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Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023
COMEDY, CAMARADERIE, AND CONFLICT: USING HUMOR TO DEFUSE DISPUTES AMONG FRIENDS , Sheena A. Bringa
Navigating Toxic Identities Within League of Legends , Jeremy Thomas Miner
Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA RICHNESS AND SOCIAL PRESENCE: EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF MEDIA CHANNELS ON INDIVIDUALS’ LEVELS OF LONELINESS, WELL-BEING, AND BELONGING , Ashley M. Arsenault
CANCELING VS. #CANCEL CULTURE: AN ANALYSIS ON THE SURVEILLANCE AND DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BEHAVIOR THROUGH COMPETING DISCOURSES OF POWER , Julia G. Bezio
DISTAL SIBLING GRIEF: EXPLORING EMOTIONAL AFFECT AND SALIENCE OF LISTENER BEHAVIORS IN STORIES OF SIBLING DEATH , Margaret C. Brock
Is Loss a Laughing Matter?: A Study of Humor Reactions and Benign Violation Theory in the Context of Grief. , Miranda B. Henrich
The Request Is Not Compatible: Competing Frames of Public Lands Discourse in the Lolo Peak Ski Resort Controversy , Philip A. Sharp
Patient Expectations, Satisfaction, and Provider Communication Within the Oncology Experience , Elizabeth Margaret Sholey
Psychological Safety at Amazon: A CCO Approach , Kathryn K. Zyskowski
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
Discourse of Renewal: A Qualitative Analysis of the University of Montana’s COVID-19 Crisis Communication , Haley Renae Gabel
Activating Hope: How Functional Support Can Improve Hope in Unemployed Individuals , Rylee P. Walter
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
THE HOME AS A SITE OF FAMILY COMMUNICATED NARRATIVE SENSE-MAKING: GRIEF, MEANING, AND IDENTITY THROUGH “CLEANING OUT THE CLOSET” , Kendyl A. Barney
CRISIS AS A CONSTANT: UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATIVE ENACTMENT OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE WITHIN THE EXTENSION DISASTER EDUCATION NETWORK (EDEN) , Danielle Maria Farley
FOSTERING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE IN COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION: EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FOUNDATIONS TRAINING , Shanay L. Healy
Belonging for Dementia Caregivers , Sabrina Singh
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Making the Most of People We Do Not Like: Capitalizing on Negative Feedback , Christopher Edward Anderson
Understanding the Relationship Between Discursive Resources and Risk-Taking Behaviors in Outdoor Adventure Athletes , Mira Ione Cleveland
Service Failure Management in High-End Hospitality Resorts , Hunter A. Dietrich
Fear, Power, & Teeth (2007) , Olivia Hockenbroch
The climate change sublime: Leveraging the immense awe of the planetary threat of climate change , Sean D. Quartz
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
The Relationship Between Memorable Messages and Identity Construction , Raphaela P. Barros Campbell
Wonder Woman: A Case Study for Critical Media Literacy , Adriana N. Fehrs
Curated Chaos: A Rhetorical Study of Axmen , Rebekah A. McDonald
THE ROLE OF BIPOLAR DISORDER, STIGMA, AND HURTFUL MESSAGES IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS , Callie Parrish
Cruising to be a Board Gamer: Understanding Socialization Relating to Board Gaming and The Dice Tower , Benjamin Wassink
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
STEAMED: EXAMINATIONS OF POWER STRUGGLES ON THE VALUE FORUM , richard E. babb
Beyond the Bike; Identity and Belonging of Free Cycles Members , Caitlyn Lewis
Adherence and Uncertainty Management: A Test Of The Theory Of Motivated Information Management , Ryan Thiel
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
Redskins Revisited: Competing Constructions of the Washington Redskins Mascot , Eean Grimshaw
A Qualitative Analysis of Belonging in Communities of Practice: Exploring Transformative Organizational Elements within the Choral Arts , Aubrielle J. Holly
Training the Professoraite of Tomorrow: Implementing the Needs Centered Training Model to Instruct Graduate Teaching Assistants in the use of Teacher Immediacy , Leah R. Johnson
Beyond Blood: Examining the Communicative Challenges of Adoptive Families , Mackensie C. Minniear
Attitudes Toward Execution: The Tragic and Grotesque Framing of Capital Punishment in the News , Katherine Shuy
Knowledge and Resistance: Feminine Style and Signifyin[g] in Michelle Obama’s Public Address , Tracy Valgento
Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015
BLENDED FRAMEWORK: BILL MCKIBBEN'S USE OF MELODRAMA AND COMEDY IN ENVIRONMENTAL RHETORIC , Megan E. Cullinan
THE INFLUENCE OF MEDICAL DRAMAS ON PATIENT EXPECTATIONS OF PHYSICIAN COMMUNICATION , Kayla M. Fadenrecht
Diabesties: How Diabetic Support on Campus can Alleviate Diabetic Burnout , Kassandra E. Martin
Resisting NSA Surveillance: Glenn Greenwald and the public sphere debate about privacy , Rebecca Rice
Rhetoric, participation, and democracy: The positioning of public hearings under the National Environmental Policy Act , Kevin C. Stone
Socialization and Volunteers: A Training Program for Volunteer Managers , Allison M. Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014
THIRD PARTY EFFECTS OF AFFECTIONATE COMMUNICATION IN FAMILY SUBSYSTEMS: EXAMINING INFLUENCE ON AFFECTIONATE COMMUNICATION, MENTAL WELL-BEING, AND FAMILY SATISFACTION , Timothy M. Curran
Commodity or Dignity? Nurturing Managers' Courtesy Nurtures Workers' Productivity , Montana Rafferty Moss
"It Was My Job to Keep My Children Safe": Sandra Steingraber and the Parental Rhetoric of Precaution , Mollie Katherine Murphy
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Free Markets: ALEC's Populist Constructions of "the People" in State Politics , Anne Sherwood
Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
COMMUNICATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF EXPECTATIONS: AN EXAMINATION OF EXPECTATIONS REGARDING MOTHERS IN NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTION , Jordan A. Allen
Let’s talk about sex: A training program for parents of 4th and 5th grade children , Elizabeth Kay Eickhoff
"You Is The Church": Identity and Identification in Church Leadership , Megan E. Gesler
This land is your land, this land is my land: A qualitative study of tensions in an environmental decision making group , Gabriel Patrick Grelle
The Constitution of Queer Identity in the 1972 APA Panel, "Psychiatry: Friend or Foe to Homosexuals? A Dialogue" , Dustin Vern Edward Schneider
The Effect of Religious Similarity on the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriages , Jamie Karen Taylor
Justice, Equality, and SlutWalk: The Rhetoric of Protesting Rape Culture , Dana Whitney Underwood
Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012
Collective Privacy Boundary Turbulence and Facework Strategies: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of South Korea and the United States , Min Kyong Cho
COMMUNICATING ARTIFACTS: AN ANALYSIS OF HOW MUSEUMS COMMUNICATE ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY DURING TIMES OF CONTROVERSY AND FINANCIAL STRAIN , Amanda Renee Cornuke
Communication Apprehension and Perceived Responsiveness , Elise Alexandra Fanney
Improving Patient-Provider Communication in the Health Care context , Charlotte M. Glidden
What They Consider, How They Decide: Best Practices of Technical Experts in Environmental Decision-Making , Cassandra J. Hemphill
Rebuilding Place: Exploring Strategies to Align Place Identity During Relocation , Brigette Renee McKamey
Sarah Palin, Conservative Feminism, and the Politics of Family , Jasmine Rose Zink
Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011
Salud, Dignidad, Justicia: Articulating "Choice" and "Reproductive Justice" for Latinas in the United States , Kathleen Maire de Onis
Environmental Documentary Film: A Contemporary Tool For Social Movement , Rachel Gregg
In The Pink: The (Un)Healthy Complexion of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month , Kira Stacey Jones
Jihad as an Ideograph: Osama bin Laden's rhetorical weapon of choice , Faye Lingarajan
The Heart of the Matter: The Function and Relational Effects of Humor for Cardiovascular Patients , Nicholas Lee Lockwood
Feeling the Burn: A Discursive Analysis of Organizational Burnout in Seasonal Wildland Firefighters , Whitney Eleanor Marie Maphis
Making A Comeback: An Exploration of Nontraditional Students & Identity Support , Jessica Kate McFadden
In the Game of Love, Play by the Rules: Implications of Relationship Rule Consensus over Honesty and Deception in Romantic Relationships , Katlyn Elise Roggensack
