Rebecca A Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3658821 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca A Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca A |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Communication; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Urbana IL 61801 USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3422-1894 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Moving me, moving you
Aesthetics shape and color almost every aspect of our daily lives, from the products we interact with and the clothes we wear to the design of our homes and cities. However, many people associate aesthetics with art, and an historical academic interest in the factors that shape the experience of engaging with art has yielded rich insights into our understanding of the value and ubiquity of empirical aesthetics. While most existing research has fo…
Mood induction through imitation of full‐body movements with different affective intentions
Theories of human emotion, including some emotion embodiment theories, suggest that our moods and affective states are reflected in the movements of our bodies. We used the reverse process for mood regulation; modulate body movements to regulate mood. Dancing is a type of full‐body movement characterized by affective expressivity and, hence, offers the possibility to express different affective states through the same movement sequences. We teste…
The McNorm library
The ability to exchange affective cues with others plays a key role in our ability to create and maintain meaningful social relationships. We express our emotions through a variety of socially salient cues, including facial expressions, the voice, and body movement. While significant advances have been made in our understanding of verbal and facial communication, to date, understanding of the role played by human body movement in our social inter…
State and Local Policies and Sectoral Labor Standards
The US enterprise-based collective bargaining regime creates substantial limitations for organizing workers in an economy in which supply chains are increasingly disaggregated in ways that reduce worker power. Federal labor law generally preempts state and local policies that directly address private-sector bargaining. State and local governments, however, are not preempted from setting general labor standards. The authors examine four cases of r…
Ethnic Entrepreneurship Without Ethnicity
Over the past two decades, Latinos have been making their way to new destinations in the US South, Midwest, and Intermountain West. Although most are flocking to jobs in agriculture and manufacturing, a number are starting businesses. To better understand Latino entrepreneurs in these new destinations, we present a case study of northern Utah, where the Latino population has skyrocketed in recent decades. Findings from surveys and interviews with…
Prospect Theory, Discrete Emotions, and Freedom Threats
Consistent with earlier research supporting the use of narratives to increase message persuasiveness, this study examined the role of guilt and happiness following exposure to organ donation narratives presented in professionally produced radio ads. As hypothesized, the loss-frame narrative was significantly associated with heightened guilt, which was related to greater freedom threat perceptions and psychological reactance. Conversely, the loss-…
Nibbling on the margins of patriarchy
Although many scholars point to the importance of gender in structuring the immigrant experience, many immigrant women themselves do not attribute much importance to the role that gender plays in their lives. To explore this issue further, we investigate how thirty-two foreign-born Latinas define their experiences in Utah, a new immigrant destination that has received little empirical attention. The women in our sample indicated five major challe…
Legal Protections and Advocacy for Contingent or 'Casual' Workers in the United States
Labor Law. Cases and Materials
Legal Protections and Advocacy for Contingent or 'Casual' Workers in the United States
Nibbling on the margins of patriarchy
Although many scholars point to the importance of gender in structuring the immigrant experience, many immigrant women themselves do not attribute much importance to the role that gender plays in their lives. To explore this issue further, we investigate how thirty-two foreign-born Latinas define their experiences in Utah, a new immigrant destination that has received little empirical attention. The women in our sample indicated five major challe…
State and Local Policies and Sectoral Labor Standards
The US enterprise-based collective bargaining regime creates substantial limitations for organizing workers in an economy in which supply chains are increasingly disaggregated in ways that reduce worker power. Federal labor law generally preempts state and local policies that directly address private-sector bargaining. State and local governments, however, are not preempted from setting general labor standards. The authors examine four cases of r…
Ethnic Entrepreneurship Without Ethnicity
Over the past two decades, Latinos have been making their way to new destinations in the US South, Midwest, and Intermountain West. Although most are flocking to jobs in agriculture and manufacturing, a number are starting businesses. To better understand Latino entrepreneurs in these new destinations, we present a case study of northern Utah, where the Latino population has skyrocketed in recent decades. Findings from surveys and interviews with…
Labor Law. Cases and Materials
Legal Protections and Advocacy for Contingent or 'Casual' Workers in the United States
Nibbling on the margins of patriarchy
Although many scholars point to the importance of gender in structuring the immigrant experience, many immigrant women themselves do not attribute much importance to the role that gender plays in their lives. To explore this issue further, we investigate how thirty-two foreign-born Latinas define their experiences in Utah, a new immigrant destination that has received little empirical attention. The women in our sample indicated five major challe…
Prospect Theory, Discrete Emotions, and Freedom Threats
Consistent with earlier research supporting the use of narratives to increase message persuasiveness, this study examined the role of guilt and happiness following exposure to organ donation narratives presented in professionally produced radio ads. As hypothesized, the loss-frame narrative was significantly associated with heightened guilt, which was related to greater freedom threat perceptions and psychological reactance. Conversely, the loss-…
Ethnic Entrepreneurship Without Ethnicity
Over the past two decades, Latinos have been making their way to new destinations in the US South, Midwest, and Intermountain West. Although most are flocking to jobs in agriculture and manufacturing, a number are starting businesses. To better understand Latino entrepreneurs in these new destinations, we present a case study of northern Utah, where the Latino population has skyrocketed in recent decades. Findings from surveys and interviews with…
State and Local Policies and Sectoral Labor Standards
The US enterprise-based collective bargaining regime creates substantial limitations for organizing workers in an economy in which supply chains are increasingly disaggregated in ways that reduce worker power. Federal labor law generally preempts state and local policies that directly address private-sector bargaining. State and local governments, however, are not preempted from setting general labor standards. The authors examine four cases of r…
The McNorm library
The ability to exchange affective cues with others plays a key role in our ability to create and maintain meaningful social relationships. We express our emotions through a variety of socially salient cues, including facial expressions, the voice, and body movement. While significant advances have been made in our understanding of verbal and facial communication, to date, understanding of the role played by human body movement in our social inter…
Mood induction through imitation of full‐body movements with different affective intentions
Theories of human emotion, including some emotion embodiment theories, suggest that our moods and affective states are reflected in the movements of our bodies. We used the reverse process for mood regulation; modulate body movements to regulate mood. Dancing is a type of full‐body movement characterized by affective expressivity and, hence, offers the possibility to express different affective states through the same movement sequences. We teste…
Moving me, moving you
Aesthetics shape and color almost every aspect of our daily lives, from the products we interact with and the clothes we wear to the design of our homes and cities. However, many people associate aesthetics with art, and an historical academic interest in the factors that shape the experience of engaging with art has yielded rich insights into our understanding of the value and ubiquity of empirical aesthetics. While most existing research has fo…
Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (2 works) · Anger (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Dance (2 works)