This 1995 issue of the "Carolinas Speech Communication Annual" contains the following articles: "Contrast and Complement in Presidential Campaign Communication: Adjusting the Vice Presidential Role in the Clinton-Gore Campaign" (Rob L. Wiley); "Film Critic as Rhetor: Crafting a Fitting Response to Racial Images in 'Places…

This 1999 issue of the "Carolinas Communication Annual" contains the following articles: "The Unmade Analogy: Alcohol and Abortion" (Richard W. Leeman); "Say, You Want a Revolution" (Roy Schwartzman and Constance Y. Green); "Exploring the Relationship between Perceived Narrativity and Persuasiveness"…

Taped actual employment interviews at a university placement center to determine relationships between interviewer's questions, applicants' question-answer durations, and actual interview outcomes. Found--among other results--that interviewees who received second-interview offers tended to spend more total time talking in their interviews than…

Discusses the topics introduced in Professor Owen's article, CS 706 253. (PD)

Eighty communication researchers from universities responded to a questionnaire designed to assess attitudes toward deception-related practices in conducting communication research. Sixty-eight percent of the researchers believe that misleading or misinforming subjects is acceptable behavior within the experimental setting, as long as debriefing…

In a study of relative priorities for interaction in groups containing adults and children, 570 family groups in public settings were observed for 10-second time periods. There was far more adult/child touching than adult/adult touching. Adults tended to talk more than children and talking was reciprocated at higher rates in adult/adult dyads than…

Demonstrates how rhetorical criticism can be utilized to clarify the rhetorical nature of interpersonal discourse. Synthesizes the following theories to explain the nature and form of selected portions of taped and transcribed interpersonal dialog: Lloyd Bitzer's situational theory, Ernest Bormann's fantasy theme analysis, and Carroll Arnold's…

Interviewed managers of companies communicating between Hong Kong and California and found they employed seven basic methods: telex, letter, telephone, visit, courier, computer, and telegram. Revealed advantages and disadvantages of each method and recommended a number of safeguards against their misuse. (PD)

Surveyed the following aspects of managers' written communication: volume, medium (secretary, word processor, dictation unit), delegation, and kind (memos, letters, reports, forms). Found, among other conclusions, that managers expect a marked increase in the use of modern technology. Discusses implications for business education. (PD)

Hypothesized that a significant positive correlation exists between cognitive backlog, or unassimilated material, and receiver apprehension. Results confirmed the hypothesis. (PD)

Woolbert is a seminal figure in the development of the contemporary speech field as a strong and independent discipline. This article examines his role as a transitional figure between the elocutionists and contemporary theorists. (PD)

Determined if young children can evaluate the adequacy of communications and situations that specify or omit deictic information critical to the listener's performance. Results showed that all subjects discriminated among deictically adequate and inadequate communications, but that 6-year-olds made fewer correct judgments than did 9-year-olds and…

Analyzed communication diaries of 101 managers of Australian organizations. Results confirm prior research and add to the understanding of the relationship between 7 key demographic variables and 17 communication characteristics. Findings have implications for the way managers are trained and use their time. (PD)

Supports the hypothesis that initial interaction has a greater positive influence on attraction to dissimilar strangers, than to similar strangers. Does not support the hypotheses that initial interaction has a positive influence regardless of attitude similarity or that attitude similarity is more attractive than dissimilarity regardless of level…

Results of two studies indicate that the way in which Likert scale data are scored can make a difference when statistical significance tests are used. The studies raise a number of questions about the use of Likert scales in communication research. (GT)