Publications by the School of Communication faculty members are collected here.

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Submissions from 2023

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Promoting Service-Learning through an Interdisciplinary and Decentralized Faculty Fellow Program, Shannon Cummins, Mitzi J. Ritzman, Jodi Benenson, C. Cecilia Tocaimaza-Hatch, and Andrea MM Weare

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Understanding the impact of Artificial Intelligence on newsroom social culture and journalistic performative roles : a qualitative case study of AI as an emerging digital innovative technology in newsrooms, Chad S. Owsley

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Beautytube: Enacting postfeminism on the YouTube multi-channel network ICON from 2015 to 2016, Andrea MM Weare

Submissions from 2022

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Artificial Intelligence as Agent in Journalism: A Concept Explication, Chad S. Owsley

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Awareness and perception of artificial intelligence operationalized integration in news media industry and society, Chad S. Owsley and Keith Greenwood

Submissions from 2021

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How The AP used the Olympic Games in 1996: a historical analysis of the diffusion of digital camera technology innovation from 1996 to 2016, Chad S. Owsley

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Assessing and Improving Political Learning and Engagement on College Campuses, Nancy Thomas, Leah A. Murray, Kyle Upchurch, Catherine A. Copeland, Jodi Benenson, Jennifer Boehm, Lori Britt, Stephen K. Hunt, Steven Koether, Lance Lippert, Barbara A. Pickering, Kim Schmidl-Gagne, Jennifer Shea, Anthony M. Starke Jr., Angela Taylor, Andrea MM Weare, and Sidney Williams

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Pinning beauty: standards promoted and behaviors encouraged within pinterest’s healthy makeup content, Andrea MM Weare and Guangchao Charles Feng

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Contextualizing Motivating Language to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): How Leader Motivating Language Affects Employees’ CSR Engagement and Employee–Organization Relationships, Yafei Zhang, Chuqing Dong, Andrea MM Weare, and Song Harris Ao

Submissions from 2020

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Critical Rhetoric and Collaboration: Missing Principle #9 and ProfsDoPop.com, Art Herbig, Andrew F. Herrmann, Alix R. Watson, Adam W. Tyma, and Joan Miller

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Trying to save the game(r): Understanding the self-disclosure of YouTube subscribers surrounding mental health in video-game vlog comments, Maria Mickles and Andrea MM Weare

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#notokay: Challenging sexual violence through digital health activism, Roma Subramanian and Andrea MM Weare

Submissions from 2018

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State of intervention: community stakeholder discourse on teen childbearing in Iowa, Andrea MM Weare, Tammy J. Walkner, and Melissa Tully

Submissions from 2017

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Thucydides’ Trap and Online Readers’ Reviews of Two Books on Zheng He’s Voyages, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

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“You get old. You get invisible”: Social isolation and the challenge of communicating with aging women, Tammy J. Walkner, Andrea MM Weare, and Melissa Tully

Submissions from 2016

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Cultural Trends of Audience Online Interaction with Vocal Talent Shows: A Comparative Study between China and the US, Yafei Zhang, Andrea MM Weare, Heungseok Koh, and Li Chen

Submissions from 2015

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Book Review: Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media, by Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Adam W. Tyma

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eTools: Socrative and Mobile Interactivity, Adam W. Tyma

Submissions from 2014

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Disputes over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands: Communication Tactics and Grand Strategies, Chin-Chung Chao and Dexin Tian

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Digital Democratic Voices: Intersecting Student Research, Twitter, and Presidential Debates, Adam W. Tyma

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This is Sparta! Mediated Mythology as Pedagogy in 300, Adam W. Tyma

Submissions from 2013

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Keep Relationships Positive or Do Things Right: Bridging Women Leaders’ Conflict Management Strategies in Non-profit Organizations in Taiwan and the US, Chin-Chung Chao and Dexin Tian

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AARP and the Politics of the Obama Election: "Tough Times, Tough Choices", Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Border Institutions - What Is Lacking in the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Dispute, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

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Online copyright protection and innovation International experiences and implications to China, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