Assessing the balance: Burkean frames and Lil' Bush , Elizabeth Anne Sills
Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010
The Discipline of Identity: Examining the Challenges of Developing Interdisciplinary Identities Within the Science Disciplines , Nicholas Richard Burk
Occupational Therapists: A Study of Managing Multiple Identities , Katherine Elise Lloyd
Discourse, Identity, and Culture in Diverse Organizations: A Study of The Muslim Students Association (University of Montana) , Burhanuddin Bin Omar
The Skinny on Weight Watchers: A Critical Analysis of Weight Watcher's Use of Metaphors , Ashlynn Laura Reynolds-Dyk
You Got the Job, Now What?: An Evaluation of the New Employee Orientation Program at the University of Montana , Shiloh M. A. Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009
Because We Have the Power to Choose: A Critical Analysis of the Rhetorical Strategies Used in Merck's Gardasil Campaign , Brittney Lee Buttweiler
Communicative Strategies Used in the Introduction of Spirituality in the Workplace , Matthew Alan Condon
Cultures in Residence: Intercultural Communication Competence for Residence Life Staff , Bridget Eileen Flaherty
The Influence of Sibling Support on Children's Post-Divorce Adjustment: A Turning Point Analysis , Kimberly Ann Jacobs
TALK ABOUT “HOOKING UP”: HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS‟ ACCOUNTS OF “HOOKING UP” IN SOCIAL NETWORKS INFLUENCES ENGAGING IN RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR , Amanda J. Olson
The Effect of Imagined Interactions on Secret Revelation and Health , Adam Stephens Richards
Teaching Intercultural Communication Competence in the Healthcare Context , Jelena Stojakovic
Quitting versus Not Quitting: The Process and Development of an Assimilation Program Within Opportunity Resources, Inc. , Amanda N. Stovall
Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008
IMAGES AS A LAYER OF POSITIVE RHETORIC: A VALUES-BASED CASE STUDY EXPLORING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN VISUAL AND VERBAL ELEMENTS FOUND ON A RURAL NATURAL RESOURCES NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WEBSITE , Vailferree Stilwell Brechtel
Relational Transgressions in Romantic Relationships: How Individuals Negotiate the Revelation and Concealment of Transgression Information within the Social Network , Melissa A. Maier
Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007
THE SOCIALIZATION OF SEASONAL EMPLOYEES , Maria Dawn Blevins
Friends the family you choose (no matter what: An investigation of fictive kin relationships amoung young adults. , Kimberly Anne Clinger
Public relations in nonprofit organizations: A guide to establishing public relations programs in nonprofit settings , Megan Kate Gale
Negotiated Forgiveness in Parent-Child Relationships: Investigating Links to Politeness, Wellness and Sickness , Jennifer Lynn Geist
Developing and Communicating Better Sexual Harassment Policies Through Ethics and Human Rights , Thain Yates Hagan
Managing Multiple Identities: A Qualitative Study of Nurses and Implications for Work-Family Balance , Claire Marie Spanier
BEYOND ORGANIC: DEFINING ALTERNATIVES TO USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC , Jennifer Ann von Sehlen
Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006
Graduate Teaching Assistant Interpretations and Responses to Student Immediacy Cues , Clair Owen Canfield
Verbal negotiation of affection in romantic relationships , Andrea Ann Richards
Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005
Art of forgiveness , Carrie Benedict
"We shall fight for the things we have always held nearest our hearts": Rhetorical strategies in the U.S. woman suffrage movement , Stephanie L. Durnford
War on Terror Middle-East peace and a drive around the ranch: The rhetoric of US-Saudi diplomacy in the post-911 period , J. Robert Harper
What do you mean by competence?: A comparison of perceived communication competence among North Americans and Chinese , Chao He
Rhetoric of public interest in an inter-organizational environmental debate: The Fernie mining controversy. , Shelby Jo. Long
Investigation of the initiation of short-term relationships in a vacation setting. , Aneta Milojevic
"It 's the other way around"| Sustainability, promotion, and the shaping of identity in nonprofit arts organizations , Georgi A. Rausch
Child left behind: An examination of comforting strategies goals and outcomes following the death of a child , Kelly R. Rossetto
Profile of the modern smokejumper| A tension-centered lens on identity and identification , Cade Wesley Spaulding
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Communication Theses and Dissertations
Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.
Consumer Purchase Intent in Opinion Leader Live Streaming , Jihong Huo
Organizing and Communicating Health: A Culture-centered and Necrocapitalist Inquiry of Groundwater Contamination in Rural West Bengal , Parameswari Mukherjee
HIV Stalks Bodies Like Mine: An Autoethnography of Self-Disclosure, Stigmatized Identity, and (In)Visibility in Queer Lived Experience , Steven Ryder
Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
Reviving the Christian Left: A Thematic Analysis of Progressive Christian Identity in American Politics , Adam Blake Arledge
Organizing Economies: Narrative Sensemaking and Communciative Resilience During Economic Disruption , Timothy Betts
The Tesla Brake Failure Protestor Scandal: A Case Study of Situational Crisis Communication Theory on Chinese Media , Jiajun Liu
Inflammatory Bowel Disease & Social (In)Visibility: An Interpretive Study of Food Choice, Self-Blame and Coping in Women Living with IBD , Jessica N. Lolli
Florida Punks: Punk, Performance, and Community at Gainesville’s Fest , Michael Anthony Mcdowell Ii
Re-centering and De-centering ‘Race’: an Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Organizational Websites , Beatriz Nieto-Fernandez
The Labors of Professional Wrestling: The Dream, the Drive, and Debility , Brooks Oglesby
Outside the Boundaries of Biomedicine: A Culture-Centered Approach to Female Patients Living Undiagnosed and Chronically Ill , Bianca Siegenthaler
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Identity Salience on Online Political Expression and Political Participation in the United States , Jonathon Smith
Grey’s Anatomy and End of Life Ethics , Sean Micheal Swenson
Informal Communication, Sensemaking, and Relational Precarity: Constituting Resilience in Remote Work During COVID , Tanya R.M. Vomacka
Making a Way: An Auto/ethnographic Exploration of Narratives of Citizenship, Identity, (Un)Belonging and Home for Black Trinidadian[-]American Women , Anjuliet G. Woodruffe
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
When I Rhyme It’s Sincerely Yours: Burkean Identification and Jay-Z’s Black Sincerity Rhetoric in the Post Soul Era , Antoine Francis Hardy
Explicating the Process of Communicative Disenfranchisement for Women with Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions (COPCs) , Elizabeth A. Hintz
Mitigating Negativity Bias in Media Selection , Gabrielle R. Jarmoszko
Blue Rage: A Critical Cultural Analysis of Policing, Whiteness, and Racial Surveillance , Wesley T. Johnson
Narratives of Success: How Honors College Newcomers Frame the Entrance to College , Cayla Lanier
Peminist Performance in/as Filipina Feminist Praxis: Collaging Stand-Up Comedy and the Narrative Points in Between , Christina-Marie A. Magalona
¿De dónde eres?: Negotiating identity as third culture kids , Sophia Margulies
The Rise of the "Gatecrashers": The Growing Impact of Athletes Breaking News on Mainstream Media through Social Media , Michael Nabors
Learning From The Seed: Illuminating Black Girlhood in Sustainable Living Paradigms , Toni Powell Powell Young
A Comparative Thematic Analysis of Newspaper Articles in France after the Bataclan and in the United States of America after Pulse , Simon Rousset
This is it: Latina/x Representation on One Day at a Time , Camille Ruiz Mangual
STOP- motion as theory, method, and praxis: ARRESTING moments of racialized gender in the academy , Sasha J. Sanders
Advice as Metadiscourse: On the gendering of women's leadership in advice-giving practices , Amaly Santiago
The Communicative Constitution of Environment: Land, Weather, Climate , Leanna K. Smithberger
Women Entrepreneurs in China: Dialectical Discourses, Situated Activities, and the (Re)production of Gender and Entrepreneurship , Zhenyu Tian
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
