Journalism Abstracts: MA, MS, Ph. D. Theses in Journalism and Mass Communication. Vol. 13.

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ABSTRACT
This annual compilation by the Association for
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Education in Journalism describes master's theses and doctoral
dissertations writen in schools and departments of journalism and
communication in the United;States between July 1,
1974, and June 30,
1975:4 Th4 aim of the'book is to improve the flow of information about
current research by providing easy access to,students and teacheiS,in
journalism schools, to scholars in related diSciplines, and to
professionals in the media of maps communication. It contains -287
abstracts submitted.from 40 colleges. and universities, including 49
doctoral dissertations and 238 masters theses. All abstracts
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prepared by th6 students or their advisors. The abstracts are
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arranged, in alphabetical order under doctoral dissertations and
master's theses. An author index and, a complete subject index
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Theses -in J ournalismandMass_ Communication_
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For the :fourth year a very special vote
_IBTRODUCTIOlg
Journalism Abstracts is an annual compi-
of thanks goes to Mrs. Ouita M Tomlin, sen-
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lationby.the Association forpecation
ior-publidatio;i4absinant, whose capable and
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Journalism of master's theses and doctoral
conscientious, efforts'ire; iW,largepart, re-
dissertations, written in schools and depart-
sponsible for the almost error-free, quality'
ments of journalism and communication in the
ofqthe pUblication.
She supervised ail.typ-
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United States.
Thesaim of the book is to im-
ing and compiled the tedious sub-indexes that
proVe the flow of information about current
hake it possible for the reader to find de-
research to students and teachers in journal-
sired topics quickly and with minimum effort.,
ism schools, to scholars in related di-1mi-
Assisting Mrs. Tomlin with.the typing were
arid'
plines
to professionals in the media of
Mrs.'Harriet Allent:Mrs. Casey Elia, Miss
mass communication
Cherry Fahrenbruc4and Mrs. Barbara Tilley..
This book, Volume 13, containS*287 ab-
Faculty membera',James D. Harless, Paul
stracts submitted from 40 colleges and uni=
V. Peterson and Galen R. Rarick again provid-
versities.
includes 49doctoral dieserta-
ed invaluable assistance to the editor in in-
tions as opposed to 65 last year;.and 238
dexihg abstracts by subject matter, a chore
master's theses-as opposed to 297 last year.
that provokes sharp differences of opinion.
Comparisons become-more significant
F. T. Gaumert alio of the Journalism faculty,
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when :the reader goes baCk to Vqlume I (1963).
again supervised printing arrangements.
That book contained 158 abstracts, (17 dis-
Ohio State is happy to be able again to
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render this service:to AEJ cplleagues.
sertitions, 141 theses) collected from 27
It is
a minor contribution to journalism education,
schools.
but we feel that it is an important one.
'The 1975 book includes those theses and
--W.E.W.
dissertations accepted*fromJUly 1, 1974 to
June 30, 1975.
In addition, a few abstracts
Columbus
that missed the,deadline, for, the previous
August, 1975
'year's.volume'areincluded.
All abstracts
were prepared by the students themselves or
by their advisers.
ORGANIZATION
While complete coverage is the goal.of
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The abstracts are arranged in alphabeti-
this series, a few schools and some students
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cal order for doctoral dissertations first
fail to participate.
However, on the basis
and then for master's theses.
of this year's response from 40.institutionst
An author index appears in the Table of
the editor estimates coverage is approaching
Contents.
A complete subject matter index
its goal and that Volume 13 includes the vast
begins oh page'156.
Numerals used in the
majority of those theses and dissertations
subject matter index refer to the ABSTRACT
accepted during the publication period.
NUMBERS which precede each abstract in the
book and not to page numbers.
This system
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
allows eventual computerized automation of
The editor first wishes to express his:.
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the indexing process.
appreciationtd all students and advisers
whose cooperation' made this thirteenth volume
possible.
The-proMpt shipment here of first
quarter or first semester abstracts duiing
OBTAINING COMPLETE STUDIES
the winter months again substantially reduced
Many of the doctoral dissertationsde-
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faculty and staff for their recognition of
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CONTENTS AND AUTHORINDEX
Page
No.
