Factors influencing the accuracy of verbal reports of conversational behavior

Subjects interacted with a confederate in video taped dyads and were later asked to: (a) recognize whether certain specific communication behaviors had occurred during the conversation and (b) estimate the frequency with which certain behaviors occurred in it. Subjects consulted memory for conversational behavior more than they relied upon implicit theories to provide verbal reports. Subjects were better at recognizing the gist of a remark than its verbatim content. As Ericsson and Simon's theory predicts, subjects were better able to recognize verbal than nonverbal behaviors (when elicited in verbal form) and were better able to recognize specific behaviors than to generate frequency counts. Subjects were better at recognizing their own than other's behavior.     

A palmar sweat investigation of the effect of audience variation upon stage fright

The Industrial ("Coxey") Army movement of 1894 was the product of one of America's worst depressions. Groups across the nation attempted to take “A petition with boots on” to Washington, D. C. asking for relief of unemployment. The movement was rhetorical in method and object. As it progressed, it attempted to meet opposition arguments that its members were “tramps” and that it was asking for the impossible: guaranteed employment. Branded as radical, it answered its opponents with diverse rhetorical techniques and arguments rooted in the prevalent value system.     

关于电子政务绩效评估的初步研究

从国内外电子政务管理的发展来看,继各国各地各类电子政府系统初步建立并投入使用后,相关的电子政务绩效评估已在一定范围内进行,电子政府评价是现代政府绩效评估的一个组成部分。文章认为,在我国开展电子政务绩效评估在宏观理论和实践层面都具有积极的意义,但无论在理论还是在实践上都还很不成熟,有些基本的问题需要探讨。     

机构库内容建设初探

内容建设是机构库建设的关键部分。内容建设主要包括资源的收集和内容的质量控制两大块。文章从以上两个方面出发对机构库的内容建设问题进行了初步的探讨。     

Quality reference service: A preliminary case study

A general reference department achieved a high score on the Wisconsin-Ohio Reference Evaluation Program. Intensive use of electronic resources, a good reference collection, good architecture, administrative support, and, most importantly, adequate time provided by the consultation model contributed, in this case, to high-quality service.     

网络开放平台让渡著作权问题初探

分析网络开放平台上著作权的保护问题,提出适当让渡著作权的新主张,同时,倡导网络开放平台文档使用者形成合理使用、自我约束的道德风尚,以推进网络开放平台的健康发展.     

试论档案利用者实证研究

目前,档案学界关于利用者的实证研究处于薄弱环节。获取完整真实的档案利用者信息是提升档案馆效能的关键,开展档案利用者实证研究,不仅可以掌握目标利用者群体的信息需求特征,以此构建档案馆可持续发展的策略。而且还为管理者制定战略规划提供依据,促进档案馆人员观念更新。     

Variations in the verbal behavior of a second speaker as a function of varying audience responses

Perceived difficulties inherent in logical empiricism cited by “action theorists” ignore interpretations and modifications of empirical reasoning. Although it is highly unlikely that invariant laws of a universal nature will ever be discovered about any kind of phenomenon, critics of conventional science often cite this as an example of the deficiencies of empiricism without being aware of more recent interpretations or modifications of empirical reasoning. The authors focus on recent critiques of empiricism, which are frequently cited as a basis for support of interpretive approaches. They maintain that contemporary empirical reasoning has much to offer that subjectivist thought does not. The present state of communication research probably does not allow us to venture into hermeneutics, because of the incomplete nature of what is presently known about communication processes and effects. Examining levels of language and explanation helps us solve logical inconsistencies that have appeared to present philosophical problems in the past.     

网络用户信息行为研究

本文将从网络信息行为的概念入手，探讨了网络信息行为的影响因素，然后从信息检索行为、信息交流行为两个方面探讨网络用户信息利用的规律。     

A preliminary study of the effects of a reading improvement course on oral reading

Experimental evidence of the relative advantages and disadvantages of specific “techniques” in the field of broadcasting education is hard to find. For the most part, the training of announcers and other specialists is by example, not theory. However, there is no doubt that both professional and student can benefit from the results of careful research on the attributes and talents necessary for effective broadcasting. The following study offers strong indications that “fluffs” in reading aloud may be far less frequent after a course in silent reading.     

A cultural twist to the informative speech

Objective: To address cultural diversity within the context of informative speaking Type of speech: Informative Point value: 15% of course grade Requirements: (a) References: 3 (1 reference must be an interview); (b) Length: 5–6 minutes; (c) Visual aid: Optional; (d) Outline: Yes; (e) Prerequisite reading: Chapters 3, 18 (DeVito, 2003); (f) Additional requirements: No more than six note cards (i.e., 4"×6") can be used during the speech College students need to be aware of the ways in which diversity can affect their personal and professional lives. This assignment is one way instructors can assist students in realizing the inherent links between communication and culture. Addi tionally, this assignment provides an often much-needed refreshing change from the otherwise traditional topics students choose for informative speaking assignments.