Constructing a Neoliberal Youth Culture in Postcolonial Bangladeshi Advertising , Md Khorshed Alam
Communication, Learning and Social Support at the Speaking Center: A Communities of Practice Perspective , Ann Marie Foley Coats
A Visit to Cuba: Performance Ethnography of Place , Adolfo Lagomasino
Elemental Climate Disaster Texts and Queer Ecological Temporality , Laura Mattson
When the Beat Drops: Exploring Hip Hop, Home and Black Masculinity , Marquese Lamont McFerguson
Communication Skills in Medical Education: A Discourse Analysis of Simulated Patient Practices , Grace Ellen Peters
Hiding Under the Sun: Health, Access, and Discourses of Representation in Undocumented Communities , Jaime Shamado Robb
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Walking Each Other Home: Sensemaking of Illness Identity in an Online Metastatic Cancer Community , Ariane B. Anderson
Widow Narratives on Film and in Memoirs: Exploring Formula Stories of Grief and Loss of Older Women After the Death of a Spouse , Jennifer R. Bender
Life as a Reluctant Immigrant: An Autoethnographic Inquiry , Dionel Cotanda
“It’s A Broken System That’s Designed to Destroy”: A Critical Narrative Analysis of Healthcare Providers’ Stories About Race, Reproductive Health, and Policy , Brianna Rae Cusanno
Representations of Indian Christians in Bollywood Movies , Ryan A. D'souza
(re)Making Worlds Together: Rooster Teeth, Community, and Sites of Engagement , Andrea M. M. Fortin
In Another's Voice: Making Sense of Reproductive Health as Women of Color , Nivethitha Ketheeswaran
Communication as Constitutive of Organization: Practicing Collaboration in and English Language Program , Ariadne Miranda
Interrogating Homonationalism in Love, Simon , Jessica S. Rauchberg
Making Sense at the Margins: Describing Narratives on Food Insecurity Through Hip-hop , Lemuel Scott
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
Telling a Rape Joke: Performing Humor in a Victim Help Center , Angela Mary Candela
Becoming a Woman of ISIS , Zoe D. Fine
The Uses of Community in Modern American Rhetoric , Cody Ryan Hawley
Opening Wounds and Possibilities: A Critical Examination of Violence and Monstrosity in Horror TV , Amanda K. Leblanc
As Good as it Gets: Redefining Survival through Post-Race and Post-Feminism in Apocalyptic Film and Television , Mark R. McCarthy
Managing a food health crisis: Perceptions and reactions to different response strategies , Yifei Ren
Everything is Fine: Self-Portrait of a Caregiver with Chronic Depression and Other Preexisting Conditions , Erin L. Scheffels
Lives on the (story)Line: Group Facilitation with Men in Recovery at The Salvation Army , Lisa Pia Zonni Spinazola
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
Breach: Understanding the Mandatory Reporting of Title IX Violations as Pedagogy and Performance , Jacob G. Abraham
Documenting an Imperfect Past: Examining Tampa's Racial Integration through Community, Film, and Remembrance of Central Avenue , Travis R. Bell
Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia and Quality-of-Life: Ovarian and Uterine Cancer Patients and the Aesthetics of Disease , Meredith L. Clements
Full-Time Teleworkers Sensemaking Process for Informal Communication , Sheila A. Gobes-Ryan
Volunteer Tourism: Fulfilling the Needs for God and Medicine in Latin America , Erin Howell
Practical Theology in an Interpretive Community: An Ethnography of Talk, Texts and Video in a Mediated Women's Bible Study , Nancie Hudson
Performing Narrative Medicine: Understanding Familial Chronic Illness through Performance , Alyse Keller
Second-Generation Bruja : Transforming Ancestral Shadows into Spiritual Activism , Lorraine E. Monteagut
The Rhetoric of Scientific Authority: A Rhetorical Examination of _An Inconvenient Truth_ , Alexander W. Morales
Daniel Bryan & The Negotiation of Kayfabe in Professional Wrestling , Brooks Oglesby
Improvising Close Relationships: A Relational Perspective on Vulnerability , Nicholas Riggs
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
When Maps Ignore the Territory: An Examination of Gendered Language in Cancer Patient Literature , Joanna Bartell
From Portraits to Selfies: Family Photo-making Rituals , Krystal M. Bresnahan
Spiritual Frameworks in Pediatric Palliative Care: Understanding Parental Decision-making , Lindy Grief Davidson
Blue-Collar Scholars: Bridging Academic and Working-Class Worlds , Nathan Lee Hodges
The Communication Constitution of Law Enforcement in North Carolina’s Efforts Against Human Trafficking , Elizabeth Hampton Jeter
“Black Americans and HIV/AIDS in Popular Media” Conforming to The Politics of Respectability , Alisha Lynn Menzies
Selling the American Body: The Construction of American Identity Through the Slave Trade , Max W. Plumpton
In Search of Solidarity: Identification Participation in Virtual Fan Communities , Jaime Shamado Robb
Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015
Straight Benevolence: Preserving Heterosexual Authority and White Privilege , Robb James Bruce
A Semiotic Phenomenology of Homelessness and the Precarious Community: A Matter of Boundary , Heather Renee Curry
Heart of the Beholder: The Pathos, Truths and Narratives of Thermopylae in _300_ , James Christopher Holcom
Was It Something They Said? Stand-up Comedy and Progressive Social Change , David M. Jenkins
The Meaning of Stories Without Meaning: A Post-Holocaust Experiment , Tori Chambers Lockler
Half Empty/Half Full: Absence, Ethnicity, and the Question of Identity in the United States , Ashley Josephine Martinez
Feeling at Home with Grief: An Ethnography of Continuing Bonds and Re-membering the Deceased , Blake Paxton
"In Heaven": Christian Couples' Experiences of Pregnancy Loss , Grace Ellen Peters
“You Better Redneckognize”: White Working-Class People and Reality Television , Tasha Rose Rennels
Designing Together with the World Café: Inviting Community Ideas for an Idea Zone in a Science Center , William Travis Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014
Crisis Communication: Sensemaking and Decision-making by the CDC Under Conditions of Uncertainty and Ambiguity During the 2009-2010 H1N1 Pandemic , Barbara Bennington
Communication as Yoga , Kristen Caroline Blinne
Love and (M)other (Im)possibilities , Summer Renee Cunningham
The Rhetoric of Corporate Identity: Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Globalization , Carolyn Day
"Is That What You Dream About? Being a Monster?": Bella Swan and the Construction of the Monstrous-Feminine in The Twilight Saga , Amanda Jayne Firestone
Organizing Disability: Producing Knowledge in a University Accommodations Office , Shelby Forbes
Emergency Medicine Triage as the Intersection of Storytelling, Decision-Making, and Dramaturgy , Colin Ainsworth Forde
Changing Landscapes: End-of-Life Care & Communication at a Zen Hospice , Ellen W. Klein
"We're Taking Slut Back": Analyzing Racialized Gender Politics in Chicago's 2012 Slutwalk March , Aphrodite Kocieda
Informing, Entertaining and Persuading: Health Communication at The Amazing You , David Haldane Lee
(Dis)Abled Gaming: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Decreasing Accessibility For Disabled Gamers , Kyle David Romano
Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
African Americans and Hospice: A Culture-Centered Exploration of Disparities in End-of-Life Care , Patrick Dillon
Polysemy, Plurality, & Paradigms: The Quixotic Quest for Commensurability of Ethics and Professionalism in the Practices of Law , Eric Paul Engel
Examining the Ontoepistemological Underpinnings of Diversity Education Found in Interpersonal Communication Textbooks , Tammy L. Jeffries
The 2008 Candlelight Protest in South Korea: Articulating the Paradox of Resistance in Neoliberal Globalization , Huikyong Pang
Compassionate Storytelling with Holocaust Survivors: Cultivating Dialogue at the End of an Era , Chris J. Patti
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13 Writing the Thesis and Outline
Learning objectives.
After completing the activities in this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify three ways to organize your ideas
- Identify the components of a thesis statement
- Evaluate thesis statements
- Identify the steps needed to create an outline
- Create a thesis statement and outline
To write well, you need to understand your audience and purpose. Once you know why you are writing, and to whom, you can start to organize your ideas. One way to get organized is to create an outline before you begin to write. An outline is the blueprint to your finished product.
