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Investigates, using 24 scholarly journals, the typical rate of publishing among student researchers published in communication journals in 1994-1998. Presents a ranking of student researchers in terms of article research productivities. Notes what research journals most student researchers publish their work. Provides averages in both fractional points and frequency numbers of publications. (SR)

Investigates the productivity of communication programs by ranking doctoral institutions (1) globally, based on top award winning National Communication Association and International Communication Association conference papers, and (2) according to selected specialties in communication studies. Argues that these results can be used in conjunction with other data on research productivity of doctoral institutions to assess the programs of particular institutions. (SR)

The study investigated how two distinct perspectives apply to the role of gender in parents' memorials on The Compassionate Friends (TCF) electronic bulletin board; cyberspace as merely a mirror of societal gendered patterns of bereavement, and cyberspace as a medium or context in which societal gendered patterns of bereavement are neutralized. Data were evaluated to determine to what extent gender differences exist concerning instrumental versus intuitive styles of bereavement. Analytic categories used in assessing gender differences in parental bereavement style included the following: invoking spirituality, directing messages to the deceased, artistic expressions, and special powers accorded to the deceased. With some exceptions, the findings supported the perspective emphasizing the gender neutralizing aspects of cyberspace parental bereavement for the population studied.

Several factors can affect and define the working relationship between academic department heads and faculty members. Faculty perception of trustworthiness in chairpersons can move the relationship towards positive goals. Conversely, detachment and selfishness in department leaders can adversely affect the relationship. Other affective factors, either positive or negative, are performance evaluations, recognition, support, professional interference, social interaction and communication.

All convention papers sponsored by the Basic Course Division of the National Communication (NCA) from 2004 to 2008 were analyzed for author names and institutional affiliations. Institutional top convention paper productivity rankings were constructed both with and without the Carnegie Classification System. Individual top convention paper productivity rankings were also indentified. A strong positive connection was found between institutional top paper productivity and institutional regular paper productivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

All refereed convention papers sponsored by the Magazine Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in the period 1999-2008 were content analyzed. Benchmarks for both institutional and individual magazine research productivity were established within the framework of the Carnegie Classification System. A gender gap regarding both top paper productivity and regular refereed paper productivity was determined. While female authors dominated top paper productivity, male authors commanded regular paper productivity. A strong correlation between institutional top paper productivity and institutional regular paper productivity was identified though a weak link between individual top paper productivity and individual regular paper productivity was also found. Implications of these findings were discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study investigated how two distinct perspectives apply to the role of gender in parents' memorials on The Compassionate Friends (TCF) electronic bulletin board; cyberspace as merely a mirror of societal gendered patterns of bereavement, and cyberspace as a medium or context in which societal gendered patterns of bereavement are neutralized. Data were evaluated to determine to what extent gender differences exist concerning instrumental versus intuitive styles of bereavement. Analytic categories used in assessing gender differences in parental bereavement style included the following: invoking spirituality, directing messages to the deceased, artistic expressions, and special powers accorded to the deceased. With some exceptions, the findings supported the perspective emphasizing the gender neutralizing aspects of cyberspace parental bereavement for the population studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the development of non-governmental organizations (NGO) in the U.S. and its relief strategies in three East-African countries. Ability and willingness of NGO to assist the poor countries; Use of communication analysis to distinguish NGO in terms of their development and relief strategies; Types of NGO.

This essay explores the ways women utilize a website devoted to bereaved parents as a means to create a space in culture that allows expression of thoughts and feelings normally constrained by societal expectations. Not only do these women escape such silencing, they build community through interpersonal eloquence, defined here as expression of meaningful messages from the heart. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communication is believed to hold a central role in recreating an individual's sense of meaning and well-being after a loss. Narrative theory in particular points to ways that people create meaning and connection with others. Literature on bereavement suggests that the formation of connections with others, or building community, comprises an important part of the healing process. For this study, the content of bulletin board postings commemorating deceased children was studied quantitatively and qualitatively. Data were examined to learn how contributors used the Web site to connect with others who shared experience of losing a child, engage in meaningful shared activities, and create community. Findings from the data analysis suggest that the Web site contributors are able to discuss topics that might be restricted in other communication scenes. The discussion of these topics allows them to serve as 'witnesses' to truths learned as a result of the loss of a child and enables the participants to keep the memory of the child alive. By participating in this scene of meaning negotiation, we argue that the participants actively construct a counterplot to societal narrative expectations for bereavement that facilitates the creation of some positive meanings.