<p> Augmented Reality (AR) is very useful for many different fields and purposes such as entertainment, education, military, navigation, industrial, or electric utility. Electric utilities find use in AR due to the flexibility of location and the real-time information sharing with visuals to keep employees safe and efficient. This exploratory study investigated the use of infographic templates as a way to introduce this new technology to line workers in the electric utility field. Infographics were used as a way to prime workers to be more aware of the technology and its possible uses as well as usefulness. Through the use of Communication Accommodation Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model, the researcher found evidence indicating that presenting information in a clear and interesting way increased electric utility workers desire to adopt the new technology through perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness (Davis, Bagozzi &amp; Warshaw, 1989).</p><p>

For second language teachers and theorists alike, there is a need to understand the processes involved in the second language learner's pursuit of comprehension during the act of reading in the target language. This study seeks to provide insights into issues such as how second language readers approach the task in terms of how they use resources in the form of comprehension aids, how and if readers at different levels of instructed second language experience differ in their use of resources, and what advantages computer tracking confers on the analysis of data concerning reading behavior. Specifically, it addresses the problem of determining what comprehension aids second language readers actually use when reading an authentic text on computer and the role that the readers' level of instructed second language experience plays in their choice of aids. Additionally, it focuses on the core problem of how to gain access to the reading process. To this end the study utilizes the constructs put forward in the top-down, bottom-up, and interactive processing metaphors and the linguistic threshold hypothesis to address four questions: 1) Given several comprehension aids as resources, a) what resources will second language readers use when reading a text on computer? b) with what frequency will they use them? 2) What role does level of instructed second language experience play in strategy choice? 3) What advantage(s) does the tracking of reading behavior confer on data analysis in second language text processing? 4) What implications do these findings suggest for future studies of text processing and comprehension? The dependent variable in the study is the number of times that comprehension aids are consulted, and the independent variable is the level of instructed second language experience of the various participants. In this way it focuses on issues of concern, not only to second language teachers, but to language learners as well. / A Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2005. / December 10, 2004. / Second Language Reading, Second Language Acquisition, Spanish, Computer Tracking, Reading Strategies / Includes bibliographical references. / Elizabeth Platt, Professor Directing Dissertation; Gretchen Sunderman, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Carolyn Piazza, Outside Committee Member; Brenda Cappuccio, Committee Member.

Over the past 25 years, the relationship between professional sports leagues and broadcast networks has employed a traditional rights fee model. This model involves a guaranteed upfront payment from the networks to the leagues. Over the past decade, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, and the National Hockey League have each utilized multiple networks as their television outlet. In 2002, NBC became the first of the four major networks to not be affiliated with any of the four leagues after claiming they lost hundreds of millions of dollars due to skyrocketing rights fees. NBC is now attempting a revenue sharing model with the Arena Football League in an effort to control their expenses. Wolfe, Meenaghan, and O'Sullivan's (1998) network theory concepts of power, dependency, and relationship provide the foundation of this study. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the alternative revenue sharing model, and how the model could alter Wolfe et al.'s (1998) network theory concepts between broadcast networks and professional sports leagues. A qualitative case study approach was utilized to interpret data collected through interviews with four participants who have expert knowledge of the sports broadcasting industry. The major findings reveal that the revenue sharing model is an effective model for broadcast networks and professional sports leagues, and the revenue sharing model impacts the concepts of power, dependency, and relationship between the networks and the leagues. This study answers research questions relating to network theory, as well as future implications for the relationship between television and sport. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Sport Management, Recreation Management, and Physical Education in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. / Spring Semester, 2005. / March 15, 2005. / sport media, network broadcasting / Includes bibliographical references. / Jeffrey James, Professor Directing Thesis; Arthur Raney, Committee Member; Aubrey Kent, Committee Member.

This research examines the impact of computer-mediated communication, distributed communication, and knowledge of prior baseline behavior on an individual's propensity to believe what is being communicated. This study is focused on the impact of technology and individual experience on a person's ability to make veracity judgments. Contributions from this study include a greater awareness of the added susceptibility to deception when using computer-mediated communication. This study found that higher deception detection accuracy rates could be achieved if individuals had prior baseline knowledge of their partner's nominal behavior. This study also showed that more detection confidence can come from knowledge of a person's prior baseline behavior, being proximally located, the type of communication media used, and perceived relational closeness. Subjects with a high level of confidence in their ability to detect truthful/deceptive behavior were more reliant on the truth bias to make veracity judgments. Findings also show that self-report measures used to operationalize truth bias were good indicators of detection accuracy. This finding would seem to indicate that individuals are generally good judges of truthfulness/deceptiveness when they utilize a heuristic of truthfulness. However, this study did find systematic error when individuals relied on their assumption of truthfulness. Thus, consistent with other cognitive biases, a truthful heuristic does generally result in correct decisions, but also introduces some systematic error. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Management Information Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2003. / June 24, 2003. / Computer-Mediated Communication / Includes bibliographical references. / Joey F. George, Professor Directing Dissertation; Charles J. Kacmar, Professor Directing Dissertation; Katherine M. Chudoba, Committee Member; G. Stacy Sirmans, Outside Committee Member.