Research Question
It’s a good idea to start a writing project with a research question. If your instructor has provided you with a broad topic, creating a research question might help you narrow that topic down:
Now you need to do research to determine your answer to the question. Doing some preliminary research will give you a broad understanding of your narrowed topic, which will help you decide your stance and determine how you can support your stance.
Creating a Thesis Statement
You can write a draft thesis statement after you’ve done some preliminary research. You need to do this research first to ensure that you can answer your research question using credible sources. See the Researching chapter of this book for more details.
Your thesis statement is a concise one-sentence answer to your research question.
The thesis statement expresses three things:
- the specific topic of the paper
- your stance (or, “opinion” or “position”) on that topic
- the main reasons for your opinion
The table below shows how a thesis statement evolves from a broad topic.
Can you identify the three necessary components in each of the thesis statements above? Notice that all of the thesis statements above are for papers that will have three body paragraphs; which one thesis is for an essay that will have only two body paragraphs?
Learning Check
Check your understanding of thesis statements. Consider this example thesis statement and answer the questions below:
Culture shock can negatively affect international students emotionally, physically, and academically.
Parallel Structure in Thesis Statements
Notice that the supporting reasons in each thesis above are given in parallel structure.
Thesis Statement Placement
Your thesis is the single most important sentence in your writing. In academic writing, the thesis statement is placed at the end of the introductory paragraph.
Develop a working thesis statement that states your controlling idea for the piece of writing you are doing. On a sheet of paper, write your working thesis statement.
You will make several attempts before you devise a working thesis statement that you think is effective. Each draft of the thesis statement will bring you closer to the wording that expresses your meaning exactly.
Information in this section has been adapted from Chapter 8.2: Outlining in Writing for Success by University of Minnesota Libraries [1] which is made available by Pressbooks under a CC BY-NC-SA license except where otherwise noted.
For an essay question on a test or a brief oral presentation in class, all you may need to prepare is a short, informal outline in which you jot down key ideas in the order you will present them. This kind of outline reminds you to stay focused in a stressful situation and to include all the good ideas that help you explain or prove your point.
For a longer assignment, like an essay or a research paper, many college instructors require students to submit their outline for approval before writing and submitting the paper for grading. This is a way to be sure you are on the right track and are working in an organized manner.
A formal outline is a detailed guide that shows how all your supporting ideas relate to each other. It helps you distinguish between ideas that are of equal importance and ones that are of lesser importance. You build your paper based on the framework created by the outline. Instructors may also require you to submit an outline with your final draft to check the direction of the assignment and the logic of your final draft. If you must submit an outline with the final draft of a paper, remember to revise the outline to reflect any changes you made while writing the paper.
Here’s an example of a detailed outline for a standard 5-paragraph essay [2] :
Notice that there are three body paragraphs (II, III, and IV). Each body paragraph contains four main ideas (a-d) and each main idea is further supported with a few specific details (i-iii). In a research essay, those specific details should be facts from reliable sources and there should be an APA in-text citation (Author, year, location) next to each one.
Organizing Ideas
The three common methods of organizing writing are chronological, spatial, and importance.
As you create your outline, be mindful of how you organize your supporting body paragraphs. In the example outline above, the writer has chosen to present ideas in “order of importance” with the last, and most persuasive, reason last. Putting the most important reason at the end is an effective strategy for persuasive writing.
Checklist: Writing an Effective Outline
- Do I have a controlling idea that guides the development of the entire piece of writing?
- Do I have three or more main points that I want to make in this piece of writing? Does each main point connect to my controlling idea?
- Is my outline in the best order—chronological order, spatial order, or order of importance—for me to present my main points? Will this order help me get my main point across?
- Do I have supporting details that will help me inform, explain, or prove my main points?
- Do I need to add more support? If so, where?
- Do I need to make any adjustments in my working thesis statement before I consider it the final version?
- University of Minnesota Libraries. (2015). Writing for success . Pressbooks. https://open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/ ↵
- Veillieux, H. (2021, April 9). 5 Paragraph Outline Example [Digital Image]. In Writing the thesis and outline . Confederation College. https://bit.ly/36aiBWn . CC BY 4.0 . ↵
a writer's position, or opinion, on their topic
Supporting points are the main reasons that explain your point of view on a topic. In a research paper, support should be facts and opinion of experts that you have located from reliable sources. In reflective writing, support might include your personal experiences.
In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. The application of parallelism affects readability and may make texts easier to process.
Provide an in-text citation (with author and date information) along with a reference entry (containing complete retrieval information) to tell the reader the original source of the information used.
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Theses/projects/dissertations from 2024 2024.
“BARBIE IS AS MUCH ABOUT FASHION AS SHE IS ABOUT CULTURE AND EMPOWERMENT”: FEMINISM IN BARBIE THE MOVIE AND ITS POSTFEMINIST MARKETING , Brooke Ashley Shepherd
Investigating the Potential of Augmented Reality in Creating a Sense of Place on College Campuses , Linda White
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2023 2023
CEZZARTT: BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS , Cesar Aguiar
BLACK WOMEN PROFESSIONALS CHARGED WITH DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION WORK: USE SILENCING ^VOICE TO RESIST AND NAVIGATE EMBEDDED STRUCTURES OF WHITENESS IN HIERARCHICAL ACADEMIA , Malika Bratton
TRANSFORMING BLACK STUDENTS’ HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCES AND LIVES: A PROPOSAL FOR THE CSU , Don Lundy
THE PATRIARCHY BECOMES THAT GIRL: TIKTOK AND THE MEDIATIZATION OF HEGEMONIC FEMININITY , Irene Molinar
“YO SÍ SOY BORICUA, PA’ QUE TÚ LO SEPAS”: A DECOLONIAL AND INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ , Jocelin Monge
Public Relations for Cryptocurrency: Coinbase Guidebook , Logan Odneal
CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS FOR INFORMAL, SHORT-TERM EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: A PORTAL PROPOSAL FOR CSUSB , Dia Poole
Anticolonial Feminism, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, and the Female Gothic: A Textual Analysis of Mexican Gothic , Hana Vega
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2022 2022
"ADVANCING PRIDE": HOW NEW TURKISH HISTORICAL DRAMAS CHALLENGED WESTERN MEDIA'S STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES OF MUSLIMS , Naim Aburaddi
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT KILLING US, THE POLICE ARE KILLING US: HOW THE CHANGE IN THE SUBJECTIVE REALITY OF NIGERIAN CITIZENS BROUGHT ABOUT THE #ENDSARS PROTESTS , Olabode Adefemi Lawal
UNAPOLOGETICALLY HER: A NOMADIC-INTERSECTIONAL CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ON LIZZO AND JILLIAN MICHAELS , Alexia Berlynn Martinez
THE RAIN OVER HANOI: A PERSONAL PROJECT ABOUT SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE, STORY, REPRESENTATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL STRUGGLE , Joan Moua
BLACK FEMALE ATHLETES’ USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACTIVISM: AN INTERSECTIONAL AND CYBERFEMINIST ANALYSIS OF U.S. HAMMER-THROWER, GWEN BERRY'S 2019 AND 2021 PODIUM PROTESTS , Ariel Newell
GIRL POWER?: 2017’S WONDER WOMAN AS A FEMINIST TEXT AND ICON IN AN ERA OF POST-FEMINIST MEDIA , Rachel Richardson
OVERCOMING SELF-OBJECTIFICATION THROUGH A MIND BODY AWARENESS PROGRAM , Alexandra Winner-Bachus
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2021 2021
THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM IS OUR SILENCE: NARRATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF SILENCED ADULTS , Rebeccah Avila
How Couples YouTube Channels Forge "Friendships" With Their Viewers: A Thematic Textual Analysis , Marisol Botello
THE CURIOUS CASES OF CANCEL CULTURE , Loydie Solange Burmah
“DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?”: INFLUENCE OF EMBODIMENT AND IMMERSION ON CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION IN VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS , Shane Burrell
INTO THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM, ANOTHER TOUR OF DUTY: A GUIDE FOR INSTRUCTORS OF VETERAN STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION , Steven deWalden
DECOLONIAL LESSONS FROM HISTORICAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS: RECONSTRUCTING AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY AS RESISTANCE IN PRAXIS , Rhejean King-Johnson
WELCOMING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN TO CSUSB: MAKING AN INTERGENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE , Leslie Leach
INCLUSIVITY IN PRACTICE: A QUEER EXAMINATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF TRANS COMMUNITIES FROM THE STANDPOINTS OF TRANS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS , Sean Maulding
ENHANCING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN A SOCIALLY DISTANCED WORLD BY HUMANIZING ONLINE EDUCATION: A GUIDE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS , Gilma Linette Ramirez Reyes
COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION: A PRESSING MATTER FOR STUDENTS, A PROJECT ADDRESSING UNIQUE NEEDS USING COMMUNICATION IN THE DISCIPLINE WORKSHOPS , Brenda L. Rombalski
When the Victim Becomes the Accused: A Critical Analysis of Silence and Power in the Sexual Harassment Case of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh , Erendira Torres
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING MANUAL: FOR FACULTY TO HELP STUDENTS , Ricardo Vega
THE IMPACT OF RACIST COMMUNICATION PRACTICES (RCP) ON A FORMERLY INCARCERATED STUDENT BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PRISON , George Zaragoza
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2020 2020
REPORTING ON SUICIDE: A THEMATIC DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON DISCOURSES REGARDING SUICIDE IN 2010S HIP-HOP SONGS , Andy Allen Acosta Jr.
COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE TRAINING WITHIN MINORITY-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES , Shirleena Racine Baggett
“REAL ME VERSUS SOCIAL MEDIA ME:” FILTERS, SNAPCHAT DYSMORPHIA, AND BEAUTY PERCEPTIONS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN , Janella Eshiet
DESDE LA PERIFERIA DE LA MILPA: TESTIMONIOS DE MSM DE LOS RANCHOS Y LOS PUEBLOS DE SOUTHERN MEXICO (FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE CORNFIELD: TESTIMONIES OF MSM FROM THE RANCHES AND TOWNS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO) , Luis Esparza
WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION: EXAMINING LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE THEORY, UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE, AND SOCIAL STYLES , Guy Robinson
Passing vs Non-Passing: Latina/o/x Experiences and Understandings of Being Presumed White , Francisco Rodriguez
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Fully Immersed, Fully Present: Examining the User Experience Through the Multimodal Presence Scale and Virtual Reality Gaming Variables , Andre Adame
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY: COMMUNICATIVE DISSOCIATION BETWEEN BLACK AMERICANS AND AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS , Melody Adejare
TAKING A KNEE: AN INTERPRETIVE STUDY ON PRINT NEWS COVERAGE OF THE COLIN KAEPERNICK PROTESTS , Kriston Costello
TO BE OR NOT TO BE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INTERCULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MEXICAN AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN AMERICAN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS , Jessica Helen Vierra
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2018 2018
"I JUST GOT OUT; I NEED A PLACE TO LIVE": A BUSINESS PLAN FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING , Walker Beverly V
Performing Stereotypical Tropes on Social Media Sites: How Popular Latina Performers Reinscribe Heteropatriarchy on Instagram , Ariana Arely Cano
NEGOTIATING STRATEGIES: AN EFFECTIVE WAY FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO COMMUNICATE FOR SERVICES , Dorothea Cartwright
A COMMUNICATION GUIDE FOR EX-OFFENDERS , Richard Anthony Contreras
AUTHENTICALLY DISNEY, DISTINCTLY CHINESE: A CASE STUDY OF GLOCALIZATION THROUGH SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND’S BRAND NARRATIVE , Chelsea Michelle Galvez
“I AM NOT A PRINCESS BUT…”: AN IDEOLOGICAL CRITICISM OF “FEMINIST” IDEOLOGIES IN DISNEY’S MOANA , Victoria Luckner
MEETING “THE ONE” AT MIDNIGHT IS YOUR DESTINY: THE ROLE OF YUAN IN USE OF THE TAIWANESE SOCIAL NETWORK, DCARD , Wen-Yueh Shu
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2017 2017
HANDBOOK ON TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS , Michael Anthony Arteaga
TRAGIC MULATTA 2.0: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROXIMATION AND CRITIQUE OF THE REPRESENTATIONS OF BI-ETHNIC WOMEN IN U.S. FILM AND TV , Hadia Nouria Bendelhoum
MEETING THE DISTANCE EDUCATION CHALLENGE: A GUIDE FOR DESIGNING ONLINE CLASSROOMS , Patrick Allen Bungard
MASTERING THE TASK AND TENDING TO THE SELF: A GUIDE FOR THE GRADUATE TEACHING ASSOCIATE , Angelina Nicole Burkhart
The Construction of Candidate’s Political Image on Social Media: A Thematic Analysis of Facebook Comments in the 2014 Presidential Election in Indonesia , Siti A. Rachim Marpaung Malik
BACKPEDALING NUGGET SMUGGLERS: A FACEBOOK AND NEWS ARTICLE THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF CHICK-FIL-A VS. GAY MARRIAGE , Stacy M. Wiedmaier
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2015 2015
Value Driven: An Analysis of Attitudes and Values Via BET Programming Past and Present , Sasha M. Rice
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2014 2014
CELEBRITIES, DRINKS, AND DRUGS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CELEBRITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS PORTRAYED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES , Brent John Austin
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, KEEP IN TOUCH, AS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF VISITATION , Shalom Z. LaPoint and Shalom Z. LaPoint
Selling Disbelief , Gregory S. McKinley-Powell
Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
Media and corporate blame: Gate keeping and framing of the British Petroleum oil spill of 2010 , Kudratdeep Kaur Dhaliwal
Sperm stealers & post gay politics: Lesbian-parented families in film and television , Elena Rose Martinez
Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012
Like us on Facebook: A social media campaign's effect on relationship management outcomes for a non-profit organization , Natalia Isabel López-Thismón
Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011
This is not a love story: A semiotic discourse analysis of romantic comedies , Stephanie Lynn Gomez
Blackness as a weapon: A critical discourse analysis of the 2009 Henry Louis Gates arrest in national mainstream media , Ashley Ann Jones
Fabulistic: Examination and application of narratology and screenplay craft , Nicholas DeVan Snead
Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010
The effect of cold calling and culture on communication apprehension , Kimberly Noreen Aguilar
The artistry of teaching: Commedia Dell'arte's improvisational strategies and its implications for classroom participation , Jean Artemis Vezzalini
Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009
Internet marketing strategy and the cognitive response approach: Achieving online fundraising success with targeted donor outreach , Carrie Dawn Cornwall
Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008
The design of an intercultural communication skills training for multicultural Catholic parishes in the Diocese of San Bernardino , Marco Aurelio De Tolosa Raposo
Religious social support groups: Strengthening leadership with communication competence , JoAnne Irene Flynn
Parametric media: A strategic market analysis and marketing plan for a digital signage, interactive kiosk and content company , Helena Irita Fowler
Factors affecting cognitive dissonance among automobile magazine subscribers , Petroulla Giasoumi
Web templates: Unifying the Web presence of California State University San Bernardino , Angela Marie Gillespie
United States media portrayals of the developing world: A semiotic analysis of the One campaign's internet web site , Lindsey Marie Haussamen
The Use of Violence as Feminist Rhetoric: Third-Wave Feminism in Tarantino's Kill Bill Films , Leah Andrea Katona
Superior-subordinate relationships found in Scrubs: A discourse analysis , Nicolle Elizabeth Quick
Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007
A cultural studies analysis of the Christian women vocalists movement from the 1980's to 2000: Influences, stars and lyrical meaning making , Mary Elizabeth Akers
The application of marketing and communication theories on community festival event planning , Khara Louise Dizmon
The mad rhetoric: Toward a rigor on radical creativity and its function in consciousness as a communicative principle , Eugene David Hetzel
Millennial pre-camp staff training: Incorporating generational knowledge, learning strategies and compliance gaining techniques , Dana Robin Magilen
Images and lyrics: Representations of African American women in blues lyrics written by black women , Danette Marie Pugh-Patton
Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006
Views from the center: Middle-class white men and perspectives on social privilege , Sandra Jane Cross
Rendering whiteness visible in the Filipino culture through skin-whitening cosmetic advertisements , Beverly Romero Natividad
Bias in the network nightly news coverage of the 2004 presidential election , Stephen Arthur Shelton
Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005
A proposed resource development plan for the Department of Communication Studies, California State University San Bernardino , Donna Louise Cooley
From 9/11 to Iraq: Analysis and critique of the rhetoric of the Bush Administration leading to the war in Iraq , LaKesha Nicole Covington
A queer look at feminist science fiction: Examing Sally Miller Gearhart's The Kanshou , Jennifer Jodelle Floerke
Proposed marketing and advertising campaign for the United Negro College Fund , Rashida Patrice Hamm
The online marketing plan for Indra Jewelry Company, Thailand , Vorapoj Liyawarakhun
A metaphoric cluster analysis of the rhetoric of digital technology , Michael Eugene Marse and Nicholas Negroponte
Talking about drugs: Examining self-disclosure and trust in adult children from substance abusive families , Susan Renee Mattson
The public relations campaign for Bangkok fashion week, Thailand , Chanoknart Paitoonmongkon
A web design shop for local business owners , Mary Colleen Rice
International students' reliance on home-country related internet use , Songkwun Sukontapatipak
Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004
Zapatistas: The shifting rhetoric of a modern revolution , Ofelia Morales Bejar
Globalization, values, and consumer trends: A French and USA comparison , Alexandre Hatlestad-Shey
Values and symbols: An intercultural analysis of web pages on the Internet , Aura Constanza Mosquera
Creating community through communication: The case of East Desert Unified School District , Michelle Elizabeth Shader
A comparison of women's roles as portrayed in Taiwanese and Chinese magazine print advertising , Yi-Chen Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003
The concept of interest in the Western and Middle Eastern society , Mustapha Ben Amira
A comprehensive examination of the precode horror comic books of the 1950's , Gene Marshall Broxson
Narrative versus traditional journalism: Appeal, believability, understanding, retention , John David Emig
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178 Communication Research Topics For Your Paper
Imagine what the world would be without communication! How would we get along? I guess there would be no sense in existing after all. That is just a tiny snippet of how important communication is in everyday life. Exchanging information is a key component of coexistence as it creates order and a sense of satisfaction in the end.
