Papers by ken de la pryme
Recurring claims of the poor relationship of computer adoption and organizational productivity ma... more Recurring claims of the poor relationship of computer adoption and organizational productivity may be of interest to communication scientists who study computer mediated communication (CMC). Cognitive science researchers advocate the same solution to this problem as many communication scientists, i.e., formative research. Iterating design and user input into a feedback loop will lead to continual testing and locating of bugs until skills with computers increase. Perhaps it will be useful for CMC researchers to look more at how productivity in the workplace is related to new communication technologies, such as electronic mail, computer conferencing, and decision support systems. More research about CMC and productivity which can specify how CMC is different from the general pattern of computers and productivity is needed. (RS)
International Journal of Technology Diffusion, 2013
The relationship between new media networking (NMN) and political participation continues to deve... more The relationship between new media networking (NMN) and political participation continues to develop in complex ways. In light of evidence pointing to increased political participation through NMN, the structures of the networks people engage continue to exhibit both empowering and disempowering aspects. While some gaps associated with the Digital Divide are closing, others are opening. This essay utilizes network theory and power law distribution to further understand new media networks. The article concludes that there are inherent inequalities in new media networks, the inequalities can be addressed through public policy, and that they are made relevant through narratives of optimistic but realistic, progress.
Discourse & Society, 1991
This paper describes an empirical study regarding deconstruction by network television news viewe... more This paper describes an empirical study regarding deconstruction by network television news viewers. We define news deconstruction as the identification and criticism of ideology in news by its viewers. Twelve viewers were given surveys about the news, shown videotapes of NBC news, and asked to fill out cognitive response forms during viewing. We explained our studies of news deconstruction and then interviewed them regarding their impressions of our explanation and their feelings about the ideological aspects of news and how they oppose them. We contentanalyzed the cognitive response and interview data for deconstruction moves using four categories which we call oppositional statement types: 1. Criticism—comments concerning news content. 2. Resistance—disbelief in news content. 3. Challenge—questioning of factual accuracy of news. 4. Deconstruction—exposing ideology that promotes only one view of events and discourages others. Our content analysis indicates that most oppositional m...
In the fields of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and political communication, there is a re... more In the fields of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and political communication, there is a recurrent hope that CMC will provide new spaces and new forms of political communication that will contribute to the democratization of various societies and to more humane and conciliatory political dialogue. A United Nations report on terrorism notes that denying violent political groups the ability to terrorize others is very important, but there is also a need for concerted efforts to dissuade disaffected groups in the world from supporting terrorism (United Nations, 2002). Such efforts can be helped with more scientific knowledge about the communication processes which generate political polarization and those which can facilitate depolarization. This necessitates research on the social dynamics of polarizing and depolarizing discourse and communication. This includes the study of new communication technologies that can aid the social processes that lower polarization in (depolarize) ...
Discourse & Society, 1991
Page 1. Discourse & Society http://das.sagepub.com/ Oppositional Readings of Netw... more Page 1. Discourse & Society http://das.sagepub.com/ Oppositional Readings of Network Television News: Viewer Deconstruction Kenneth L. Hacker, Tara G. Coste, Daniel F. Kamm and Carl R. Bybee Discourse Society 1991 ...
The Information Society, 2003
The Information Society, 19: 315–326, 2003 Copyright c Taylor & Francis Inc. ISSN: 0197-2243 prin... more The Information Society, 19: 315–326, 2003 Copyright c Taylor & Francis Inc. ISSN: 0197-2243 print / 1087-6537 online DOI: 10.1080/01972240390227895 ... The Digital Divide as a Complex and ... Department of Communication, ...
Journal of Veterans Studies
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the theory and application of Embodied Restorying Pract... more The purpose of this paper is to introduce the theory and application of Embodied Restorying Practices (ERPs), an intervention designed to promote military family reintegration. ERPs are a form of family storytelling that takes on a sociomaterial, translational approach. ERPs are geared toward individuals and families who have experienced stress, separation, or trauma. A facilitator follows the steps of ERPs to encourage people to move beyond culturally imposed narratives or separate, looped stories of trauma/difficulty. ERPs prompt families to reframe stories in cognitive and material ways to create positive, unified, living stories of the future that, when reinforced by the family system, give members increased agency and family connection. Practical roots of ERPs stem from equine-assisted interventions with veterans. Theoretical review shows how ERPs fit in the context of family storytelling research and warrant further research.
Media and Communication, 2016
This article explores how strategic communication, public diplomacy, international governmental b... more This article explores how strategic communication, public diplomacy, international governmental broadcasting, and social media networking can be brought together in a system of strategic influence and global engagement. The analysis offers a contrasting approach to various views of public diplomacy or strategic communication which privilege one form of governmental influence over others and treat partial aspects of national persuasion as complete pictures of government communication aimed at foreign audiences. Because so much of public diplomacy literature today emphasizes social media, it is necessary to determine how specific tools of influence such as international broadcasting, can be used in ways that fit new thinking in public diplomacy as well as continuously emerging new media ecologies.
The American Political Science Review, 1996
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