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There's No Holidays in the Funeral Business: Exploring Dialectical Tensions in a Funeral Home

This paper explores the ways in which rituals and stories enable employees at a rural, family owned funeral home to understand and attempt to embrace both poles of underlying dialectical tensions. The

Uses and Effects of MySpace among Christian Teens and Young Adults

Do churches view MySpace as an unconventional place to minister to teens? This study reports survey results on the uses and effects of MySpace among Christian teens and young adults (N = 242). Four

The Role of Integrative Complexity and Involvement on Political Message Perceptions: How we Make Sense of Political Communication

Research yields inconsistent results regarding involvement's effect on political message perception. This study examines how integrative complexity relates to type of political involvement, and perceptions

Mobility, the Media, and the Suppression of Dissent: Analysis of the 2003 Miami FTAA Protests

The Miami Model of protest control, developed for the Free Trade Area of the Americas protests in 2003 is the subject of this essay because it is part of a trend towards increasingly militaristic control