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Page
49 Jerry L. Bayne
50 Mark A. Bedner
50,Thomas M. Belden
Ph.D. Abstracts
51 Thomas R: Berg
51 Colleen .J. Birch
2 Eric Alan Abbott
52 Toby Bqnwit
2 Paul Douglas Adams
52 Ronald Wayne BoWes
-3 Henry Alvah Anderson, Jr,
52 Robert Burgess Boyd
3 Lee B. Becker
53 Richard Byron Bronk
4 Sheldon Lary Belmar)
53 Jane Delano Brown
-5 Melinda Thach Birchmore
Jeanne Brownlee.
Bonnie
54
5 John Harold Boyer
H. Buipee
DaVid
54
,4
6 Jennings Bryant, Jr.
Lane Burrows'
Edward
'55
7 Joanne R. Cantor
-55,Robert Jose CaldWell
8 Glenna Gail Crotts
56-Snyder C. Caldwell ,
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9 -James P. Crow
56 Beverly-Barnum Carden
10. Don Charles Dodson
56 Scott C. Carlberg
11 William D. Downs, Jr.
5 Bob A. Carroll'
12 Edna F. Einsiedel
57 JaMei 0,,2Castagnera
13 George Paul Evans
58 Richirgegson Chalfen
13 Patrice,Lynne French
58 Te-Cheng Chang
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14 Romeo H. Gecolea
59* Mei-Chin Chen
15 Rae Goodell
---59-Kevin-Mictsol-Connors
-16-_Jeck Robert Hart
60 Kathleen K.Constanzi
17 Robert Parker Baykins
60 Mary Katherine Cook
18 William Herbert
60 Michael W. Cooney
19 Michael B. Hesse
61,.RoberfStephen Cross
19 Heather E. Hudson
62 Mary Anne Gillis Culpepper
20 Teresa Mary Hynes
62.Sindra Harriet Cutler
21 Miles-M. Jackson
63 Russell Edward Dealey
22 John Kelley Jennings
63 James LeRoy Deatherage, III
23 Cirl E. Johnson
64 Dwight 0. Deay
24 David William Jones, Jr,
64 James- joteph Desmarais
25 Marvin GordonKimbroggh
65'.Bakbara A. Diekhins
25 Fiancis.R. Lalor
65 Giclia E. Diliberto
Sue McIntyre
65 Marilyn G. Dilley.
27'Charles B. Mailer.
:66 Dennis R, Dimick
28 Charles, Henry Martin
66 Janet L. Dooley
28 Nikos Metallinos
.67 Glenii Newton Dotter
29 Roy Leamon Moore
67 David M.Dozier
Hwaq,Oh
-67 Valerie Marttile Dueber
31:Frederick Michael O'Hara
68 Virginia Tebyrica Eaton
32 Harold-William Oxley
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68' Anne Ediger
32 Donald Edwin Parente
69 Judith A. Ellison
33 Robert Fred Reisbeck
sz.
