Month: September 2023

Understanding individual differences in the dimensions of ‘vestedness’ within Midwestern populations toward the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during early-stage pandemic onset

Mason, A. M., Compton, J., & Spencer, E. A. (2023). Understanding individual differences in the dimensions of ‘vestedness’ within Midwestern populations toward the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during early-stage…

Surveilling the web, mobile, and language accessibility of Communication’s digital presence within institutions of higher education globally

This study aims to understand the general web accessibility of digital information networks which may serve as barriers for access to the global discipline of Communication through institutional…

Revisiting the effects of an inoculation treatment on psychological reactance: A conceptual replication and extension with self-report and psychophysiological measures

Research published by Richards and Banas and Richards et al. demonstrated that an inoculation treatment given to participants prior to their exposure to a series of freedom-threatening persuasive…

Persuasion strategies in vintage Rally Day postcards: Postal religious communication

Postcards can yield insight into persuasion strategy, religious events, and social situations. Rally Day postcards reveal how churches at the start of the 20th century characterized a pivotal…

Inoculation theory and sport communication

Inoculation theory is a classic theory of resistance to influence-an explanation for how positions can be made more resistant to future change through preexposure to weakened forms of…