However, communication as a discipline cuts across all other niches in the academic world. Students from an Engineering course would also take up communication as a unit of study. Students delve into the transmission, representation, reception, and decoding of information communicated to a greater extent.
Situations When You May Need To Write A Communication Paper
Various scenarios call for a communication paper either as an assignment or a research project in college. The communication papers needed for every situation vary in format and outline. Here are some of the cases when communication papers are necessary:
When writing a resume or cover letter In presentations and reports Internal or external communication in a company Writing a thesis statement
When writing communication papers in these different scenarios, students can develop the following aspects:
Understand the various communication phenomena Ability to direct communication messages towards accomplishing individual and organizational goals Understand various types of communication such as rhetoric, interpersonal or organizational
Such an assignment is peculiar because it deals with students’ communication processes. Therefore, the student can easily relate a communication assignment to the real-world environment.
You will have to conduct extensive digging before writing your paper like any other research project. In writing a communication research paper, you will benefit from the importance of communication in general, such as building better relationships and finding the right solutions to various problems.
It takes a lot of time to create a high-quality writing, so you have all the right to ask dissertation writers for hire to help.
Guidelines On Structure And Step By Step Tips On Writing
To have an award-winning communication paper, you need to understand that structure is always at the heart of it all. A great communication paper follows the structure below:
Solid intro : Begin by presenting a captivating introduction by highlighting the facts, questions, or problems that you will explore in the body. The reader should find more than a million reasons to proceed with your essay by reading the first two lines. A strong thesis statement is also necessary for the introduction. An insightful literature review : It shows the theoretical basis of your research project, thus giving it validity. An in-depth literature review will give room for exploration and further research. Main body : This is where we expect to find all your findings, methodological steps, concepts, analyses, and the outcome. Discussion and conclusion : Depending on your professor’s instructions, you can divide this into two parts or put it as one. In either case, this section will consist of the strengths and weaknesses of your research and any future development or improvements. You could also compare the results found in your research with what other authors have discovered.
Provided you have all your facts at hand, a communication research paper will be the easiest you will ever handle in college. Nonetheless, you can order a custom paper from various online writing experts.
If you want to make an impression with your communication research paper, here are some tips to consider:
Select a thought-provoking and captivating research topic Have a working outline with all the arguments and examples/evidence in place Ensure that you exhaust reading all the possible research materials on your topic Such papers are always in the first person except in unique cases
You can review some of the samples on our essay writer to familiarize yourself with the structure and outline of a communication research paper.
Let’s now explore 178 of the hottest communication research topics to ace your project:
Top Interpersonal Communication Research Topics
- Evaluate the different relational patterns of interaction theory
- How to achieve coordinated management of meaning
- Discuss the fundamentals of pedagogical communication
- How does technology relate to interpersonal communication?
- Key constructs of openness and closeness
- Establishing identities in the identity management theory
- Evaluate the contribution of interpersonal communication scholars
- How mental representations influence how people interpret information
- Conceptualizing the process of social interaction
- Discuss the various behavioral interaction patterns among siblings
- Why do individuals modify their communicative behavior?
- Describe why new environments present a challenge for most people to communicate effectively
- The role of eye contact and gestures in interpersonal communication
- Varying effects of nonverbal and verbal acts of interpersonal communication
- Effects of different cultures on interpersonal communication strategies
World-Class Communication Research Topics For College Students
- Understanding the historical research methods in communication
- Discuss the relationship between technology, media, and culture
- Evaluate the various revolutions in human communication
- Discuss the developments made in the invention of human speech and language
- The role of image-making, cinema, and media entertainment in communication
- How to overcome communication barriers among students
- Steps in encouraging participation in meetings
- How employees contribute to the information flow in organizations
- How to evaluate a report based on its findings
- Sources of error during nonverbal communication
- How the media can match the channels of communication to their audience
- Ensuring audience attention during a presentation
- The impact of graphics in communication strategies
- How to interpret non-verbal signals
- Developing communication methods that match a given purpose
Possible Topics For Communication Research
- How to develop realistic communication strategies
- Discuss the economics of finance in communication processes
- How exposure to radio and TV impacts communication
- How to manage controversial issues in communication
- Why speaking with confidence is still difficult for many people
- The effectiveness of communicating with words and body language
- Why defining your purpose is key in any communication process
- Why explanatory communication is more difficult than informative communication
- The place of communication in long-distance relationships
- Communication strategies that influence people
- How to use communication effectively for conflict resolution
- Developing your self-esteem for effective communication
- Effects of redundancy in communication processes
- The place of responsibility in developing communication messages
- How to acquire effective communication skills in college
Latest Communication Topic For Research
- The role of persuasive dialogue in negotiations
- Why everyone must learn proper expression strategies
- Effects of emoji and other characters in enhancing textual conversations
- The role of propaganda in shaping communication tones
- Evaluate the unique political language used in America versus Africa
- The continuing impact of the internet on interpersonal communication
- How images are enhancing communication
- Discuss the effects of gender victimization on communication
- Evaluate the development of modern digital communication
- How to effectively communicate during a war or crisis
- How hacking is transforming communication of encrypted messages
- Effects of stereotyping in developing communication messages
- Is virtual reality ruining effective communication?
