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Peer reviewedWoal, Michael – Central States Speech Journal, 1987
Claims all-news radio programming has appeal because it is monotonous, cyclically repetitive and expectable and that (1) the style encourages "habitual" and "automatic" listening with an economy of effort, and (2) the structure anesthetizes listeners by couching the news in familiar linguistic forms which subtly stabilize and…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Communication Research, Content Analysis, Language Usage
Peer reviewedBell, Mae Arnold – Central States Speech Journal, 1983
Used a lexical statistics program to analyze conflict and nonconflict discussions of two different groups of college students. Found preliminary evidence for a pattern of greater redundancy and less vocabulary diversity for the discussion groups in conflict. (PD)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs
Peer reviewedGouran, Dennis; And Others – Central States Speech Journal, 1986
Analyzes the five factors in combination that appear to account for the mind-set in which the decision to launch the Challenger was made: (1) perceived pressure, (2) rigid conformity to perceived role requirements, (3) questionable reasoning, (4) ambiguous use of language, and (5) failure to ask important relevant questions. (NKA)
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Conflict Resolution
