Student Support Networks in Online Doctoral Programs: Exploring Nested Communities

Exploring the Therapeutic Affordances of Self-Harm Online Support Communities: An Online Survey of Members

BACKGROUND A growing number of online communities have been established to support those who self-harm. However, little is known about the therapeutic affordances arising from engagement with these communities and resulting outcomes. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the presence of therapeutic affordances as reported by members of self-harm online support communities. METHODS ...

Words of Wisdom Gathered during the Online Doctoral Student Journey

Although the journey to pursuing an online doctoral degree is unique for each student, reflections of success offered by those who completed the journey can be helpful both in normalizing certain experiences and in detailing strategies for success.

Predictors of support for doctoral programs in media information technologies

This study assesses interest in curricular development in new technologies among communication faculty, with a focus on doctoral-level programs.Diffusion of innovations theory explains both individualand organizational-level factors that may account for adoption of innovations, including those stemming from new technologies. In the field of communication, media information technology programs r...

Doctoral Student Awards for

Some of the most important questions in the area of decision making under uncertainty deal with individual decisions to conform to or violate norms of behavior. The decision to conform to a norm is complicated by uncertainty about the norms others hold (Bohnet and Zeckhauser, 2004) and strong inclinations to behave collectively Milgram (1977). (For the present purpose, we adopt the broad defini...

TeleComVis: Exploring Temporal Communities in Telecom Networks