Tag: COMM 460

Sarah Delp & Colby Hanson

Relational Closeness Through Simple Self Disclosure.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate and compare social penetration effectiveness between handwritten notes, and text messages. We will be communicating singularly with our participants through one of the two mediums using simple self-disclosures, and then evaluating relational closeness. The hypothesis we will be testing is, subjects receiving surface disclosures via CMC will report greater relational closeness than those receiving the same messages in writing. 10 random participants from Northwest Christian University will be asked a series of the same 8 simple, surface level questions by one of the researchers (ex: what is a hobby of yours? Where did you grow up?) by either text messages or handwritten notes. The person not asking and answering the questions will then deliver the handwritten notes. After the 8 exchanges, we will then ask the participants to fill out McCroskey and McCain’s (1974) social attraction sub scale questionnaire, The Measure of Interpersonal Attraction. This will then be used to measure the relational closeness as well their disclosures and emotional states to the researcher using their given communication method.

COMM 460 Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

Hayley Leno & Jaime Terwilliger

Two Truths and a Lie: Deception Detection Based on Mode of Communication

Lies can often be exchanged through text based communication and face to face communication. The following study was conducted to determine if lies were detected more often through face-to-face or text-based communication and whether not it mattered if the participant knew the researcher well. The first hypothesis was that when the participant does not know the deceiver, deception detection will succeed more often through text-only communication than face-to-face communication. The second hypothesis was that when the participant does know the deceiver well, successful deception detection will be equally likely in face-to-face and text-only communication. Twenty-seven participants from Northwest Christian University participated in a game of Two Truths and a Lie, once face-to-face and once over text message. The results show that there was not a significant difference between face-to-face detection and the text based detection. Also, in either medium, there was a not significant difference in lie detection between participants who knew the researcher well, or did not know the researcher well.

COMM 460 Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Krista Bryson & Jenna Royce

Handling Conflict in the 21st Century

Through this study, we wanted to see how many people prefer communicating and solving conflict through cell phone use, i.e. text messages/phone calls, rather than face-to-face interaction. We asked who they primarily communicate with. The data was gathered at NCU. Participants were handed a self-reported survey with questions about their conflict styles and different scenarios. This study collected data on how much time people spend on their cell phones and how they handled conflict using technology.

COMM 460, Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Mark Hamilton

Do Particularly Religious People Use the Internet Less?

This is a follow up to a study performed by Dr. Greg Armfield and Dr. R. Lance Holbert. Using data collected in 1997 and 1998 they found that the more religious a person was the less likely they were to actively use the Internet. My own project is an attempt to see if this is still true today, particularly among college students. Using surveys of NCU and UO students I will attempt to discover whether religiosity is still a negative indicator of internet use.

COMM 460, Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Rebecca Hart & Johnny Mager

Student Athletes on the Road: How Facebook can Help

A research study was conducted in which random student athletes were surveyed from each of the 12 NCU athletic teams, and it was concluded that students feel disconnected from their studies when out of town for away games. Solutions to this problem are provided, including turning the tour bus into a wireless hot spot and creating a NCU Facebook page where students can communicate with professors.

COMM 460, Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Susan Leip & Charolene Somatis

The Relationship Between Attention Span and YouTube Video Design Preference

This study looked at the relationship between attention spans and the design behind YouTube videos. Subjects were shown two separate videos of the same story, one with minimal editing and the other designed with jump cuts and text overlaid in the style of a YouTube video. It is hypothesized that the participants tested to have a shorter attention span will have greater appreciation for the heavily edited video as opposed to the video with few edits. 

COMM 460, Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Bethel Willocks

The Impact of a Church’s Internet Usage on Congregation Members’ Perception of Community

Just as the Internet has changed the way that we do business and spend our personal time, so it has changed the way that we interact  within the church community. Through a survey with a church community and interviews with the church leadership, this paper will identify areas of Internet usage specific to the church, as well as the positive and     negative aspect to the church community.  Implications are discussed with regard to utilitarian usage and community relations usage.

COMM 460, Technology, Change and Communication

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Joel Bauer, Tessa Greatwood, Alexandria Jee & Jordan Whittenburg

Technology, Change, and Communication: Internet

An examination of technology-driven change in communication in the area of networked computing, from the 1969 UCLA-SRI connection to the present and beyond.

COMM 460, Technology, Change & Communication

Doyle Srader

A201

9 – 11 AM

Robert Bell, Christina Fisher & Anthony Kempf

Technology, Change and Communication: Purposes

An examination of technology-driven change in communication in areas defined by various purposes, including entertainment, government, and worship.

COMM 460, Technology, Change & Communication

Doyle Srader

A201

9 – 11 AM

Mike D’Eliso, Nicole Klingerman, Ingeburg Pe’a & Britni Steiling

Technology, Change, and Communication: Telephones

An examination of technology-driven change in communication in the area of telephony, from the invention of telephones to the present and beyond.

COMM 460, Technology, Change & Communication

Doyle Srader

A201

9 – 11 AM