- Evaluate language as a barrier in communicating messages
- The role of empathy in communicating to victims of a disaster
Top-Notch Communication Research Paper Topics
- The role of diplomacy in fostering better relations among countries
- Why aided communication may not achieve the intended purpose
- Effects of using a translator in the communication of critical messages
- Evaluate the development of audio-visual devices for communication
- The dangers of failing to notice barriers to communication
- How stigma and prejudice impact effective communication
- Discuss the impact of having a common language in a country
- How social classes affect communication messages
- Factors that hinder communication between fighting political sides
- How to develop strong communication skills in a marketplace
- Why opinions may prevent one from seeing the true picture
- Discuss the role of fantasy and exaggeration in communication
- Differences between oral and verbal messages in conveying information
- The role of attitude and mood in enhancing effective message delivery
- How the media sets the communication pattern of a given society
Highly Rated Mass Communication Research Topics
- Discuss the essence of social media among PR practitioners
- The role of mass media in rebranding a nation
- Challenges to media freedom and their impact on proper communication
- Discuss the effects of news commercialization and their credibility
- How TV advertisements impact children and their development
- Compare and contrast between animation and real-people adverts in mass media
- How the internet affects professionalization in news media
- How mass media messages contribute to the development of religion in Africa
- Evaluate the radio listenership patterns between men and women
- How does mass media contribute to an emerging democracy
- Discuss how the media enlightens the public on issues of concern
- The role of mass media in communicating development messages
- Why mass media is critical before, during, and after elections
- Assess the influence of community radio in remote areas
- How mass media contributes to national integration
Good Communication Research Topics
- What determines consumer preference patterns in the 21 st century?
- Effective communication strategies for creating awareness against drug abuse
- Prospects and challenges of local dialects in communication
- Evaluate the influence of television on public opinion
- Discuss the growing cyberactivism in the digital age
- How social media is contributing to misleading information
- Challenges facing teachers when communicating to pre-school students
- Discuss the impact of information overload on the credibility of information
- Evaluate communication patterns among the youth in the US
- Assess the effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on communication patterns
- How public perception influences communication strategies
- Explain how mothers learn to communicate with and understand their babies at such a tender age
- The role of music in shaping communication models
- How to overcome the challenge of top-down communication in companies
- Management of information on online media for effective use
Business Communication Research Paper Topics
- Discuss the increasing role of influencers on brand marketing
- Why company blogs are essential in attracting new clients
- Evaluate the differences between face to face and virtual business meetings
- The growing popularity of social media in business marketing
- Why every company should have a partner relations department
- Dealing with complaints in a relaxed and useful manner
- Why online project management is the future of business
- Discuss why it is necessary to have company retreats
- Explore the role of digital document sharing in speeding up business communication
- Effects of relying on online communication at the expense of physical meetings
- The role of effective business management in the performance of an organization
- How staff motivation improve the overall working environment
- Discuss the place of corporate social responsibility in a company
- Effective ways of handling crisis in a large company
- Explain why trust is important in any business partnerships
Intercultural Communication Research Topics
- Discuss how Muslims interact with Christians at a social level
- Evaluate the reception of instructions from a man to a woman
- How Americans interact with Africans at the basic level
- Discuss how an American Democrat would associate with a Chinese politician
- Discuss the impact of marginalization in developing communication messages
- How migration and immigration affect communication patterns
- Effects of social stereotyping in communication
- How do Western communication models differ from those of Africa?
- Impact of discriminatory communication messages
- How to organize an effective intergroup come-together
- How the media represents various groups in its communication
- Effects of the growing intercultural norms
- The role of language attitudes in inhibiting effective communication
- Evaluate how ethnographic perspectives affect communication messages
- Why it is difficult to solve intercultural conflicts
Additional Interpersonal Communication Topics For Research Paper
- The role of interpersonal communication in team member satisfaction
- How collaboration and teamwork enhances business success
- Discuss how interpersonal communication enhances problem-solving skills
- The role of trust in interpersonal communication
- Effects of confusion, negativity, and conflicts on interpersonal communication
- How to deal with workplace miscommunication effectively
- The role of personalizing information
- How to improve internal communication channels in a company
- Discuss the role of interests in communication patterns
- Challenges when implementing modern communication solutions
- Evaluate how jargon and inattention make internal communication difficult
- The role of feedback in interpreting messages correctly
- Discuss the influence of environmental factors in communication
- Why miscommunication may result in a disconnect among a group of people
- Discuss the role of skills and knowledge in effective communication among leaders
Interesting Communication Research Topics
- How can effective interpersonal communication be a catalyst for action
- Why a focused and intentional approach is necessary for effective communication
- Discuss why online dating is not successful in most cases
- Evaluate the role of non-verbal communication and customer satisfaction
- Why is it important to have a list of communication networks?
- Effects of lack of personal contact when it comes to communication
- Discuss the various forms of human interactions and their influence on communication
- The role of clear communication during an organizational change process
- Why online communication is not as effective as physical meetings
- Evaluate the roles and issues involved in a nurse-patient communication
- The role of TV shows in determining how people relate to each other in the society
- Effects of the digital divide in communication paradigms
- The relationship between quality leadership and effective communication
- Why is email still not yet an effective communication medium?
- Effects of integrating marketing communication
General Communication Studies Research Topics
- Discuss the differences in body language between male and female
- The role of communication in familiarizing with someone
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Journal articles on the topic "Business communication":
Tyshchenko, Svitlana. "Ethics if Business Communication in the Management if Mass Communications." Modern Economics 28, no. 1 (August 20, 2021): 147–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.31521/modecon.v28(2021)-21.
Pearce, Glenn. "Business Communication." Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication 52, no. 1 (March 1989): 42–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/108056998905200113.
Cyr, Robert. "Business communications—China a blueprint for designing intercultural business communication training." Performance + Instruction 32, no. 5 (May 1993): 7–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pfi.4170320505.
Levine, Ross, Chen Lin, Qilin Peng, and Wensi Xie. "Communication within Banking Organizations and Small Business Lending." Review of Financial Studies 33, no. 12 (March 20, 2020): 5750–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhaa036.
Sherblom, J. C. "Changing Business Communication." Journal of Business Communication 33, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002194369603300103.
Carmichael, K. "Conceptualizing Business Communication." Journal of Business Communication 33, no. 3 (July 1, 1996): 327–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002194369603300306.
Goby, Valerie Priscilla. "Business Communication Needs." Journal of Business and Technical Communication 21, no. 4 (October 2007): 425–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1050651907304029.
Scheming, Oleg, and Roger B. Mason. "Communication channels and interpersonal communication between South African and German business partners." Corporate Ownership and Control 10, no. 4 (2013): 409–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv10i4c4art4.
Jerman, Damjana, and Bruno Završnik. "THE MODEL OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS EFFECTIVENESS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SLOVENIAN BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS PRACTICE." Journal of Business Economics and Management 13, no. 4 (September 17, 2012): 705–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16111699.2011.620163.
Kottani, Anil Kumar, and Ajay Kumar K.N. "A study on the role of WhatsApp as an emerging business communication tool among Startups and MSMEs in India." International Journal of Management and Development Studies 10, no. 11 (November 30, 2021): 09–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.53983/ijmds.v10n11.002.
Books on the topic "Business communication":
Vik, Gretchen N. Business communication . Burr Ridge, Ill: Irwin, 1994.
Andrews, Deborah C. Business communication . New York: Macmillan, 1988.
Krizan, A. C. Business communication . 7th ed. Mason, OH: Thomson South-Western, 2006.
Flatley, Marie Elizabeth. Business communication . Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2010.
Means, Thomas L. Business communication . 2nd ed. Australia: South-Western Centage Learning, 2010.
Harcourt, Jules. Business communication . 2nd ed. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Pub. Co., 1991.
Harcourt, Jules. Business communication . Cincinnati: South-Western Pub. Co., 1987.
Krizan, A. C. Business communication . 8th ed. Australia: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2011.
Lehman, Carol M. Business communication . Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2011.
Book chapters on the topic "Business communication":
Koller, Veronika. "Business Communication." In English Language , 594–606. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07789-9_36.
Koller, Veronika. "Business Communication." In English Language , 526–38. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57185-4_36.
Bauer, Wilhelm, and Klaus-Peter Stiefel. "Business communication." In Technology Guide , 268–71. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88546-7_51.
Stanton, Nicki. "Writing Business Letters." In Communication , 192–217. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20925-5_14.
Gorman, G. "Communication." In Business Studies GCSE , 155–64. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13832-6_14.
Wirtz, Bernd W. "E-Communication." In Electronic Business , 552–607. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19532-8_19.
Wirtz, Bernd W. "E-Communication." In Electronic Business , 523–83. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-4240-1_18.
Wirtz, Bernd W. "E-Communication." In Electronic Business , 504–61. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10347-7_18.
Wirtz, Bernd W. "E‐Communication." In Electronic Business , 713–78. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30712-7_24.
Snijkers, Ger, and Jacqui Jones. "Business Survey Communication." In Designing and Conducting Business Surveys , 359–430. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118447895.ch09.
