Christopher J. Carpenter, T. Levine, Kim B. Serota, Tony Docan-Morgan
{"title":"Influence and personality: relationships among superdiffuser traits and big five traits","authors":"Christopher J. Carpenter, T. Levine, Kim B. Serota, Tony Docan-Morgan","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.2021260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.2021260","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A survey was conducted (N = 632) to determine which of the Big Five personality traits tended to be related to each of the three traits specified in the superdiffuser model of diffusion and influence (connector, persuader, maven). The purpose of the study was to better understand the traits that form the core of the superdiffuser model of opinion leadership and to inform methods of recruiting superdiffusers for behavior change campaigns. The connector and persuader measures were both associated with extraversion, as predicted. Persuader scores were somewhat negatively associated with agreeableness and positively with openness. Six types of mavenness were tested and found to vary substantially in their associations with Big Five personality traits. Clothing mavenness was positively associated with neuroticism whereas sports mavenness was negatively associated. These results suggest that mavenness for one topic may exist in a different nomological network than mavenness for another.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"70 1","pages":"63 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49015309","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}
M. Ward, Leland G. Spencer, Craig O. Stewart, Elisa M. Varela
{"title":"Return to Teamsterville: A reconsideration and dialogue on ethnography and critique","authors":"M. Ward, Leland G. Spencer, Craig O. Stewart, Elisa M. Varela","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.2021261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.2021261","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As the places of monuments are reconsidered today in light of social justice concerns, the authors revisit a “monument” of language and social interaction (LSI) research. Philipsen’s foundational work published nearly 50 years ago, “Speaking ‘Like a Man’ in Teamsterville,” thus becomes a starting point for dialogue among four scholars with diverse views on the critical voice in ethnography of communication research. When read today, the homophobic speech of Teamstervillers is shocking. Also surprising by present standards is that such speech passes unremarked and does not figure in the analysis. In the present essay, the authors—an LSI scholar, discourse studies scholar, critical rhetorical scholar, and an LSI doctoral student—review early debates on the critical voice, relate individual narratives of their experiences in either reading “Teamsterville” again after a long hiatus or encountering the work for the first time, and then conduct a joint dialogue on the question: What is the ethnographer’s obligation when harmful and oppressive speech is observed? Though their views remain diverse, the authors advocate for a disciplinary consensus: that the present moment calls for renewed discussion—and, even if differently practiced, affirmation—of the critical voice in the ethnography of communication.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"70 1","pages":"84 - 106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42288655","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":"“Sit down and talk”: Doctor Who and an imperfect peace myth","authors":"Cynthia Rosenfeld","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.2016879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.2016879","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The globalized age of the Anthropocene, a spacetime in which humans regularly come into contact with other human and non-human ways-of-life, creates an exigence for stories that encourage living together-in-difference, or peace myths. In “The Zygon Inversion,” Doctor Who offers an imperfect peace myth that saves two species from war. To illuminate this myth, this essay first discusses the significance of memory and myth for national and cultural identity and situates Doctor Who in a sociopolitical context. Next, I show how the Doctor’s myth (1) reconceptualizes the metaphor of wargames from a game of strategy to one of luck, (2) invites a de-escalation of conflict through the Doctor’s enargeic rendering of his own, pained guilt, and (3) remains problematically partial as peace is achieved through a retention of the status quo at the cost of Zygon ways-of-life. Finally, I discuss how Doctor Who contributes to theorizing peace myths.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"70 1","pages":"42 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48286672","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":"#MeToo movement in political media era: a comparison of U.S. media and Korean media","authors":"Mee-hyun Jeon, Hyoung Oh Kim, Chang Wan Woo","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.2001552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.2001552","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The #MeToo movement has become a global issue. In both the U.S. and South Korea, scandals involving celebrities and politicians have stimulated the movement even further. Our study aimed to investigate how conservative and liberal media report on the #MeToo movement differently in both countries. After conducting a content analysis of 516 articles in four newspapers in the U.S. and five newspapers in South Korea, we find that liberal media report on the issue more often, while conservative media use sensationalism in their #MeToo articles more often. Limitations include generalizability issues as we only looked at newspapers and only four different cases.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"70 1","pages":"22 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48217159","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":"Information seeking and information sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"J. Yang, Zhuling Liu, Jody CS Wong","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.1995772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1995772","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Based on the risk information seeking and processing model, this study examines socio-psychological variables that influence the American public’s information seeking and information sharing at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected through three surveys that spanned from February to April, 2020. Results indicate that people seek and share information mostly to fulfill social expectations regarding their own knowledge of the pandemic. Individuals who perceive information about the pandemic on social media as credible are more likely to share information. Those who view themselves as capable to gather information are more likely to seek information, but this perceived ability is related to information sharing only as the pandemic becomes more pertinent to Americans. Consistent with past research, people with higher risk perception report stronger affective response to the pandemic, which increases their information insufficiency. This need for information, however, is not consistently related to seeking and sharing.