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Feeley, Thomas Hugh – Human Communication Research, 2002
Considers the existence of halo effects in individuals' evaluations of target communicators across different dimensions. Notes that halo effects result from raters' inability to discriminate among conceptually distinct and theoretically independent aspects of a target's behavior. Discusses current conceptions of halo error and suggests several…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Error Patterns, Evaluation Research, Higher Education
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Piirto, John – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1997
A survey of 101 faculty in a variety of disciplines found that most do not give much attention to the composition of electronic mail messages and are not bothered much when receiving messages containing mechanical or composition errors. Results suggest faculty should be cautious about relaxing the rules of grammar, punctuation, and good writing in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Mediated Communication, Editing, Electronic Mail