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Enacting Privacy Rules and Protecting Disclosure Recipients: Parents’ Communication with Children Following the Death of a Family Member, Paige W. Toller and M. Chad McBride

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Book Review: Undercover Reporting: The Truth about Deception, Adam W. Tyma

Submissions from 2012

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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Anonymity and Communication About Suicide on MyDeathSpace.com, Lynette G. Leonard and Paige W. Toller

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Benefits of Courtroom Cameras Outweigh Costs, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Vague and Outdated FCC Indecency Policy Must be Altered, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disputes in Cyberspace: U.S. Hegemony and Chinese Resistance, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

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Testing news trustworthiness in an online public sphere: a case study of The Economist's news report covering the riots in Xinjiang, China, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

Submissions from 2011

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Climbing the Himalayas: A cross-cultural analysis of female leadership and glass ceiling effects in non-profit organizations, Chin-Chung Chao

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Culturally Universal or Culturally Specific: A Comparative Study of the Anticipated Female Leadership Styles in Taiwan and the United States, Chin-Chung Chao and Dexin Tian

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Local Television Coverage of a Mall Shooting: Separating Facts From Fiction in Breaking News, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Negotiation of Face between Bereaved Parents and Their Social Networks, M. Chad McBride and Paige W. Toller

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Bereaved Parents' Experiences of Supportive and Unsupportive Communication, Paige W. Toller

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Connecting with What Is Out There!: Using Twitter in the Large Lecture, Adam W. Tyma

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Cultural Meaning of News. A Text Reader, Adam W. Tyma

Submissions from 2010

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Faculty and Student Expectations and Perceptions of E-mail Communication in a Campus and Distance Doctor of Pharmacy Program, Pamela A. Foral, Paul D. Turner, Michael S. Monaghan, Ryan W. Walters, Jennifer J. Merkel, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, and Thomas J. Lenz

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Foreigners' archive: contemporary China in the blogs of American expatriates, Qi Tang and Chin-Chung Chao

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Strategies under pressure: USA-China copyright dispute, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

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The Communication Model and the Nature of Change in Terms of Deforestation in China Since 1949, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

Submissions from 2009

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Editors’ Note: Defining Media and Information Literacy Amid Change, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Editors’ Note: Media and Information Literacy in Theory and Practice, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Nebraska Immigration: Deliberative Polling and Civic Engagement on Broadcast and New Media Coverage, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt, David C. Ogden, and Hugh J. Reilly

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Defining Family: Naming, Orientation, and Redemption in the Case of Terri Schiavo, M. Chad McBride, Karen L. Taas, and Paige W. Toller

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Talking with Copyright Holders and Pirates: Grass Roots Voices Concerning Chinese Copyright Piracy of U.S. IP Products, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

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Using Communication to Cope with Loss, Paige W. Toller

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Grieving together and apart: Bereaved parents’ contradictions of marital interaction, Paige W. Toller and Dawn O. Braithwaite

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Pushing Past the Walls: Media Literacy, the “Emancipated” Classroom, and a Really Severe Learning Curve, Adam W. Tyma

Submissions from 2008

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Centered but not Caught in the Middle: Stepchildren's Perceptions of Dialectical Contradictions in the Communication of Co-Parents, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Paige W. Toller, Karen L. Daas, Wesley Durham, and Adam C. Jones

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Editors’ Note: The Expansion of the Media Literacy Research Agenda, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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The American Hegemonic Responses to the U.S.-China Mid-Air Plane Collision, Dexin Tian and Chin-Chung Chao

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Bereaved Parents' Negotiation of Identity Following the Death of a Child, Paige W. Toller

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Coaching Critically: Engaging Critical Pedagogy in the Forensics Squad Room, Adam W. Tyma

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Public Relations Through a New Lens—Critical Praxis via the Excellence Theory, Adam W. Tyma

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"The Gallery": An Experiential Approach to Visual Aid Construction and Analysis in the Classroom, Adam W. Tyma

Submissions from 2007

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Editors’ Note: The Need for Media and Information Literacy in Graduate Education, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Organizing the Baby Boomer Construct: An Exploration of Marketing, Social Systems, and Culture, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt, and Hugh J. Reilly