69 H. Stuart El-Way
34 Patricia Elizabeth Robertus
70 Kathleen L. Endres_
34 Susan Higley.Russell
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70,Richard D. English
35 Charles C. Self
71 Robert Hays Etnyre, Jr.
36 Roger. Allan Simpson
71-Lynne S. Farber
37 Ester Gottlieb Smith
71 Virgihie Dodge Fielder
37 Rohert.qouis Stevenson
72 Bobbie Arlene Fink
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38 Stuart Anspacti Umpleby
73 Jack S. Fishman
39-John-W. Windhauser
73 Herbert Paul Ford
40 Dena Winokur
73 John Xllen Frair-
74 Sharon Lynn Stricker Frazier
74 Sharon M. Friedman
75 Rita Fujiki
75 Eddye S. Gallagher -
M.A.eand M.S. Theses
76...Judy W. .Garret
*76 Tommie Geveden
77 Jay Jerrold Goldberg
41 Salim Yousef Abdul-Rahim
77Toliglas Daniel Goldschmidt
41 Adebisi AkanniAborisade
78 Barbara Glenk Good
42 Michael Addis
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78 Karen Miller Goodman
.42 John W. Ahlhauier
79 Peter Anton Goubert
42 Jerry W. Alien
79 Harriet H. Greaney
43 Robert Eugene Alshouse
79 Eleanor Gibson Hale
43 Beverly Saleeme Ammar
80 KirkEdward Hallahan
44 Dawid Wallace Anderson
81 W. Scott Handley
44 William R. Anderson'
81 Joseph McGarvey Harper
45 Russell W. Andrews
81 Nancy Kellogg Harper
45 William Mark Apllebaum
82 Candice Cecelia Harr
46 Howard Leigh Arenstein
82 Patricia' Dempsey Harris
46 Craig E. Aronoff
83 Carol,Waskin
47 James H.D. Audu
----47 Gerald Joseph Daldasty
83 Dufse A. Hayduk
84 Lincoln Murray Haynes
48 Joseph Lamar Baldwin
84 Donnetta Heitschmidt
48 John M.Barnum, Jr.
85 John Grant Heller
48 William C. Barrett
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No.
