Browsing by Author "Weaver, C. Kay"
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Ethical guidelines and practices for Pakistani television journalists reporting on domestic violence
(2022)Domestic violence is endemic in Pakistan (Baig et al., 2020), yet it took around 66 years of campaigning to acknowledge it as a social problem worthy of legislation. This paper investigates the ethical frameworks in place ... -
Focus groups as sites of influential interaction: Building communicative self-efficacy and effecting attitudinal change in discussing controversial topics
(Routledge, 2006)Although most focus group theorists consider interaction to be a defining feature of focus groups, the influence that occurs through this interaction has been under-theorized. We argue that two important forms of influence ... -
Goods not wanted: Older people's narratives of computer use rejection
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)In societies where the use of computers is pervasive, individuals who resist using the technology are often studied in order to determine how susceptible their views might be to change. This research takes a different ... -
Influence in science dialogue: Individual attitude changes as a result of dialogue between laypersons and scientists
(Sage Publications, 2010)Dialogue as a science communication process has been idealized in both practitioner and scholarly literature. However, there is inconsistency in what is meant by dialogue, the forms it should take, and its purported ... -
Reinventing the public intellectual through communication dialogue civic capacity building
(2007)The definition of a public intellectual and how and what public intellectuals contribute to society has been a matter of extensive critical reflection (see, e.g., Alcoff, 2002; Cummings, 2004; Etzioni & Bowditch, 2006; ...