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"70 1","pages":"1 - 21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47681804","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 hidden village: communicative functions of a Facebook support group for single mothers","authors":"Maria A. Kopacz","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.1960876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1960876","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study employs qualitative thematic analysis to examine the functions of posts within a naturally occurring, hidden private Facebook group for single mothers living in the same geographic area. Findings reveal themes of group cohesion, emotional expression, as well as sharing and requesting informational, tangible, and emotional support. The pattern of results carries implications for using protected social media communities to promote positive identification, empowerment, and wellbeing in individuals with stigmatized identities.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"69 1","pages":"501 - 524"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45157996","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 potential mediators between parents’ relational maintenance with college-age children and students’ perceived stress","authors":"Jenna R. LaFreniere, K. L. Shannon","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.1960875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1960875","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examined outcomes of parents’ relational maintenance in terms of college students’ resilience, family communal coping, and stress. We employed the theory of resilience and relational load to examine the associations in the context of family communication. Participants included 322 college students who completed an online questionnaire. Results indicated that college students’ resilience mediates the relationship between parents’ relational maintenance strategies with them and their perceived stress, and that communal coping serves as a mediator between parents’ relational maintenance strategies and college students’ resilience. Lastly, a serial mediation model indicated that communal coping and college students’ resilience serially mediate the association between their parents’ relational maintenance strategies with them and their perceived stress. Overall, this study highlights the importance of parents employing parent-child relational maintenance tactics and the positive impacts for college students.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"69 1","pages":"479 - 500"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43970242","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}
Justin A. Walden, Kyle R. Vareberg, Cheng Zeng, S. Croucher
{"title":"Speaking up and out: examining the predictors of prohibitive voice among teachers","authors":"Justin A. Walden, Kyle R. Vareberg, Cheng Zeng, S. Croucher","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.1974912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1974912","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Teachers routinely face dissatisfying work conditions and may express their frustrations to their peers. This study explores the extent to which causal attributions of work-related doubt, occupational commitment, and intention to quit influence teachers’ willingness to voice their concerns about their occupation. Through a survey of 210 teachers in the United States, we found that teachers with a personal control orientation were less likely to express prohibitive voice. Moreover, both occupational commitment and intention to quit positively predicted teachers’ prohibitive voice. Our findings provide new insights into how teachers may use voice as a communication strategy to defend their occupation from potential harms. Implications and limitations of the study are further discussed.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"69 1","pages":"544 - 563"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41486590","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}
Amber M. Reinhart, Lara Zwarun, Alice E. Hall, Yan Tian
{"title":"Transportation into Audio-visual Narratives: A Closer Look","authors":"Amber M. Reinhart, Lara Zwarun, Alice E. Hall, Yan Tian","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.1981416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1981416","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Many scholars use Green and Brock’s (2000) transportation scale to measure the degree to which audiences become absorbed into a narrative. In a pair of studies, we explore if the scale performs the same in relation to text-based versus audio-visual (AV) narratives. In Study 1, 125 participants were exposed to one of two versions (text or AV) of the same narrative. A confirmatory factor analysis indicates that the scale is not unidimensional and the factor structure is not consistent between formats. Measurement invariance across the text and AV groups was not supported. In Study 2, a larger (N=498) more diverse sample was employed, as well as different stimuli. Again the scale was not unidimensional and measurement invariance was not supported. These results indicate the scale may not be valid for audio-visual narratives, and also suggest that the concept of transportation itself may be distinct depending on the medium.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"69 1","pages":"564 - 585"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49097113","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":"Narrative and choice effects on learning outcomes","authors":"Melissa M. Moore, M. Green","doi":"10.1080/01463373.2021.1951795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.1951795","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In a 2 (choice) X 2 (message format) study (N = 283), participants were randomly assigned to either have a choice or no choice in message format and to read either a narrative or a non-narrative. They then completed a quiz on the material. We examined whether dispositional tendency to become transported into a narrative (transportability) would increase learning from narrative material, and whether manipulations would affect quiz scores, satisfaction, or performance self-esteem. Choice led to higher quiz scores but did not improve satisfaction or performance self-esteem. Transportability did not predict participants’ choice in material, but it was correlated with higher quiz scores for narrative readers. Findings suggest some educational benefit from choice and matching to narrative-relevant personality traits.","PeriodicalId":51521,"journal":{"name":"COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY","volume":"69 1","pages":"410 - 430"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/01463373.2021.1951795","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44305945","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}