Research

Scholarship translated into public understanding.

This section can house your thesis, research summaries, theory explainers, annotated sources, teaching resources, and original communication models.

Niagara Falls
Power & systems
Steaming thermal pool at Yellowstone
Patterns & environments
Mountain range and open landscape
Context & perspective
Layered red rock formations
Evidence through layers

Core research themes

Social Media Graffiti builds on your work connecting online communication, common ground, empathy, social structure, symbolic meaning, and the possibility of reducing destructive forms of polarization.

Communication does not simply describe reality. It helps organize the reality people are able to see, feel, and act within.

Potential research library

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Original researchThesis summaries, findings, methods, propositions, and implications for practice.
B
Theory guidesRawls, Mills, Hobbes, Burke, Mead, bell hooks, symbolic interactionism, and CCO.
C
Teaching resourcesActivities, visual explainers, discussion guides, assignments, and communication tools.