Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations
Submissions from 2024
Revolutionizing Campus Communications: The Power of ChatGPT in Public Relations, Young Joon Lim
Knowledge is Power…to misinform: Examining how knowledge gaps affect engagement with COVID-19 misinformation, Ben Wasike
Submissions from 2023
A Cultural Communication Perspective on Hispanic Students’ College Experiences, Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang
Risk Perception and Preventive Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic : Testing the Effects of Government Trust and Information Behaviors, Jae-Seon Jeong and Soo Yun Kim
Influencer Model Management: Grounded Theory Approach to Communication Influencer, Young Joon Lim
The Dangerous but Efficacious Potency of the Social Media Behemoth TikTok on U.S. Politics with Gen Z: Conceptualizing Mis-, Disinformation and Propaganda on TikTok, Young Joon Lim and Lynse Larance Guerra
Perceptions of Collegial and Uncollegial Behaviors After a University Consolidation: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of How Faculty Viewed Members of Their New Academic Units, Dora E. Saavedra, Jennifer Lemanski, Kristine M. Wirts, Shawn P. Saladin, and Joanne Rampersad
Submissions from 2022
Roles played by Nigerian YouTube micro-celebrities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Aje-Ori Agbese
Creating flexibility with a new faculty classification, Louis K. Falk, Kelly B. Smith, and Jennifer Lemanski
Small Groups: Effectiveness in a University Classroom and the Role Gender Plays in Group Interactions, Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson and Savannah Margaret Hanson
When the influencer says jump! How influencer signaling affects engagement with COVID-19 misinformation, Ben Wasike
Submissions from 2021
Will My Disclosure Harm the Relationship? Factors that Impact Mother-Daughter Cancer Communication in Taiwan, Wan-Lin Chang
A Qualitative Study of Intercultural Friendship through New Social Media, Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang
Nationalism Not Racism: President Trump’s Strategic Communication War Against China’s Coronavirus Propaganda, Young Joon Lim
Individual Journalistic Bias Leads to Public Propaganda: The Integration of Social Intuitionist Model (SIM) and Hierarchy of Influences Model (HIM), Young Joon Lim and Jennifer Lemanski
Dilip Kumar: An Auteur Actor, Sharaf Rehman
Dealing With Adversity: An Examination of the COVID-19 Impact on High School Athletes and Their Coaches, Greg Selber and Kimberly A. Selber
Similarities of Expressing Disagreement by Chinese and American College Students, Yanling Yu, Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang, and Zhan Long
Submissions from 2020
The Relationship Between Veterans' Participation in School Activities and Their Perceived Ability to Assimilate to Campus Culture, Eric Fagan and Jeffrey S. McQuillen
Covid-19 Pandemic - Catalyst for A New Class of Faculty, Louis K. Falk and Jennifer Lemanski
Cultivating and Reporting of Campus Threats, Louis K. Falk, Douglas Stoves, Audrey W. Falk, and Hilda Silva
A Generational War Is Launched with The Birth of Ok Boomer in The Digital Age, Young Joon Lim and Jennifer Lemanski
Deleting Relationships in the Digital World, Sharaf Rehman and Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson
Submissions from 2019
TRUMPS SOCIAL MEDIA – THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF HIS PRESIDENCY: A CONTENT ANALYSIS, Priscilla L. Flores, Louis K. Falk, and Douglas Stoves
Concerns of Female Adolescents About Menarche and First Sexual Intercourse: Mixed Methods Analysis of Social Media Questions, Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson, Elad Yom-Tov, William F. Strong, Priscilla L. Flores, and Giselle N. Ricoy
Citations Gone #Social: Examining the Effect of Altmetrics on Citations and Readership in Communication Research, Ben S. Wasike
Is She Charismatic or is She Not? Examining Hillary Clinton’s Charismatic Rhetoric During the 2016 Presidential Race, Ben S. Wasike
Submissions from 2018
Morals in the United States of America: Are they in their death throes?, John A. Cook
Traditional and emerging ethical concerns in advertising, Jennifer Lemanski
Vaccine promotion: impact of risk level on attitudes, Jennifer Lemanski and Jorge Villegas
Seeking Opinion Leaders on Twitter: The #Delete Facebook Campaign, Young Joon Lim and Jennifer Lemanski
The Glory Days of Valley Football, Gregory M. Selber
Submissions from 2017
Africa Rising: An Analysis of Emergent Africa-Focused Mass Communication Scholarship from 2004–2014, Ben S. Wasike
Jocks versus jockettes: An analysis of the visual portrayal of male and female cover models on sports magazines, Ben S. Wasike
Hispanic Use of Alternative Medicine as Demonstrated in Internet Searches, Elad Yom-Tov, William F. Strong, and Lupita Rodriguez Strong
Submissions from 2016
Decisions, Decisions: Factors that Influence a Patient's Medical Tourism Choices, Louis K. Falk and Thomas J. Prinsen
Preaching to the choir? An analysis of newspaper readability vis-a-vis public literacy, Ben Wasike
The Significant Other: A Longitudinal Analysis of Significant Samples in Journalism Research, 2000–2014, Ben S. Wasike
Submissions from 2015
Theorizing Strategic Communication in Parsimony from the U.S. government perspective, Young Joon Lim
Medical Tourism: How Far are You Willing to Go to Save Money?, Thomas J. Prinsen, Louis K. Falk, and Javier Martinez
Submissions from 2014
Website Usability: A Re-Examination through the Lenses of ISO Standards, Louis K. Falk, Hy Sockel, and Kuanchin Chen
Submissions from 2013
Never Mind? Mindfulness and Competent Intercultural Interaction, Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang
The Language of Transformational Leaders: Addressing the Needs of Followers, Charles Salter, Mark T. Green, Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson, and Norma Joyner
Online Privacy, Vulnerabilities, and Threats: A Manager’s Perspective, Hy Sockel and Louis K. Falk
Framing News in 140 Characters: How Social Media Editors Frame the News and Interact with Audiences via Twitter, Ben S. Wasike
Submissions from 2012
Leader Spirituality and Leader Virtues as Predictors of Effective Leadership, Mark Green, Carol A. Wheeler, and Maria N. Hodgson
Submissions from 2011
You Think I am Stupid? Face Needs in Intercultural Conflicts, Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang
Framing Social News Sites: An Analysis of the Top Ranked Stories on Reddit and Digg., Ben S. Wasike
Submissions from 2010
Hispanic Students and Social Networking, Ben S. Wasike and John A. Cook
Submissions from 2007
Contested Indian Identities: The Risk of Re-Colonization as the Postcolonial Task Continues, Gregory Selber
Reviving the Dead Greek Guys, William F. Strong and John A. Cook
Submissions from 2005
Silent messages in negotiations: The role of nonverbal communication in cross-cultural business negotiations, Yun Chu, William F. Strong, Jianyu Ma, and Walter E. Greene
Submissions from 2004
Visual Elements in Public Journalism Newspapers in an Election: A Content Analysis of the Photographs and Graphics in Campaign 2000, Renita Coleman and Ben S. Wasike
Modernization and media in the Arab World, Gregory M. Selber and Salma I. Ghanem
Submissions from 1986
Communication Apprehension and Hispanics: An Exploration of Communication Apprehension among Mexican Americans, Ronald L. Applbaum, Susan Applbaum, and Robert T. Trotter