The Department of Communication Studies at the University of Montana engages with both social-scientific and humanistic approaches to the analysis, understanding, and improvement of human communication. The Department focuses on three broad areas of study, including interpersonal interaction and human relationships; organizational and institutional communication; and rhetoric and public discourse. The research and creative scholarship by the faculty of the Department of communication Studies includes historical public discourse; the functions of discourse in society; interpersonal and small group interaction; human relations in organizations; media and society; intercultural interaction; and symbols and messages in societal discourse.

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Submissions from 2015

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The Impact of Teachers' Communication Approach on Children's Co-Cultural Adaptation, Phyllis B. Ngai

Submissions from 2014

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Industrial Apocalyptic: Neoliberalism, Coal, and the Burlesque Frame, Jennifer Peeples, Pete Bsumek, Steven J. Schwarze, and Jen Schneider

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Environmental melodrama, coal, and the politics of sustainable energy in The Last Mountain, Steven J. Schwarze, Jennifer Peeples, Jen Schneider, and Pete Bsumek

Submissions from 2013

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A Functional Analysis of 2012 U.S. Presidential Primary Debates, Mark Glantz, William L. Benoit, and David Airne

Submissions from 2011

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Determinants of Issue Emphasis in Gubernatorial and Senate Debates, William L. Benoit, David Airne, and LeAnn Brazeal

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Functional Federalism and Issue Emphasis in Political Television Spots, William L. Benoit, LeAnn Brazeal, and David Airne

Submissions from 2010

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Implementing Montana's Indian-Education-for-All Initiative in a K-5 Public School: Implications for Classroom Teaching, Education Policy, and Native Communities, Phyllis B. Ngai and Peter Koehn

Submissions from 2008

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An Emerging Native Language Education Framework for Reservation Public Schools With Mixed Populations, Phyllis B. Ngai

Submissions from 2007

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A Functional Analysis of Televised U.S. Senate and Gubernatorial Campaign Debates, William L. Benoit, LeAnn Brazeal, and David Airne

Submissions from 2005

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Using students Mentors in an "Introduction to Honors" Course, Betsy Wackernagel Bach, Rachel Kinkie, and Sam Schabacker

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A Functional Analysis of American Vice Presidential Debates, William L. Benoit and David Airne

Submissions from 2003

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Juxtaposition in Environmental Health Rhetoric: Exposing Asbestos Contamination in Libby, Montana, Steven J. Schwarze

Submissions from 2002

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Rhetorical Traction: Definitions and Institutional Arguments in Judicial Opinions About Wilderness Access, Steven J. Schwarze

Submissions from 1995

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The Metaphors of Retirement : Cutting Cords, Disentangling from Webs, and Heading for Pasture, Steven R. Phillips and Betsy Wackernagel Bach

Submissions from 1991

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An Explication and Test of Communication Network Content and Multiplexity as Predictors of Organizational Identification, Betsy Wackernagel Bach and Connie Bullis

Submissions from 1990

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"Moving Up" on Campus : A Qualitative Examination of Organizational Socialization, Betsy Wackernagel Bach

Submissions from 1989

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Socialization Turning Points : An Examination of Change in Organizational Identification, Connie Bullis and Betsy Bach

Submissions from 1988

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Communication Between Physicians and Physical Therapists, Janet Bower Hulme, Betsy Wackernagel Bach, and John W. Lewis