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Rules of Interchange: Privacy in Online Social Communities– A Rhetorical Critique of MySpace.Com, Adam W. Tyma

Submissions from 2006

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AARP Online Portrayal of Social Security: Engaging Aging Baby Boomers Through Interaction, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Book Review: Learning to Write "Indian": The Boarding-School Experience and American Indian Literature, Bruce E. Johansen

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Editors’ Note: SIMILE Progress Report, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Are Anti-Spit Tobacco Campaigns Striking Out? A Survey of Iowa and Nebraska College Baseball Players, David C. Ogden, Teresa A. Lamsam, Hugh J. Reilly, and Michael L. Hilt

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Baby Boomers’ Attitudes Towards Product Placements, Nichole M. Schmoll, John Hafer, Michael L. Hilt, and Hugh J. Reilly

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Gender Role and Feminism Revisited: A Follow-Up Study, Elizabeth A. Suter and Paige W. Toller

Submissions from 2005

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Media & Information Literacy Theory and Research: Thoughts from the Co-editors, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Research Note: International Issues in Media and Information Literacy, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Negotiation of Dialectical Contradictions by Parents who have Experienced the Death of a Child, Paige W. Toller

Submissions from 2004

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Elderly American and the Internet: E-mail, TV News, and Entertainment Websites, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Gender Role Identity and Attitudes Toward Feminism, Paige W. Toller, Elizabeth A. Suter, and Todd C. Trautman

Submissions from 2003

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Race and Local Television News Crime Coverage, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Collective identity and basketball: An explanation for the decreasing number of African-Americans on America's baseball diamonds, David C. Ogden and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 2002

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Ethics in Local Television Newsrooms: A Comparison of Assignment Editors and Producers, Chris W. Allen, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, and Michael L. Hilt

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Election 2000: AARP Portrayals of Presidential Candidates and Issues, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 2001

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Local Television Journalism: Developing Ethics through Discussion, Chris W. Allen, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, and Michael L. Hilt

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Public Radio Listener Data Analysis: Mass Communication Research Course Student Projects, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 2000

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Descriptive Analysis of News Magazines’ Coverage of John Glenn’s Return to Space, Michael L. Hilt

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A Methodological Note on Mail Survey Response Rates, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Michael L. Hilt, and Christine Renee Mixan

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Differences in Immediacy between Traditional and Nontraditional Students, Marshall Prisbell and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 1999

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Comparing Views of Broadcasters and Student Interns about Career Preparation, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Revising the Kogan Scale: A Test of Local Television News Producers' Attitudes Toward Older Adults, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Deciding Local TV News: Perceptions of Late Evening News Producers, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Graduate Program Assessment of Student Satisfaction: A Method for Merging University and Department Outcomes, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Mass Media and the Death Penalty: Social Construction of Three Nebraska Executions, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Predicting Newspaper Readership on the Campus Community, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 1998

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A Comparison of Two Omaha Radio Talk Shows: Local vs. National Issues, Jodeane F. Brownlee and Michael L. Hilt

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Local TV News and the Death Penalty: Social Construction of a Nebraska Execution, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 1997

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Book Review: The Invisible Medium, Michael L. Hilt

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The Kogan Attitudes Toward Old People Scale: Is It Time for a Revision, Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 1996

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Broadcast News and Elderly People: Attitudes of Local Television Managers, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Broadcast Newsroom Hiring and Career Preparation, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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The Influence of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Broadcast Indecency Policy, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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A Study of TV Personnel's Sources of Occupational Stress and Interest in Worksite Stress Management Techniques, Kathleen A. Vampola and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 1994

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Broadcast Manager Concern about Newsroom Career Preparation, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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Broadcast Managers and the Tolerance for Sexual Harassment Inventory, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz and Michael L. Hilt

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Epidemiology of Gambling and Depression in a Random Adult Sample, James A. Thorson, F. C. Powell, and Michael L. Hilt

Submissions from 1993

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Broadcast Managers and the No-Compete Clause, Michael L. Hilt

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Broadcast Managers Assess the lmportance of a Higher Education, Michael L. Hilt and Jeremy Harris Lipschultz