123 Michael Ross Ruffner
85'Joyce Sydell Herring
124 Pamela Sue Sadowske
86 Helene C..Bourdon Higbee
124 Deanna J. Sands
86 Thomas Robert Holden
125' Marianne Sawicki
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87 Terrence R. Hustedt
125 Guy Scandlen-
87 Karl A. Idsvoog
126. Michael J. Sehelstrate
88 Natalie N. Inada
127 Robert G. Schildmeyer
88'Zahid lqbal
127 Carol P. Schmidt
89 Marilyn JaCkson-Beeck,
128 Wilson Schmitt
89 Robert JeSinkieWicz
128 Virginia Marie Schramm
90 Christie aelen
128 ,Marsha Sears
90 Edward Floyd John
129 Kay Elizabeth Canter Sharp
'129 Wendy Kay Shelton
90 Sue Ann Luna Jones
130.John 127
91 Mary Ruth Luna Kahl
130 John Magic Shotwel -1
91 Sarah Ellen Williamson Kanervo
131 Nancy Hurley Smith
92,Judith' Ann Kates
,
231 Ira Michael Southward
92 Jerry Lee Kern
13Byron John St. Diii4r
93 Vincent D. Kohler
132 James Russell Stanton
94 Patricia M. Korp
132 Robert Moi$e:Steeg
94 Donald John Kosterman
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133 Helen L. Steeves
94'Doiis Kreitlow
134 Clara W. Stewart
a
134 CatherineRobinson Strong
96-Peter C. Lang
135 Peter Szekeres
96 Patricia .Ann .Larsen
135 Nancy Jane Taylor
97 Phyllis McElheney Lepke
136 Selina` A. Taylor'
97 Kathryn Levan
46 Nancy Signorielli Tedesco
98gharles Jacob Levine
137 Diane P. Teffte
98 Don W. Levy
138 Vadakkevedtil Alexander Thomas
14 Mary Jane Guitteid 1Rwaik
138 H. Roy Thompsbn
.99 Jean Duran Lewin
139 Terril M. Throckmorton
99 Max I. Light
'op
139 Carol A.M. Thurston'
100 Jerome Lloyd
139 Jane ThOrntom Tolbert
101-Donald L. Lombardi
140 Hillard Robert Torgerson
101 Carl Floyd-Loomis'
140 Flavia Lucia COrree Torreao
101' David Wayne McAllister--_____
141 Callix I.. UqOfia
102 Wanda Let McClusky
142 Joseph'Alan Ullian
102 Carolyn Cowger McCune
142 Sandra Helene Utt
103 Dwain McIntosh
1143 Kurt Van Der Dussen
103 James -M. McLaugHlin
143 John V. Vilanilam
104 Gordon Kay Magney
144 K. Usha Rani Vyasulu
105 Grace Enid Magney
'145 Douglas X. Walker
" "105 Cheryl C. Manney
145 John Charles Walmsley
.105 Doreen Nelson Maronde
145 Karen K. Walsh
106 Caroline Meline
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146 Pamela M. Warwick
107 John Austin' Miller
146 Jennie Lou Wein
107 Larry Dean Miller
146, Steve Weinberg
'108 Oscar Cecil Miller
147 James Flaxington Whitman
108 Sharron Smith Millwood
147 Susan McDarghphittaker
108 Paul Leonard Morigerato
148 Stephen T.'Wiegand
109 Luiz Gonzaga F. Motta
142 Stephen AllIn Wille
110 Richard S. Musser
148 Candy.Williams
110-Themas 12.0. Mwanika
149 James Rudell Willis, Jr.
112 Ronda'L. Mager
149 Jim Willis
112 Abigail Jones Nash
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150 VaidinS Wind
113 Judith Nickles1
'150,0icno ElizatJeth-golfe
113' Julian Stanley Nolbn
151 David L.. Womack
114 Bruce,A. Nygren--
151 Kau-Kiang Woo
114 Thomas Patrick O'Hara
152 Deborah S.,Woodrow
115 Barbara..01enyik
152 Sharon L. Woodson
.15 Joan M. O'Mara
A153 Patricia Ann Woodward
116 Nanette Otto
153 Kenneth T. Wulfemeyer
116 William Quayle Parmenter
154 Robert Earl Yadon
117 George W. Pasdirtz
117 Robert G. Pedersen
.154 Chain -Na' Yu
155 'Wil'li'am Thomas Zucca
118'Donna M. Peltier
118 Manjunath Pendakur
118 Michael Peres
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'119 Marcia Rae Nichols Piepgrass
119 Michael A. Piscitelli
1.20 Dorothy Gallagher Prawat
120 David Lynn Pulford
120 Bill Rainbolt
120 Betty WaterS Rawlings
121 Constance C. Rebich
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121 Airian Edward Richardson
122 Elizabeth Bronsdon Robertson
122.Jonn Os Robinson
123 Bruce
Rotenhart
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'Ph.D.
Dissertations
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4%
which are required than to any deliberate in-
tent on the part of local commissioners' or
officials to dominate the outcome.
When lo-
cal opportunities are consftained and shaped
CITIZEN-GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION
IN THE CREATION OF A SANITARY
by outside regulatory bodies,. genuine delib-
DISTRICT IN WISCONSIN
.
eration of alternatives does not occur.
The
Eric Alan Abbott, Ph.D.
case,,studies'demonstrate the effects of these
University'of Wisconsin, Madison,
1974
constraints.
Adviser:
HerMan Felstehausen
Citizens in the Koshkonong district-were
not well informed about the project by usual
This thesis examined the interactions
o
communication channels such as newspapers,'
among citizens and public officials in assem-
legal notices, or contact with friends.' This
bling information and making decisions about
.
was due partially to the lack,of data appear-
the organization and construction of a sani-
ing in mass media, but also was. caused by the'
tary system in southern Wisconsin.
Specifi-
fact that more than half the owners use the
cally examined are.the.rules and'procedures
area only on weekends or during the summer
generated by or-'imposed on the commissioners
Year.aroundowners receivtd local
months.
of the Copsolidated Koshkonong-Sanitary Dis-
parArs, attended meetings and participated in
trict (CkSD).
--communiti'affairs much more than seasonal
First, fermal rules affecting the organ-
owners did.
14 direct mail letter-was tested
ization and functioning of sanatory aisticts
as one means of reaching lOcal and out=of:
were examined. A survey'of state-sanitary
state.resideqs with district information.
district lAws.was conduced to identify legal
The letter was significantly moreeffective
constraints 'on local activity.'" Also included
than any other information medium.
Data are
was an analysis of effects of changes in pop-
provided indicating Use of various communicay
ulation distLbution, expanding bureaudratic
channels,
tion
for a wide range of media.
,
influence, increasing technical and adminis-
Several implications are offered regard-
trative complexity, and a system of law which
ing the role of information in community con-
substitutes published notices for personal
.
.
tiol and decision making.
notice.
Next, all homeowners in the Koshkonong
district were:surveyed by a mailed question:
C
naire to determine what the
khevabout the
project, how they obtained information, and
to what degree.theyw6re involved in
2
decision-making activities., A content analy-
POST-DECISION SELECTIVE
sis of local newspapers was carried out to
EXPOSURE TO THE MASS MEDIA
identify information availableto citizens.
Paul Douglas Adamsd Ph.D.
