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A Primer on Applied Communication Research

Author(s): Chia-Ling Ho

A Primer on Applied Communication Research can assist anyone conducting applied communication research for the first time to become familiar with the entire process through completing a mini-project, including data collection (online & offline) and data analysis using an Excel Add-in data analysis t...

Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal

Author(s): William Magrino

The NEW 5th edition of Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal is built around a single concept - that students learn professional writing through ownership of their ideas. This text equips students with the real-world skills that today’s employers seek.Business and Professional ...

Canaries in a Coal Mine: Crisis Communication and the Coal Industry

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Abstract When a mining accident happens in rural Virginia, an industry newcomer gains valuable insight about the importance of public relations and crisis communication principles in managing crucial situations. , basic_html

Look, Not Everybody Can Get Pregnant!: When Private Infertility Issues Are Made Public

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Sample Anna sat down at her desk, opened her Internet browser, and clicked on her favorite news website. She liked to start her days at the office slowly—sipping coffee and scanning the latest headlines. On this particular morning, a headline addressing a very personal issue caught her eye: “Are ...

The Dark Side of Social Media: Enabling Effective Parental Engagement with the Online Communication of Self-Harming Adolescents

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Sample Peers play a major role in teenagers’ lives, and they are very likely to communicate with each other via technology. An overwhelming majority of teenagers report social media usage, and 45% report that they are almost constantly online (Anderson & Jiang, 2018). One topic that teens commonl...

Slaves in Algiers

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"First published in 1794, Slaves in Algiers dramatizes the story of Americans held captive in North Africa. The play uses the existence of white slavery abroad to celebrate the freedoms provided to citizens of the recently constituted United States. Though denigrating Jews and promoting some anti-Se...

The Evolution of Hip-Hop: A Hip-Hop Nation Story

Author(s): Donald Harrell

The Evolution of Hop-Hop: A Hip-Hop Nation Story is an inter-disciplinary telling of the story of a generation of youth who development a music genre and attendant culture, against all odds. It is a comprehensive accounting of the transformative and nation-building power of hip-hop, as well as the t...

Diabetes Conversations: A Dialogue Among Metis, First Nations Community Members, and Professionals to Understand Type 2 Diabetes

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Sample Type 2 diabetes mellitus (also referred as adult-onset or non-insulin-dependent; hereafter, T2DM) is a serious population health concern among increasingly urbanized First Nations and Métis Canadians (Public Health Agency of Canada [PHAC], 2005), whereas the incidence of T2DM among Canadia...