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Ward, Jennifer Rachelle.
A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism.
Degree: MA, Communication, 2019, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184972 
► The term American Exceptionalism is used to designate political myths purporting the qualitative distinction of the United States to other nations. I argue that American…
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▼ The term American Exceptionalism is used to designate political myths purporting the qualitative distinction of the United States to other nations. I argue that American Exceptionalism should not be viewed as a single political myth but as a metamyth constituted by four logically independent myths of American Exceptionalism. These myths center around the notion that America has a unique spiritual condition; that America is uniquely developed, structured and/or capable; that America has a unique or superior moral quality; and that America ought to behave as a moral example to other nations. I refer to these as American Spiritual Exceptionalism, American Performative Exceptionalism, American Moral Exceptionalism, and American Moral Exemplarism respectively. I also posit that there is a non-mythical belief in the uniqueness or superiority in America’s performance or moral quality. I call this view American Existential Exceptionalism. To determine if there is evidence that these notions of American Exceptionalism are believed in isolation to each other I conducted a correlation test based on a 29-item survey questionnaire meant to gauge belief in these five notions. Further, I hypothesized that a four-factor model is a better fit for the notion of American Exceptionalism than a single-factor model. To test this, I conducted two Confirmatory Factor Analyses and compared their results. The results suggested that the four-factor model is a better fit than the one-factor model. However, the results also suggested that there is a better model than the four-factor model suggested by this paper.
Advisors/Committee Members: Goidel, Kirby (advisor), Dunaway, Johanna (committee member), Radzik, Linda (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Political Myth; American Exceptionalism
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APA (6th Edition):
Ward, J. R. (2019). A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184972
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ward, Jennifer Rachelle. “A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184972.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ward, Jennifer Rachelle. “A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism.” 2019. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ward JR. A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184972.
Council of Science Editors:
Ward JR. A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184972
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Ward, Jennifer Rachelle.
A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism.
Degree: MA, Communication, 2019, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184975
► The term American Exceptionalism is used to designate political myths purporting the qualitative distinction of the United States to other nations. I argue that American…
(more)
▼ The term American Exceptionalism is used to designate political myths purporting the qualitative distinction of the United States to other nations. I argue that American Exceptionalism should not be viewed as a single political myth but as a metamyth constituted by four logically independent myths of American Exceptionalism. These myths center around the notion that America has a unique spiritual condition; that America is uniquely developed, structured and/or capable; that America has a unique or superior moral quality; and that America ought to behave as a moral example to other nations. I refer to these as American Spiritual Exceptionalism, American Performative Exceptionalism, American Moral Exceptionalism, and American Moral Exemplarism respectively. I also posit that there is a non-mythical belief in the uniqueness or superiority in America’s performance or moral quality. I call this view American Existential Exceptionalism. To determine if there is evidence that these notions of American Exceptionalism are believed in isolation to each other I conducted a correlation test based on a 29-item survey questionnaire meant to gauge belief in these five notions. Further, I hypothesized that a four-factor model is a better fit for the notion of American Exceptionalism than a single-factor model. To test this, I conducted two Confirmatory Factor Analyses and compared their results. The results suggested that the four-factor model is a better fit than the one-factor model. However, the results also suggested that there is a better model than the four-factor model suggested by this paper.
Advisors/Committee Members: Goidel, Kirby (advisor), Dunaway, Johanna (committee member), Radzik, Linda (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Political Myth; American Exceptionalism
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APA (6th Edition):
Ward, J. R. (2019). A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184975
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ward, Jennifer Rachelle. “A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184975.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ward, Jennifer Rachelle. “A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism.” 2019. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ward JR. A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184975.
Council of Science Editors:
Ward JR. A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/184975
Texas A&M University
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Freytag, Jennifer Jeanene.
Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2018, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524
► Using an ecological perspective, this dissertation focuses on personal and communicative factors affecting advance care planning. It situates and studies the process of advance care…
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▼ Using an ecological perspective, this dissertation focuses on personal and communicative factors affecting advance care planning. It situates and studies the process of advance care planning within three different contexts: an individual, cognitive context, the familial context, and the clinical context. Study One focused on beliefs and attitudes toward advance care planning using a survey that was completed by patients and their family member healthcare surrogates. The study found differing degrees of concordance for different measures of advance care planning preferences. Concordance ran from fair to good for measures of patient priorities and attitudes toward advance care planning, while concordance was low for decision-making preferences and goals. The study also found that patient perceptions of surrogate openness to talking about death predicts concordance across all but one measure. This finding provides a basis for arguing that interventions targeted exclusively at patients should also focus on surrogates. The study finally connects family communication environment types to concordance scores. Pluralistic family types, which value open communication and free thinking, are associated with improved concordance across two measures.