Finally, 4 tOo-year case study of the
University of Texas, 1114
decision - making activities of the CKSD
com-
Ernest A. Sharpe
Adviser:
1missioners was conducted: Transactions of
'
the commissionecs were logged by subject and
Field research on selective exposure to
type, and similar cases were grouped.
Re-
mass, communications generally has found that
peated patterns of behavior allowed infer;
after Making a decision, people seek informa-
enoes to be made about the actual rules or
tion which supports their Choice!
In con-
-procedures operating in each case.
trast, laboratory', studj.es suggest that utili-
Results indicated that the operation of
coty is the more importaritincdntive fon selec-
the CKSD is contrary to the intent of Jeffer-
tivity. .Neither approach has attempted to
sonian principles of maximum involvement and
confirm the assumption that post-decision sb-
knowledge of citizens.
Instead, technical
lectiviey actually champs from.that before
and administrative processes exclude citizens
the choice.
It was hypotHesized that 1) the
from,decision making.
Reasons for this can
expected supportiveness of inform.ation from
be traced more to the host of state and fed-
the mass media will be a stronger predictor,
.
eral.regulations and technical standards
tpan its utility, of differences.in
tnforma-
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4
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tion seeking before and after.a decisioh, and.
bnd and 'fifth factors.
The scores
of these
2) post-decision changes in information seek-
news-groups provide benchmarks for
assessing
'
ing will be greater among consonant, and 'less
media attitudes of other groups in
the soci-
'.among dissonant, that...among neutral media.
ety.
O
Senior students at, two high schools in
the central Texas area were surveyed midway
during the school year,-then undecided.stu7.
dents;reinterviewedone'td two weeks before
graduation.
Measures were obtained of their
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4.
expectations about mass media content rela-
INFLUENCES.OF INTERPERSONAL
tive
tO each decisiOn alternative;-and their
COMMUNICATION AND OTAER'PEER AND FAMILY
decision-related exposure to each meditIm.
VARIABLES ON CHANGE'IN AELIGIOUS VALUES
AND BEHAVIORS DURING COLLEGE.
For hypothesit one differences in pre-
Lee B. Becker, Ph.D.
'itnd post - decision inforMatibn seeking were
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1974
predicted by multiple regression analysessin
Adviser:
Jack M. McLeod**.
which independent variables. were ratings of
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Q,
the utility and supportiveness of mass media
Research aimedt determining the impact
'
information_about the choiCe and the rejected.,
A
'
of the &Adige experience on students has
alternatives..
In hypothesis two ;Individual
produced.evidence,that ,:iparting student's
changes in information seeking between
conson7
generally are more open-minded, less dogmatic,
ant and neutral and dissonant and neutral
me-
more religiously and'politically,litieral, and
dia were.compared separately.
mere intellectually oriented-than those en-
tering the institutions of higher learning.
t
C
ver, is deficient in ex-
ifte'research,; ho
plaining why th se changes take place.
..
Theorists.studying change in college
-f
3
have.generally relied on either a maturation-
A SCALE TO MEASURE ATTITUDE ON
al or a soCa
learning perspective.
The
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY'OF4HE'PRESS
maturational sts stress the importance ofthe
Henry'Alvah Anderson, Jr., Ph.D.
individual in mediating Change; the learning
Uniyertity of Texas, 1975
14ok to. the environment
of tie in-
Adviser:
Ernest A. Sharper
dividual
understadd.change.
The available
f
literatur,
suggests that peer influences are
'theorists
The 8'83eCtive of the study was to con-
particul rly important deteiminants of chang-
,t,
tribute quantitative aspect to therocial'
es in t e attitudes-and behaviors of college
Responsibility Theory of the Press which-will
studen
make possible explanation and.prediction:of
Ilesearch id family settings has shown
relationships between key elements of United
the 9nportance of the structural constraints
States society and thenews-oPinion,media.
of p rent-cgild communication for understand-
Thirty-one tenets pertaining to the relation-
a
.:
ing adolescent,politicaf activity and knowl- °)
ships
ships were isolated and categorized.
Using
ed
, academic performahce, and media use.
these tenets, an attitude scale-of 42 items.
le the constraints in family communication;k
t
on, social responsibility of the press was de-
ve beenfound to result from the training
veloped.
