Human Communication Research Research Articles

Computer-Assisted Concept Analysis of HCR's First 25 Years

Human Communication Research's (HCR) silver anniversary provides an occasion for an examination of the journal's history of publication. This was accomplished using new procedures for computer-assisted content analysis of text. Titles of 634 HCR articles were normalized using linguistic reduction, elimination of common words and terms with indiscriminate meaning, and tokenization of phrases and compound concepts. The resulting 86 most frequently occurring tokens were submitted to hierarchical cluster analysis to study conceptual linkage. Concepts represented in HCR articles were found to group into five large clusters: media, family, conflict, and learning; culture, social organization, and self; gender and language; cognition, conversation, persuasion, and influence; and group decision making. Support and clarification are provided for findings that HCR serves as a liaison journal between mass and interpersonal communication. It is suggested that HCR's history of publication manifests a theory of communication that is rooted in social psychological traditions.

A Semantic Network Analysis of the International Communication Association

This article examines the structure of the International Communication Association (ICA) through semantic network analysis. Semantic network analysis examines the relationships among a system's components based on the shared meanings of symbols. Galileo analysis and Quadratic Analysis Procedure revealed that the semantic network for ICA based on paper titles presented to its divisions and interest groups at its 1991 conference had a high degree of correspondence with the affiliation structure reported by Barnett and Danowski. Both networks differentiated the humanistic divisions from the scientific, the mediated from the interpersonal, and the theoretical from the applied. The results are taken to be an indication of the validity of the procedures employed for determining semantic networks. Finally, results are interpreted in regard to Human Communication Research's relationship to its parent organization, ICA.

Colloquy Developing Multiple-Process Theories of Communication

Journal Article Colloquy: Developing Multiple-Process Theories of Communication Get access Austin S. Babrow Austin S. Babrow 1Austin S, Babrow (Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1986) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 25, Issue 1, September 1998, Pages 152–155, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1998.tb00440.x Published: 17 March 2006

Acknowledgment

Journal Article Acknowledgment Get access Human Communication Research, Volume 24, Issue 4, June 1998, Pages 478–479, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1998.tb00427.x Published: 17 March 2006

Acknowledgment

Journal Article Acknowledgment Get access Human Communication Research, Volume 24, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 365, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1998.tb00420.x Published: 17 March 2006

Memory, Cognitive Processing, and the Process of "Listening" A Reply to Thomas and Levine

In a recent issue of Human Communication Research, Thomas and Levine (1994) explored the “listening” construct, examining listening from both a cognitive and behavioral point of view. In so doing, they made several inaccurate statements about my own research and positions that I have taken concerning listening. Linear models of memory (first short-term memory, then intermediate storage, then long-term memory) do not describe listening. What I have written in the past is that, like memory, listening has short-term and long-term elements, that listening research ought to examine short-term processing more carefully than before, and that any general definition of listening ought to include all elements, including long-term elements. Additional misstatements appear concerning the role of memory in the assessment of listening. In addition to these misstatements, they ignored some extremely important constructs in listening, principally that of listener involvement. In addition, the model that they present as a causal explanation for listening behaviors has several serious flaws. Nonetheless, in focusing on some nonverbal indicators of listening, they have made a real contribution to the understanding of listening as a communication skill.

Further Thoughts on Recall, Memory, and the Measurement of Listening A Rejoinder to Bostrom

Journal Article Further Thoughts on Recall, Memory, and the Measurement of Listening: A Rejoinder to Bostrom Get access L. Todd Thomas, L. Todd Thomas 1L. Toad Thomas (Ph.D., Indiana University, 1994) is a corporate trainer for Rockwell International in Cedar Rapids, IA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Timothy R. Levine Timothy R. Levine 2Timothy R. Levine is an associate professor of speech at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 23, Issue 2, December 1996, Pages 306–308, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1996.tb00397.x Published: 17 March 2006

Corpus Work at HCRC

An overview is given of work on the creation, collection, preparation, and publication of electronic corpora of written and spoken language undertaken at the Human Communication Research Centre at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Four major efforts are described: the HCRC Map Task Corpus, the ECI/MC1, the MLCC project and work on document architectures and processing regimes for SGML-encoded corpora.

