definition of development can better serve local communities.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130548162","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":"Examining soccer fan performances through performative sport fandom theory: how fans of the spurs perform their fandom","authors":"Zachary Humphries, J. Kucek","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2019.1685585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2019.1685585","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined fan performances of the Tottenham Hotspur football club located in London, England. Through Performative Sport Fandom theory, this study uncovers how fans of the Spurs perform their fandom in unique ways. Fans who are of various ages, gender, socioeconomic-status, etc., perform their fandom for the Spurs in unique ways. Those fans who go to the pub regularly perform their fandom differently than those who attend live matches. Performative Sport Fandom theory was used to better understand individual differences that exist amongst Spurs fans, opposed to relying on social identity theory, which tends to overstate the need for group affiliation amongst sport fans as it relates to their identity. The four themes that emerged through in-depth interviews included: loyalty, tradition, rituals, and pub culture.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124926935","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}
Jason M. Martin, Deborah D. Sellnow-Richmond, Michael Strawser
{"title":"Building a diverse curriculum: The role of diversity across communication coursework","authors":"Jason M. Martin, Deborah D. Sellnow-Richmond, Michael Strawser","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2019.1677750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2019.1677750","url":null,"abstract":"The present study utilizes student essays about diversity to examine ways in which students are exposed to diversity as communication majors throughout their coursework. Four themes emerged from this analysis. First, students became more aware and open-minded. Second, their understanding of different viewpoints and cultural differences increased. Third, they learned about diversity in an array of courses. Finally, their communication curriculum became more connected and relevant to their use and evaluation of media, journalism, and film.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133805349","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":"The allegory of the university: Employee voice, employee silence, and organizational power","authors":"I. Gan","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2020.1742777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1742777","url":null,"abstract":"Universities – the intellectual marketplaces that give voices and ideas a space to flourish – represent the very epitome of the ideal civil society. As institutions that socialize citizens, universities shoulder the responsibility to promote critical thinking and respectful expressions of opinions in their communities. However, communicative practices within universities can also perpetuate power imbalance and dismiss meaningful opinions. Despite the importance of organizational power in organizational scholarship and the significance of universities as culture-shaping institutions, scholars have conveniently paid scant attention to communicative practices that define, distribute, and dissipate power in universities. Guided by Plato’s Theory of Forms and the Allegory of the Cave, this interpretive study reports how university staff made sense of their silenced voices and their sense of futility.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127109520","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":"A temporal approach to communicating relationship styles in romantic relationships","authors":"R. Lloyd","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2020.1737189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1737189","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated how a trichotomy of relationships styles—self-focused autonomy, other-focused connection, and mutuality (Harter et al., 1997) are communicated in romantic relationships through seven temporal enactments of time—linearity, pace, punctuality, delay, separation, scheduling, and flexibility (Ballard & Seibold, 2004). Twenty in-depth interviews with New Zealand college students indicated that individuals experience all seven enactments of time in their romantic relationships when attempting to find a balance between interdependent desires of autonomy and connection. Results revealed that people integrated most temporal dimensions with multiple relationship styles; however, some temporal enactments tended to exhibit more singularity towards specific relationship styles. Participants used self-focused autonomy to describe performances of linearity, pace, and delay in their relationships. Mutuality was most commonly represented in terms of scheduling and flexibility. Findings also identified two relationship styles (i.e., other-focused autonomy and self-focused connection) not mentioned by extant literature. Other-focused autonomy was portrayed by individuals to create a sense of independence from their partner despite a desire to interact. The second new relationship style that emerged was self-focused connection. Participants described using deception and urgent excuses to get their partner’s physical presence, when their partner communicated that they wanted more time apart. This paper is the first step toward understanding the complex relationship between temporality, relationships styles, and interpersonal communication.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126447600","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}
Calandra Lindstadt, Elizabeth M. Glowacki, Brett W. Robertson, Gary B. Wilcox, J. Bernhardt
{"title":"Reactions to a campus emergency: A text-mining analysis","authors":"Calandra Lindstadt, Elizabeth M. Glowacki, Brett W. Robertson, Gary B. Wilcox, J. Bernhardt","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2020.1755719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1755719","url":null,"abstract":"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. Approximately half of the tweets were news reports of the event, the remainder depicted unique reactions to the circumstances surrounding the stabbing. The most recurring topics to emerge were status updates on the situation, expressions of distrust for the mainstream media, theories about the motivation behind the attack, and inflammatory rumors of additional violent incidents nearby campus. The most influential Twitter profiles were operated by mainstream news outlets and included no official city or campus accounts. Now that individuals can access information online before officials even formulate a response, monitoring and leveraging social media sites like Twitter before and during an emergency can help identify and reduce the spread of misinformation. As social and mobile media continue to penetrate college campuses, we must examine how the dissemination of information shapes fact and fiction.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130372349","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":"What is in a Google search? A qualitative examination of non-vaxxers’ online search practices","authors":"Patty Wharton-Michael, Alyssa Wharton-Clark","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2019.1680572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2019.1680572","url":null,"abstract":"Recent outbreaks of measles cases in the United States have generated concern regarding the developing trend of vaccine hesitancy. While previous research has examined the pro- and anti-vaccination messages that information seekers may produce when searching online, research has not specifically examined how individuals precisely access, search, and evaluate online vaccination information. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews with 20 parents who chose not to vaccinate their children to examine how parents search online to make decisions regarding vaccinations. Relying primarily on Google as a search engine, parents searched using negative phrases and questions, often demonstrating a confirmation bias throughout the search process. Three themes emerged within evaluation of sources: confirmation seekers, exhaustive seekers, and casual seekers. Evaluation and validation processes varied for each group. Suggestions for the construction of online vaccination messages are discussed.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131186407","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":"Family identity and short-term organizational memberships","authors":"K. Rush, Lacy G. McNamee","doi":"10.1080/17459435.2020.1757744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1757744","url":null,"abstract":"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 processes - bonding, emotional expression, self-disclosure, and defining group experiences. Based on these findings, recommendations for the continued study of short-term membership, identification, and organizational socialization are presented.","PeriodicalId":406864,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research Reports in Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125440926","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}