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Mass Communication and Para-Social Interaction:... →

this may be the best thing i have read all semester. One of the striking characteristics of the new mass media – radio, television, and the movies – is that they give the illusion of face-to-face relationship with the performer. The conditions of response to the performer are analogous to those in a primary group. The most remote and illustrious men are met as if they...

Apr 1st

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Created by Oatmeal

Apr 1st

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Do you feel full? You know deep down if you are...

I was full so I got up from the table and quit eating. The prospect of cigars in the parlor with those who finished dinner was not a strong enough lure to keep me sitting there stuffing my gob —even though the food was fine. I’ll do my own snacking later. Thank you, Good Night and Goodbye.

Mar 31st

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Mar 30th

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Mar 27th

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“513. SETTING YOUR ALARM CLOCK TO GO OFF EARLIER AND THEN PRESSING THE SNOOZE...”

– GOT WISDOM?

Mar 24th

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Mar 24th

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

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“Also, keep in mind the following when applying: The Department of Communication...”

– Graduate: Department of Communication and Culture: Indiana University Bloomington :(

Mar 23rd

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you can make this fun. you dont have to fit into their mold, just yours. remember that you are here to please yourself. what do you want out of this? do what you think will get the best results and hope for the best.

Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

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it is really hard to get up in the morning when bed is so comfy and the day does not hold fun things. too many alarms does not help either.

Mar 23rd

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Mar 21st

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soundtrack to a literature review

armor for sleep - the truth about heaven brand new - jude law and a semester abroad mayday parade - the end the starting line - the best of me afi - total immortal off by one - punk rock girl the bouncing souls - the ballad of johnny x blink 182 - wendy clear alkaline trio - we’ve had enough story of the year - until the day i die the audition - everybody is someone else’s...

Mar 20th

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Will Your College Be Covered in Virtual Graffiti?

The latest social-media craze tags campus landmarks with labels and risqué comments, via cellphone By Marc Parry (Richardson, Tex.) Dennis M. Kratz is a big booster of the University of Texas at Dallas’s Emerging Media and Communication program here. The arts-and-humanities dean might be surprised to find out that he is also one of the first targets of a tech craze running rampant among...

Mar 20th

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Laying on the beach with Austin … Sun, waves, happiness.

Mar 15th

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Mar 10th

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“WHEN YOU GET SAD, STOP BEING SAD AND BE AWESOME INSTEAD.”

– GOT WISDOM?

Mar 10th

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The Ironic Processes of Mental Control

Wegner, Daniel M. Psychological Review. Vol 101(1), Jan 1994, 34-52. Abstract A theory of ironic processes of mental control is proposed to account for the intentional and counterintentional effects that result from efforts at self-control of mental states. The theory holds that an attempt to control the mind introduces 2 processes: (1) an operating process that promotes the intended change by...

Mar 10th

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“the enlightened use of paradoxial intentions”

Mar 10th

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why is it that trying so hard sometimes seems to guarantee not just a failure of control but its ironic reversal?

Mar 10th

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