Presents and examines five conceptualizations of women that dominate contemporary research practices in communication studies: womanless communication, great women speakers, woman as other, the politics of woman as other, and women as communicators. Discusses the implications of the inclusion of women in communication studies. (NKA)

Discusses Senator Kennedy's address on "Tolerance and Truth in America," given at Liberty Baptist College in 1983, to propose a "contract" for the public relationship between himself and Jerry Falwell in which each could be more civil toward the other without betraying his constituencies or threatening the other's supporters.…

Recommends considering a database as discretionary information available to organizational members. Introduces a conceptual framework to propose that reduced contribution rates occur in the following situations: (1) greater contribution costs, (2) larger groups of participants, (3) lower values of information to participants, and (4) greater…

Examines the metaphors used by two teachers when they speak about their professional work. Describes the major metaphorical figures found in the language of each teacher (e.g., lessons as moving objects, time and attention as commodities, control as something exerted from above), and examines ways in which these are conceptually related. (JG)

Points out that the Challenger tragedy compromised NASA's status as a legitimate institution. Evaluates actions taken to repair legitimacy--open hearings of the Rogers Commission, scapegoating of executives, and limiting performance goals. Suggests that NASA's long-term legitimacy will require new and dramatic performance goals. (NKA)

Suggests that speech act theory can help researchers and teachers in professional communication to define indirectness more precisely and to determine when it is appropriate and can provide them with a means of analyzing texts and refining rhetorical principles. (ARH)

Reports results of a survey of ASJMC schools indicating that journalism and communication professors earn less than the average for all faculty in all fields, and that female faculty members earn less than males. (HTH)

Discusses the role of speech communication research in the treatment/training of speech problems, focusing on reification. Examines issues social scientists must address when trying to predict and control components of the reifications they study. Emphasizes that hard investigation is necessary to discover the heuristics to guide the treatment of…

Examines the ability of 30 normal and 30 learning disabled children across a three-year period to understand a sequence of instructions, communicate the steps in a sequence to others, and rephrase their verbal messages through a referential communication task. (HOD)

Compares genders' style and quality in written communication. Finds no significant differences, and suggests any gender-specific markers might be limited to verbal and nonverbal communications. (MS)

Examined the effects different communicators (science methods instructors, supervisors, graduate assistants, and others) had on the attitudes of 25 elementary education majors toward science and science teaching, focusing on which communicators were perceived as being the most credible. (DH)

Comparisons were made in the conversations of 16 low income children in a preschool intervention program, a group of low income children not in the program, and a group of middle income children. Adults' conversational turns included three types of cognitively complex initiations. Results demonstrated a facilitating effect of day care…

Surveys definitions of sexual harassment and reviews previous research on sexual harassment in organizations, including academic institutions. Reports on a social exchange experiment in which the communication behavior of a superior and subordinate is used to examine the formation of judgments about sexual harassment. (PD)

Analyzes audio- and videotapes of actual employment interviews conducted at a university placement center to determine (1) relationships among interviewers' verbal behaviors such as silence, interruptions, probing questions, etc.; (2) applicants' perceptions of their interviewers as empathic listeners; and (3) interview outcomes in terms of second…

A college classroom in a southern U.S. university served as the location for a case study on the effects of gender on communication. Of 31 students in the class, only 8 were men. The majority of class time was devoted to discussion; a typical class consisted of a presentation of terms and theories in a text, and an effort to find "real life"…