Study Two uses a qualitative approach to focus on the way family communication environment types can be used to classify family attitudes toward advance care planning conversation and decision-making. The analysis identifies important characteristics of these family communication environments that coordinate with the way patients and surrogates frame the problem of advance care planning, the way they discuss it, and the way they approach decision making in this context. Finally, Study Three uses a mixed-methods approach to analyze secondary data from patient-clinician interactions in a clinical setting, focusing on discursive strategies physicians and patients use during conversation about end-of-life care and decision-making strategies. It highlights a gulf between patients and physicians in terms of the advance care planning content they become more engaged in discussing. Based on ratings from outside observers, the study found that patients are more engaged when talking about surrogate decision-makers in detail, while physicians are more engaged when talking about advance care planning documents.
Advisors/Committee Members: Street , Richard L (advisor), Rauscher, Emily (committee member), Dague, Laura (committee member), Goidel, Kirby (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: advance care planning; family communication; clinical communication; family communication patterns; patient-physician interaction
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APA (6th Edition):
Freytag, J. J. (2018). Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Freytag, Jennifer Jeanene. “Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Freytag, Jennifer Jeanene. “Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning.” 2018. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Freytag JJ. Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524.
Council of Science Editors:
Freytag JJ. Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524
Texas A&M University
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Philips, Andrew Q.
Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2017, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161357
► Despite a large literature on political cycles, many theories and empirical results conflict with one another. I address this disconnect through three interrelated contributions. I…
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▼ Despite a large literature on political cycles, many theories and empirical results conflict with one another. I address this disconnect through three interrelated contributions. I first conduct an extensive quantitative survey of the political budget cycle literature through a meta-analysis. I find that overall there exists a positive, though substantively small political budget cycle effect. Second, I examine how incumbents may use alternatives to fiscal manipulation, such as the passage of redistributive policies, since these send a key signal to voters. Third, I examine how incumbents may not only time fiscal manipulation, but control their placement spatially. This ties in the political budget cycle literature with the literature on distributive politics. Although these findings call into question some of the existing views of political budget cycles, they show that cycles manifest themselves in alternative fashions.
Advisors/Committee Members: Whitten, Guy D (advisor), Lipsmeyer, Christine S (committee member), Escobar-Lemmon, Maria (committee member), Goidel, Kirby (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Political cycles; political budget cycles; political business cycles; distributive politics
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Philips, A. Q. (2017). Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161357
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Philips, Andrew Q. “Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161357.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Philips, Andrew Q. “Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles.” 2017. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Philips AQ. Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161357.
Council of Science Editors:
Philips AQ. Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161357
Texas A&M University
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Jiang, Shaohai.
Promoting Online Patient-Provider Communication in China: An Internet-based Intervention.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2017, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161365
► The Chinese health care system has suffered from severe tension between patients and doctors during the past decade. Violence towards health care providers has become…
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▼ The Chinese health care system has suffered from severe tension between patients and doctors during the past decade. Violence towards health care providers has become a familiar occurrence in China. Faced with the increasing number of deaths and injuries of health care providers from angry health care consumers, Chinese scholars have made great efforts to explore possible ways to improve doctor-patient relationships. Study 1 of the dissertation conducted a cross-sectional survey among 758 Chinese patients to examine pathways through which patient-centered communication (e.g., degree to which doctors are perceived as informative, supportive, and helpful making medical decisions) could influence patient satisfaction and patient trust, variables that could then contribute to better patient-reported health outcomes. The findings showed that patient-centered communication significantly increased patient satisfaction and patient trust. Patient satisfaction in turn significantly improved three types of health outcomes (general, emotional, and physical), and patient trust significantly enhanced emotional health. Bootstrap analyses provided support for the mediation effects of satisfaction and trust.
While improving patient satisfaction and patient trust holds enormous potential to mitigate the conflicting doctor-patient relationship in China, another important contributing factor to the crises in the health care system is the difficulties many Chinese patients are facing in receiving affordable health care. Online patient-provider communication may bring a new option for the delivery of affordable health services in a timely way. However, online patient-provider communication is still a relatively new concept to Chinese patients. Thus, to promote this new but important practice, study 2 of the dissertation conducted a four-week blog-based intervention among Chinese patients aged 40 or above. With the randomized control trial design and a general basis of the Social Cognitive Theory, this intervention was effective in promoting online patient-provider communication. Specifically, the findings indicated that this intervention resulted in improvements in the frequency of participants’ online patient-provider communication and related psychosocial constructs from Social Cognitive Theory (e.g., self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and awareness).
Advisors/Committee Members: Street, Richard (advisor), Goidel, Kirby (committee member), Lueck, Jennifer (committee member), Kwok, Oi-man (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Patient-provider communication; Internet-based intervention; Social cognitive theory; China
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APA (6th Edition):
Jiang, S. (2017). Promoting Online Patient-Provider Communication in China: An Internet-based Intervention. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161365
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jiang, Shaohai. “Promoting Online Patient-Provider Communication in China: An Internet-based Intervention.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161365.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jiang, Shaohai. “Promoting Online Patient-Provider Communication in China: An Internet-based Intervention.” 2017. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Jiang S. Promoting Online Patient-Provider Communication in China: An Internet-based Intervention. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161365.
Council of Science Editors:
Jiang S. Promoting Online Patient-Provider Communication in China: An Internet-based Intervention. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161365
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