Friday November 18, 2011 - National Communication Association

Sponsor: Organizational Communication DivisionChair: Mohammad Auwal, California State University, Los AngelesRespondent: Jennifer L Gibbs, Rutgers University"Encouraging Careers that Capture the Imagination of a Country: A Poststructuralist Analysis of Lebanese Children’s Talk AboutMeanings of Work and Career" Patrice M. Buzzanell, Purdue University; Abrar Hammoud, Purdue University; Brenda L. Berkelaar,University of Texas, Austin; Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University"Foxconn Suicides, Voice of Resistance against Globalization: In the Lens of the Four Central Problematics of OrganizationalCommunication" Dongjing Kang, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln"Integrating Religious Faith in Human Rights Collaboration" Matthew A. Koschmann, Univ of Colorado, Boulder"The Communicative Constitution of Organizational Culture: A Question of Cultivation" Boris H. J. M. Brummans, Université deMontréal; Chantal Benoit-Barne, Université de Montréal; Francois Cooren, Université de Montréal; Frédérik Matte, Université deMontréal302132 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM Sheraton New Orleans Oakley - Fourth FloorThe Constantly Evolving World of Uses and Gratifications ResearchSponsor: Mass Communication DivisionChair: Eun-Ho Yeo, Plymouth State UniversityRespondent: Mina Tsay, Boston University"Cards, Dice, and Male bonding: An Examination of Strat-O-Matic Baseball Motives" John S.W. Spinda, Murray State Univ; Daniel L.Wann, Murray State University; Michael Sollitto, West Virginia University"Reading Motivations: Uses and Gratifications of Avid Readers" Kristina Drumheller, West Texas A&M Univ; R. Nicholas Gerlich, WestTexas A&M University"A Proposed Media Use and Social Capital Model: Toward Understanding the Relationship between Media Use and Social Capital froma Uses and Gratifications Perspective" Esther A Agyeman-Budu, Kent State University"Why We Watch Them Sing and Dance: The Uses and Gratifications of Talent-based Reality Television" Kristin Barton, Dalton StateCollege"Voices of Chinese Web-TV Audiences: A Case of Applying Uses and Gratifications Theory to Examine Popularity of Prison Break inChina" Li Li, Ohio University; Yea-Wen Chen, Ohio University; Ran Ju, Ohio University; Masato Nakazawa, University of New Mexico302142 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM Sheraton New Orleans Grand Ballroom B - Fifth FloorDifficult Family Circumstances that Impact Relational and Communicative ProcessesSponsor: Interpersonal Communication DivisionChair: Julie E Delaney, Univ of Wisconsin, Milwaukee"The Meanings of 'Open Communication' Among Couples Coping with a Cardiac Event" Daena J. Goldsmith, Lewis & Clark College;Kelsey Domann, Lewis & Clark College"Depressive Symptoms and Mechanisms of Relational Turbulence as Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction among Returning ServiceMembers" Leanne Knobloch, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer A. Theiss, Rutgers University"The Impact of a Parent’s Presence on Facebook on Perceptions of Parental Privacy Invasions and Parent-Child RelationshipQuality" Maggie Kanter, University of California, Santa Barbara; Tamara Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara; Stephanie Robbins,Univ of California, Santa Barbara"Enacted and Perceived Goal Attention in Family Conversations about End-of-Life Decisions" Allison M Scott, University of Kentucky"Giving Voice to Communication Research: A Review and Synthesis of the Family Stress and Coping Literature from a CommunicationPerspective" Katheryn C. Maguire, Wayne State Univ302143 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM Sheraton New Orleans Grand Ballroom C - Fifth FloorHurtful and Aggressive Communication in Interpersonal InteractionsSponsor: Interpersonal Communication DivisionChair: Courtney Wright, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville"Communicating about Romantic Relationship Conflict: The Influence of Locus of Control and Relational Intimacy on Communicative