Com 201 Library Database Assignment

COM 201 Small Assignment #2:
Journal Abstracts

To prepare for the "formal" writing assignments in COM 201, it is important that you learn how to use a variety of library databases to locate pertinent articles. To that end, for this small assignment, you will need to use each of four commonly used electronic databases for communication research.

These electronic databases are:

Academic Search Premier
ComAbstracts
PsycInfo
Sociological Abstracts

In preparation for the Library Workshop on Friday, September 14, look through the communication theories discussed in your Dainton & Zelley textbook. AFTER choosing a communication theory or theories that interest you, locate one journal article that tests or applies that theory for each database listed above.

Print out, or copy-and-paste, the abstract and other surrounding reference information for each article to hand in to me.
Indicate whether you can get the full-text article (a) on-line, (b) at the Concordia library on the shelves, or (c) through interlibrary loan (ILL).
Turn this set of four abstracts into Aileen, with the information requested above (i.e., where can you get this article) clearly marked?
Choose the abstract that interests you most, and get the entire article to read and use to complete Paper #1

One of the purposes of the Library Workshop is to allow you to get started (and get help if you need it) on this assignment. This assignment is due on Monday, September 24.

EXAMPLE:

Suppose you were interested in "Interpersonal Deception Theory" by Buller and Burgoon (not one of the choices from your book). You might locate these four different articles that test or apply that theory, like this:

Academic Search Premier Title: The Effects of Participation on the Ability to Judge Deceit. Authors: Dunbar, Norah E. Ramirez, Jr., Artemio Burgoon, Judee K. Source: Communication Reports; Winter2003, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p23, 11p, 1 chart Document Type: Article Subject Terms: COMMUNICATION CONVERSATION DECEPTION HYPOTHESIS JUDGMENT Reviews & Products: INTERACTION & Coevolution (Book) NAICS/Industry Codes: 51 Information Abstract: The principle of interactivity holds that communication processes and outcomes vary as a function of whether the communication context is interactive or not. When deception occurs in conversation, communicators who are active participants should be less accurate in detecting it than should observers by virtue of their level of interactivity. This experiment compared the judgments of participant-receivers and observers to test this principle. Results supported all hypotheses. Participant-receivers gave more favorable or lenient evaluations of participant-sender performance than did observers and were less accurate in detecting deception. This finding offers strong support for Interpersonal Deception Theory*'s contention that interactive deception differs from noninteractive deception and advantages participant-senders over participant-receivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Full Text Word Count: 4660 ISSN: 0893-4215 Accession Number: 9350231 Persistent link to this record: http://46058.cordlibproxy.pals.msus.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,uid&db=aph&an=9350231 Database: Academic Search Premier Formats: CitationCitation Linked Full TextLinked Full Text	Available Full-text on-line
ComAbstracts Citation: Burgoon, Judee K., Buller, David B., Guerrero, Laura K., Afifi, Walid A. & Feldman, Clyde M. (1996). Interpersonal deception: XII. Information management dimensions underlying deceptive and truthful messages. Communication Monographs. 63 (1, March), 50-69. Abstract: Analysis of two investigations in which participants engage in interviews. Aims to assess the degree to which senders and receivers use a variety of strategies to alter the verbal content of messages to manage information yet create credible messages. Findings are discussed in light of interpersonal deception theory. First author affiliation: University of Arizona Keywords: interpersonal deception theory, information management, deceptive messages, truthful messages	Available on Concordia's library shelves
PsycInfo Database PsycINFO (1840-Current) Title Language dominance in interpersonal deception in computer-mediated communication Author Zhou, Lina; Burgoon, Judee K; Zhang, Dongsong; Nunamaker, Jay F Author Affiliation Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, US [Zhou, Zhang]; Center for the Management of Information, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US [Burgoon, Nunamaker] Source Computers in Human Behavior. Vol 20(3), May 2004, pp. 381-402 ISSN 0747-5632 Descriptors Deception Dominance Language Personality Traits *Computer Mediated Communication Nonverbal Communication New Search Using Marked Terms: Use AND to narrow Use OR to broaden Abstract Dominance is not only a complicated social phenomenon that involves interpersonal dynamics, but also an effective strategy used in various applications such as deception detection, negotiation, and online community. The extensive literature on dominance has primarily focused on the personality traits and socio-biological influence, as well as various nonverbal and paralinguistic behaviors associated with dominance. Nonetheless, language dominance manifested through dynamically acquired linguistic capability and strategies has not been fully investigated. The exploration of language dominance in the context of deception is even rarer. With the increasing use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in all aspects of modern life, language dominance in CMC has emerged as an important issue. This study examines language dominance in the context of deception via CMC. The experimental results show that deceivers: (1) demonstrate a different trend of language dominance from truthtellers over time; (2) manipulate the level of language dominance by initiating communication with low dominance and gradually increasing the level over the course of interaction, and (3) display higher levels of dominance in terms of some linguistic behaviors than truthtellers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)	Available Full-text on-line
Sociological Abstracts Database Sociological Abstracts Title The Role of Conversational Involvement in Deceptive Interpersonal Interactions Author Burgoon, Judee K; Buller, David B; White, Cindy H; Afifi, Walid; Buslig, Aileen L S Author Affiliation U Arizona, Tucson Source Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1999, 25, 6, June, 669-685 ISSN 0146-1672 Descriptors Deception (D200800) Interpersonal Relations (D410700) Truth (D881700) Social Influence (D789300) Social Behavior (D780900) Social Interaction (D789900) Interpersonal Communication (D410400) United States of America (D890700) New Search Using Marked Terms: Use AND to narrow Use OR to broaden Abstract Interpersonal deception theory* postulates that interactive deception differs from noninteractive deception due to combined influences of deceiver goals & social skills, mutual influence processes between sender & receiver, feedback, & interaction dynamics. Reported here are results of an experiment testing five hypotheses: (1) interactive deception displays differ from truthful ones only at the outset of interaction & approximate truthful displays over time, (2) displays are moderated by deceiver social skills, (3) deceivers adapt to receiver communication with reciprocal or compensatory displays, (4) low involvement by receivers conveys negative feedback that instigates more behavioral adjustments by deceivers than does high involvement, & (5) receivers' postinteraction judgments of deceivers are directly related to deceiver behavioral displays. In the experiment (involving 122 community members & graduate students in a large southwestern metropolitan area), senders alternated between telling the truth & deceiving, & partners varied their own level of involvement. Supportive results were produced that have implications for the stability of, & causal mechanisms underlying, deception displays & interpersonal communication generally. 4 Tables, 2 Figures, 79 References. Adapted from the source document.	Available on Concordia's library shelves

ADDITIONAL TIPS:

You should limit your search to JOURNAL ARTICLES ONLY on the databases whenever you can. Almost all of the databases you will use for COM 201 have this ability. This way you will be less likely to inadvertently choose the wrong kind of article.
Can't find any journal articles for a particular theory in one of the databases? You have two choices:

Choose another, different theory from the Dainton & Zelley textbook that sounds interesting (you can turn in this assignment with up to four different theories from the D&Z book)

Locate an article that would clearly relate to your original theory's topic area (e.g., for Interpersonal Deception Theory, perhaps you could find an article on deception in general, or even an article on computer-mediated communication, which would relate to the PsycInfo article above). Use the subject terms/keywords/descriptors (e.g., deception, information management, truth) in the other database abstracts to help you.