These.Likert-type scale items were
iven the child by the parents, simiear con-
presented in a
mailed questionnaire.to two
traints alio could'surface
peer grouP
inpeer
groups of daily newspaper city editors and
-/
:
.
two groups of commercial broadcaif newl di-
norms.
To test the power.of peer group influ-
rectors. .Analysis revealed the f011owing
-factors:
ences, a panel of students was studied at
(1) Responsibility to Society,
(2) Interaction, (3) Criticism of' Media, '
each of two institutions,' ore a small, reli-
Government Participation,Pand (5) Serv-
,gidUs, liberal arts college and. the other a
(4)
large, public institution.
ice to Society. 'Responses by the, newspaper
Freshmen and
groups produced the fiist four facfors,while
sophomores at the small, college (n=95) com-
television responses produced the first,sech.
pleted questionnaires in the Fall ofe1972 and
ti
d
%
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IOW
h
ti
444
again a year later.
Members of those two
classes at the:' niversity 11)=100) were intec.7
viewedin the Fall-of 1971 and again two
-°
ea
years: liter. 'The analyses focused On, changes
5
ip religious beliefs.and behaviors.
THE IDEA OF COMMUNICATION
In tile university sample changes in two
IN THE SCICIAL THOUGHt'
OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL.
l'religious'variabies were'significantly pr-
SheldOn.Lary Belman,'Ph.D.
dieted by three college peei variables:
the
University-of:711inois
communication norms of Ehe individual's peer
st DrbanaIChampaign,
1974'
grpup, the diVersity of thepeer group Com-,
James Q. ta2ey
Adyieor:
municition relative to religion, and the peer
group norms regarding churcH attendance.
The
this dissertatiOn treats the idea of com-
relgiouevariables were particullrism, de-
munication as developed within the social
fined as the degree to which an, individual,
thought of the Chicagb School.
The relevant,
believes that kis or her owncreligioUs values
scholarship of four of its:members--John'Dew-
and behaviors are of spdcial worth in a(tiain=
ey, Charles porton.Cooley Robert Ezra Paik,
ing some goal, tail associational involvement,
and ErnesE.Whson Burgess--is examined to re- .
or,the degree of participation by the indi-
yea). the general intellectual perspective of
vidual in the formal gatherings of.a'church
the Chicago School on communication.
This
faithful.^ Both variabfes.also showed Sig-.
concept is.found to be a cLtral'and perva-
nificant aggregate shifts away from'otradi-
sive feature of three problematics-that doMi-
tional.religious'positions during the'time of
nate the scholarship of these representatiVe
the study.. In the small college sample, only
individuals.
These problematics ere (i)'a
associational involvement was significantly
concern with'human nature and the origin o
r
predicted by the qollege peer variables;, in
(ii) a Concern with contempo-
.human society,
additionr only involvement showed a signifi-
rary Social change,-and (iii) a concern with;
cant aggregate Shift during the time of the
the nature of democracy and its viability in
In both panels, differences in
)studir.
'a modern setting.
The theme of communication
vidual backgrounds were.controlled; peer
both as an interpersonal and technological
variables were limtter predictors of change
'process is found to provide a Inity to the
than were family training and baskgrouhd
odiversity of problems raised ahri4solutidna
variables.
proposed within the intellectuid. perspective
'Additional analyses shobied-that Change
Of the Chicago School.
in the behavior variable, 'involvement, seems
An attempt is made ea make sense of the
to precede change in the belief variable,
inception and specific nature of'these,ideas
particularism.
Change, in-the two religious
aboutcommunication by settingtheir develop7
.variables. were found to'be relatively inde-
ment within an historical account of the im-
pendent of changes in beliefs, about politics
pact upon nineteenth-Century society of the- .-
and faMily relationships..
novel forms of communication technology.
The' study, offered support for continued
Summary Statement:
The Chicago Sehool s
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examinaaon of the specific influences of the
conception of communication is elucidated
college environment, with particular atten-
through an analysts of'the relevant scholar-
tion to peer settings and d-Peer communication.
'ship of Dewey, Cooley, Park, and Burgess.
Their concern with and particular perspective
on communication is p4rtially actoatedefor.
through an historical analysis of nineteenth-
century modernization andthe role of new com-
munications,wittiin it.
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