SAGE Journal Articles
Chapter 2
Article 1: Ashida, S., Kaphingst, K.A., Goodman, M., & Schafer, E.J. (2013). Family health history communication: Networks of older adults: Importance of social relationships and disease perceptions. Health Education & Behavior, 40(5): 612-619.
Questions that apply to this article:
- Identify the authors’ suggestion that social relationships can be a determinant in whether family health history is or is not exchanged between or among family members.
- Identify the authors’ discussion regarding family health history communication networks.
- Find what the authors’ determined regarding their finding related to “tangible support and the reflection of older adults’ attempt to reciprocate the support they receive, a type of interaction that is very important for older adults’ well-being.”
Article 2: Chen, S. (2013). The responsibilities of communication scholars: A political economy perspective. Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, 13(5): 432-440.
Questions that apply to this article:
- Locate where the author suggests that communication scholars must assume moral responsibility.
- Identify the author’s suggestions that “no matter whether communication educators are scholars, public intellectuals, or teachers, their foremost responsibility is telling the truth.”
- Where does the author posit that communication educators should be “skeptical about existing knowledge and the world"?