Conference papers on the topic "Business communication":
Patafta, Dominik, and Ines Milohnić. "CHALLENGES OF MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION IN HOTEL BUSINESS OPERATIONS." In Tourism and hospitality industry . University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thi.26.21.
Peleckis, Kestutis, Valentina Peleckienė, Giedrė Lapinskienė, and Gitana Dudzeviciute. "PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND PERSUASION IN BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS." In Business and Management 2016 . VGTU Technika, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bm.2016.48.
Abrashi, Gazmend. "Organizational communication - Communication process in business organizations." In 2nd International Scientific Conference - Economics and Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times . Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Management Koper, Slovenia; Doba Business School - Maribor, Slovenia; Integrated Business Faculty - Skopje, Macedonia; Faculty of Management - Zajecar, Serbia, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/eman.2018.425.
Iacob, Constantin Ciprian, and Silvia Elena Iacob. "Communication, a Premise for Increasing the Organization's Performance." In International Conference Innovative Business Management & Global Entrepreneurship . LUMEN Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/ibmage2020/08.
Duneva, Emiliya. "TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING BUSINESS COMMUNICATION IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM." In TOURISM AND CONNECTIVITY 2020 . University publishing house "Science and Economics", University of Economics - Varna, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36997/tc2020.382.
"IDENTIFYING RUPTURES IN BUSINESS-IT COMMUNICATION THROUGH BUSINESS MODELS." In 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems . SciTePress - Science and and Technology Publications, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0002875900440051.
Mažeikienė, Aistė, Kęstutis Peleckis, and Valentina Peleckienė. "Business Negotiations and Business Meetings: Communication in the Bargaining Process." In The 7th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2012" . Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Publishing House Technika, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bm.2012.089.
Milosavljević, Katarina, Vesna Čelik Babić, and Katarina Držajić. "The importance of intercultural business communication and business language learning." In Synthesis 2015 . Belgrade, Serbia: Singidunum University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15308/synthesis-2015-755-759.
Das, Swarup, Shradha Deshpande, Sumedh Salvi, Saket Goyal, and Nivedita S. Bhirud. "RATAN: A Smart Business to Business (B2B) Communicator." In 2018 Fourth International Conference on Computing Communication Control and Automation (ICCUBEA) . IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccubea.2018.8697704.
Baydasheva, E. M. "Intercultural Communication in the Business Environment." In II International Scientific and Practical Conference "Individual and Society in the Modern Geopolitical Environment" Conference . European Publisher, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2020.12.04.11.
Reports on the topic "Business communication":
McPhedran, Robert, Kris Patel, Ben Toombs, Priya Menon, Michelle Patel, Joanna Disson, Katharine Porter, Alice Johns, and Alice Rayner. Food Allergen Communication in-business feasibility trial . Food Standards Agency, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46756/sci.fsa.aya629.
Levine, Ross, Chen Lin, Qilin Peng, and Wensi Xie. Communication within Banking Organizations and Small Business Lending . Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w25872.
Rada, Gabriel. Can email communication between health professionals improve healthcare? SUPPORT, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.30846/1701154.
Rada, Gabriel. Can email communication between health professionals improve healthcare? SUPPORT, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.30846/171501.
Bermejo-Casado, I., G. Campos García de Quevedo, and A. Sánchez-Bayón. Stress and burnout syndrome in event management into the communication agencies business . Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, November 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-2017-1225en.
Marshak, Ronni. The Four Cs of Business Process Management: Communication, Coordination, and Collaboration, and Customers! Boston, MA: Patricia Seybold Group, September 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1571/psgp7-4-02cc.
Hotta, Muneo. Intercultural communication competence and intercultural adjustment of Japanese business sojourners and their spouses . Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.6152.
McPhedran, R., K. Patel, B. Toombs, P. Menon, M. Patel, J. Disson, K. Porter, A. John, and A. Rayner. Food allergen communication in businesses feasibility trial . Food Standards Agency, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46756/sci.fsa.tpf160.
NIKITINA, IRINA. THE LANGUAGE OF CORRUPTION IN ENGLISH BUSINESS DISCOURSE . Science and Innovation Center Publishing House, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2077-1770-2020-4-3-163-169.
Giving Students Options for a Concept Paper in a Business Communications Course
The Communication Spotlight features innovative instructors who teach written, oral, digital/technological, kinetic, and visual communication modes.
Jennifer Hite received her BA majoring in Environmental Studies with a minor in Political Science from University of California at Santa Barbara, her MA in Communication Management from the Annenberg School of Communication at University of Southern California. She received a PhD in Organizational Behavior at UCI/The Paul Merage School of Business. Professor Hite has been an Instructor at the Annenberg School of Communication at USC, School of Business Administration at USC and UCI/The Paul Merage School of Business. She is a member of the Academy of Management, International Communication Association and the Society for Human Resources Management.
What is the assignment?
Concept Paper: Project or Idea Pitch
Project overview: You can choose from one of two tracks for the assignment:
- Introduce a new product or
- Introduce an existing product to another country.
Track 1: Introduce a New Product
Students selecting this track will produce a concept paper and pitch that follow the requirements of the Stella Zhang New Venture Competition . By the end of the quarter, you’ll have a solid concept paper and pitch ready if you choose to compete.
Product selection, Track 1: The product must be a completely new product or a better version of an existing one that is affordable to most Americans. In addition,
- A new service or a digital product may not be used.
- If you’ve already submitted a concept paper for the New Venture Competition, you may not use the same idea or paper for MGMT 191W. However, we encourage you to use the original work you create for MGMT 191W for the competition.
Track 2: Introduce an Existing Product to Another Country
Students selecting this option will introduce an existing product to a country they are not familiar with. Here are the requirements for both the product and the country you choose.
Product selection, Track 2: The product must be an existing one that is affordable to the people in the country you’ll be introducing it to. In addition,
- It must be a consumer product ; that is, an item of common or daily use, typically bought by individuals for private consumption.
- It must be a product consumers can purchase in brick-and-mortar stores.
- Although the product you choose may already be available in the country, your goal is to find one that is not already easily available in the country .
- It cannot be a product consumers rent or that they must subscribe to, such as a meal service.
- It cannot be for commercial use only.
Country selection, Track 2 : The country you use for the report must be one you have never visited, are not from, do not have any cultural ties to, have any relatives from, or know very much about.
How does it work?
In just three pages, students must develop a complete pitch that’s designed to convince investors (Track 1) or their CEO (Track 2) to adopt their product or idea. They build a credible argument by using library resources and careful paragraph development. The paper requires them to carefully analyze the potential market characteristics as well as any competitors, and to use color to engage the reader. The skills they develop in this project are easily transportable to work assignments once they graduate.
What do students say?
“The Concept Paper was a very informative assignment. It was the combination of a research paper and a corporate pitch/report, which worked to mimic potential assignments I will have once I graduate and get a corporate job. I particularly liked that my research was catered towards a specific audience, which led to it being more refined and avoiding any unnecessary information.” – Student Response
Student Artifact:
This paper, pitching a new product idea, engages the audience with color and in the first paragraph with an attention-getting opening. They use bullet points and numbered lists to draw the reader’s eye and to quickly summarize information. The analysis of the market potential establishes the reach of the product, backed by recent, credible research. In addition, the analysis of the product’s competitors focuses on the product’s advantages over others. The paper is concise, well-written, and well-researched.
Read the full paper here .
Why does this work?
By asking students to choose between two options for their concept paper – either introducing a new product or an old product to a new market – the assignment is essentially asking students to choose their purpose and their audience. This choice can prompt students to think about the relationship between purpose and audience and craft their writing accordingly.
Check out these resources for developing business writing assignments in your communication classes:
- Implementing Student Choice within an Assignment from University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Business Writing Handout from UNC to help students understand typical expectations for business writing
- This particular assignment asked students to use figures in their writing. Your students might find this resource from the CEWC helpful for using tables and figures.
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Jennifer Hite received her BA majoring in Environmental Studies with a minor in Political Science from University of California at Santa Barbara, her MA in Communication Management from the Annenberg School of Communication at University of Southern California. She received a PhD in Organizational Behavior at UCI/The Paul Merage School of Business.