To Dream the Impossible Dream

Journal Article To Dream the Impossible Dream: The Rhetoric of Gerald R. Miller (1931–1993) Get access Michael Burgoon Michael Burgoon 1Michael Burgoon is Professor of Communication and Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona—Tucson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 1994, Pages 431–436, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1994.tb00330.x Published: 17 March 2006

EDITOR'S NOTE

Editor's Note Get access James J. Bradac James J. Bradac Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 18, Issue 4, June 1992, Page 499, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1992.tb00569.x Published: 17 March 2006

On the Validity of Nonverbal Indicators as Measures of Physiological Arousal A Response to Burgoon, Kelley, Newton, and Keeley-Dyreson

Journal Article On the Validity of Nonverbal Indicators as Measures of Physiological Arousal: A Response to Burgoon, Kelley, Newton, and Keeley-Dyreson Get access Glenn G. Sparks, Glenn G. Sparks Sparks 1Department of Communication at Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John O. Greene John O. Greene Associate Professors 1Department of Communication at Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 18, Issue 3, March 1992, Pages 445–471, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1992.tb00560.x Published: 17 March 2006

A Reply From the Heart Who Are Sparks and Greene and Why Are They Saying All These Horrible Things?

Journal Article A Reply From the Heart: Who Are Sparks and Greene and Why Are They Saying All These Horrible Things? Get access Judee K. Burgoon, Judee K. Burgoon Professor 1Communication at the University of Arizona, Tucson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Beth A. Le Poire Beth A. Le Poire Assistant Professor 2Speech Communication at Texas A&M University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 18, Issue 3, March 1992, Pages 472–482, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1992.tb00561.x Published: 17 March 2006

Intellectual Scrutiny as an Alternative to Replies From the Heart.

Journal Article Intellectual Scrutiny as an Alternative to Replies from the Heart: Toward Clarifying the Nature of Arousal and Its Relation to Nonverbal Behavior Get access John O. Greene, John O. Greene Associate Professors 1Communication at Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Lenn G. Sparks Lenn G. Sparks Associate Professors 1Communication at Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 18, Issue 3, March 1992, Pages 483–488, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1992.tb00562.x Published: 17 March 2006

The utilization of congruence coefficients in human communication research

This paper describes the use of congruence coefficients, which can be used to determine the similarity of factor structures (Tucker, 1951). Although this technique has been widely used, the human communication literature contains no simple explanation of how to calculate congruence coefficients. Therefore, this paper provides information on how to use factor analytic data to compute congruence coefficients. Information on testing congruence coefficients for statistical significance is also provided.

George D. McCune 1924?1990

Journal Article George D. McCune 1924–1990 Get access Human Communication Research, Volume 17, Issue 2, December 1990, Page 343, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1990.tb00236.x Published: 17 March 2006

EDITOR'S NOTE

Journal Article Editor's Note Get access Human Communication Research, Volume 17, Issue 1, September 1990, Pages 3–4, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1990.tb00225.x Published: 17 March 2006

Citation Networks of Communication Journals, 1977?1985 Cliques and Positions, Citations Made and Citations Received

This article analyzes the pattern of citations among all communication journals covered by the first nine years of the Journal Citation Reports volume of the Social Sciences Citation Index (Garfield, 1977–1985). It approaches these analyses from two perspectives: (1) bibliometric analysis of citation flows, ratios, and impact factors, and (2) network analysis of both cohesion-based and position-based citation patterns. The field of communication exhibits clear clustering and inbreeding, consisting of cliques of interpersonal journals, mass media journals, and residual isolate journals. Citation patterns within and across these cliques have been very stable from 1977 through 1985. The cohesion analyses show that Human Communication Research and Communication Education provide weak ties from mass media journals to interpersonal communication journals. The Journal of Communication is cited the most strongly by the most journals, and provides, by means of citations, bidirectional channels for the flow of scientific information between mass media journals and interpersonal journals. The positional analyses show that the set of journals that has similar citing patterns is somewhat different from the set of journals that is cited similarly. In particular, the set of sources for the research reported in articles in these journals is not similar to the set of journals that refer to the articles in these journals.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Journal Article Editor’s Note Get access Human Communication Research, Volume 14, Issue 4, June 1988, Pages 427–428, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1988.tb00163.x Published: 17 March 2006

Communication and the National Interest

The Commonwealth government in Australia recently funded some new high-tech research centres, including the Human Communication Research Centre at Melbourne University.

On the Facts of the Text as the Basis of Human Communication Research

The notion of “text” has emerged as an important and controversial frame for postmodern social inquiry (see, for example, the collection of essays in Baynes, Bohman, & McCarthy, 1987). While offering a particular angle on “textuality” and building on Kenneth Burke’s (1954/1964) method of “indexing,” this essay argues for the literal application of “the text” to human communication research. In this line of argument, the predicament of the (social) researcher, as well as that of the social actor, is seen as being one of “intertextuality.” Such claims are advanced in the interest of bringing more closely together “humanistic” and “scientific” approaches to the study of human relations. The essay includes a critical-analytical illustration of Burkean indexing with respect to a historic document: the U.S. Catholic bishops’ 1983 pastoral letter, The Challenge of Peace.