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is one of the most widely utilized communication techniques in the business world. Although widely used, little is known about the effectiveness of communicating affective information, emotion in particular, through CMC. Most CMC research has investigated communication of cognitive information, however, only a few studies partially incorporate affects in their analyses. As a result, a primary objective of this dissertation is to investigate the following research questions: (1) Can CMC transfer affective information? (2) To what extent does CMC transfer affective information? Integrating relevant literature from psychology as well as communication research, this dissertation proposes a conceptual model based on a modified version of Brunswik's lens model. The research model and hypotheses were developed to guide the empirical tests of cue utilization, i.e, detecting a message sender's emotional intentions from email messages. A total of 225 student subjects participated in a 2 x 3 x 3 (with control groups) laboratory experiment. The results indicate that affective information can be transferred through CMC. In particular, message receivers were able to detect the sender's emotion by (1) associating the message content with positive or negative emotions, (2) using emotion cues such as emotion words, linguistic markers, and paralinguistic cues, and (3) combining these two techniques. The results further indicate that message receivers indicated a higher degree of senders' emotions when the number of emotion cues in the message increased. The results from this study provide some useful information for practitioners as well as for researchers. For practitioners, this study suggests that communicating emotions through electronic media requires careful selections of emotion cues that will be included in the message. For researchers, this study presents a research model that may be used as a foundation for future research in this area. Directions for future research include further examinations of variables that may affect the CMC of emotions. The current study can also be extended to investigate the CMC of emotions across different types of subjects, communication technology, and time frames. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Management Information Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2004. / June 18, 2004. / Lens Model, Emotions, Computer-Mediated Communication, Experiments / Includes bibliographical references. / David B. Paradice, Professor Directing Dissertation; Martin. G. Fennema, Outside Committee Member; Joey F. George, Committee Member; Michael H. Dickey, Committee Member.

<p> Considerable research provides clear evidence for the relationship between student achievement and the engagement of parents and community members with their local schools through meaningful involvement of parents, families, and members of the community. The purpose of this mixed-methods research study is to find evidence supporting building principals in communication efforts which engage students&rsquo; families thus contributing to student learning and achievement. The growing expectation that educational leaders use digital communications and social media to engage others has been met with some success by some building administrators and school district leaders. </p><p> This study focuses on the communication skills and behaviors of principals and the resulting effects on public perception and engagement. Qualitative, focus-group interviews were conducted with principals at both the elementary and secondary levels. Survey data was gathered from parents and community members measuring attitude and perspective. Results suggest effective principals are aware of the impact of digital communications and social media and are becoming more strategic in their use of such tools. Participants report increased involvement in school activities as a result of their efforts. Survey results indicate most parents and community members (83%) rank their local school most favorably. Principals effectively using digital communications and social media meaningfully engage a variety of parents and community members knowing their involvement can lead to improved student achievement.</p>

<p> This 20 minute film explores the use of hybrid lesson plans, those consisting of traditional in-class teaching and interactive video outside of the classroom. Using six voluntary Graduate Teaching Assistants as participants, the documentary follows the participants as they give their ideologies on teaching, perform either a traditional lesson plan or the hybrid lesson plan, and participate in a focus group to give their opinion on the perceived benefits or drawbacks of having hybrid lesson plans in the classroom.</p>

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The problem driving this research is that of how to improve the communications between stakeholders involved in dealing with what Rittel and Webber define as a wicked problem; one that is socially constructed and in search of a socially constructed solution. The particular wicked problem actioned is that of providing Information Technology Systems (ITS) service support to a CSIRO research division. The approach taken to improve communications was to develop and reflect upon an interlocked pattern of questions, a questioning model, which aims to reveal the underlying assumptions of stakeholders. The questioning model developed, labelled the H+10 Model has two aspects. The first is a pattern of questions developed from various linguistic communication models used in psychology; the second is a set of ten criteria for evaluating any questioning exercise. Therefore, the development process was to use the linguistic communication models literature to identify a particular pattern of interlocked questions, while in parallel identifying a set of ten criteria for reflecting on those questions and the assumptions they revealed. / The H+10 Model is not intended to be an ITS development methodology, rather a project definition thinking tool. It was used in this way on two real ITS projects at CSIRO as part of an extensive division wide action learning exercise. A summary of the projects, what was implemented as a result of the questioning process, as well as the responses of stakeholders are provided in Chapter 7. These provide some provisional evidence that the H+10 Model was effective and satisfied much of the ten criteria. In the concluding chapter recommendations for how to use the questioning model are provided, as well as for future research into its usefulness as a thinking tool. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2004.

Thesis (M.A.)--Western Kentucky University, 2008. / Tables. Includes bibliographical references (ℓ. 69-73).