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Adolescents' perceptions of print cigarette advertising: a case for counteradvertising
(Taylor & Francis , 2000-01)Cigarette smoking is a major preventable cause of serious chronic disease. The majority of smokers begin smoking during their adolescent years. Print cigarette advertising plays an influential role in encouraging young ... -
Chapter 5 -- The coercion of consent The manipulative potential of FBI public relations during the J. Edgar Hoover era
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)Over the centuries, scholars have studied how individuals, institutions and groups have used various rhetorical stances to persuade others to pay attention to, believe in, and adopt a course of action. The emergence of ... -
Book review: The life of Herbert Hoover: keeper of the torch, 1933-1964
(Academy of Political Science, 2014-03-21)Review of the book: The Life of Herbert Hoover: Keeper of the Torch, 1933–1964 by Gary Dean Best. New York, Palgrave, 2013. 560 pp. -
Constructing commitment in intimate relationships mapping interdependence in the everyday expressions of commitment
(SAGE Publications, 2014-04)By its very nature, relationship commitment is generated in the context of a relationship and becomes relational when it is communicated in some way to the other. This study investigated how expressions of commitment and ... -
What's in a name?: labels and identity in grandparent-headed families
(Oxford University Press, 2016)This study investigates how “grandfamilies,” families in which grandparents assume caregiving responsibility for a grandchild, negotiate and apply familial labels for identity formation. About 2.7 million grandparents in ... -
A grand challenge: social media monitoring, concerns, and authority in grandfamilies
(Oxford University Press, 2016)The number of children living with their grandparents has increased by 50 percent since 2000 (Jackson, 2011), indicating a social phenomenon that transcends socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or cultural differences. In fact, ... -
Editorial: An ethnographic study: the duality of collaborated smartphone images
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-12-20)John Freeman has headed the photojournalism program at the University of Florida since joining the faculty in 1991. His research interest focuses on successful photojournalists and has been published in Visual Communications ... -
Pro-social messages and transcendence: a content analysis of Facebook reactions to Mark Zuckerberg's donation pledge
(Elsevier, 2019-02)This quantitative content analysis of over 4000 Facebook posts explores the connections between transcendence-related character strengths and emotions expressed on social media in response to Mark Zuckerberg's pledge to ... -
News across the great wall: Asian news organisations’ web strategies for the China market
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-10-29)Asians comprise more than half of the world’s online population, and China has long surpassed the U.S. as the biggest Internet market in the world. Through a series of in-depth interviews with senior managers at five ... -
Odd bedfellows: self- and partner-enhancement in the communication of commitment
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-11-12)This research examined self- and partner-enhancement biases in the everyday communication of commitment. A total of 189 romantic heterosexual couples completed a survey measuring self- and partner-reports of the communication ... -
Serving up a slice of entrepreneurship on campus: The new Pizza Hut museum
(University of California Press, 2022-02-01)An interdisciplinary team at Wichita State University with individuals from the departments of Business, Communication, History, and Museum Studies worked with a design firm to rehabilitate the first Pizza Hut into a museum, ... -
Pride and prejudice and Country-of-origin ecological images: The influence of COO ecological image on consumer evaluation of product greenness and green claim credibility
(Routledge, 2022-03-10)The increasing consumer demand for shopping eco-friendly products online leads brands and marketers to offer more products that are claimed to be eco-friendly on online stores. However, it is very difficult for consumers ... -
Beauty and the bran: Kellogg’s campaign to “correct faulty elimination” and conquer the cereal industry
(Routledge, 2022-10-12)Brothers John Harvey Kellogg and William Keith Kellogg understood the importance of public health concerns, particularly those relating to constipation, and of home economics and dietetics research. The Kellogg’s Corn Flake ... -
Engaging in dialogues: The impact of comment valence and influencer-viewer interaction on the effectiveness of YouTube influencer marketing
(Routledge, 2023-01-25)YouTube is a popular social marketing platform. Marketers or advertisers can collaborate with a YouTube influencer to present marketing messages. However, negative user-generated comments may affect the effectiveness of ...