Susan A Siltanen

Biographic Data

ID105627
NAMESusan A Siltanen
GIVEN NAMESSusan A
FAMILY NAMESiltanen
SIGNATURESILTANEN S A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Southern Mississippi
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS29
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX4

  • Hedges, Tag Questions, Message Processing, and Persuasion

    Open AccessLawrence A Hosman, Susan A SiltanenARTICLEJournal of Language and Social…2011Cited by: 4References: 15

    This study explored the effects of tag questions, hedges, and argument quality on receivers' perceptions of a speaker, perceptions of message quality, cognitive responses, and attitude change. The results showed that tag questions and argument quality directly affected speaker and message quality perceptions and cognitive responses. They also interacted to directly affect perceptions of the speaker's power and credibility. Mediational analyses al…

  • Powerful and Powerless Language Forms

    Open AccessLawrence A Hosman, Susan A SiltanenARTICLEJournal of Language and Social…2006Cited by: 6References: 21

    This study investigates the effect of hedges, tag questions, intensifiers, and powerful messages on four sets of dependent variables: speaker evaluation, control of self and control of others attributions, cognitive responses, and message memorability. The results show that the four message types differ across measures of dynamism, control of self and control of others attributions, and three cognitive response categories. For the speakerevaluati…

  • The Impact of Power-of-Speech Style, Argument Strength, and Need for Cognition on Impression Formation, Cognitive Responses, and Persuasion

    Open AccessLawrence A Hosman, Thomas M Huebner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Language and Social…2002Cited by: 10References: 18

    This study investigated the impact of power-of-speech style, need for cognition, and argument quality on participants’ perceptions of a speaker, cognitive responses, and attitude toward the topic. Based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion, it was hypothesized that the three independent variables would interact to affect cognitive responses and attitude toward the topic. The results did not support the hypothesis. Path analysis…

  • Employment Interview Outcomes and Speech Style Effects

    Open AccessSabrena R Parton, Susan A Siltanen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Language and Social…2002Cited by: 4References: 50

    This study examines the effects of powerful versus powerless speech styles on employment interview outcomes, extending and refining research by Wiley and Eskilson. Undergraduate and professional respondents listened to one of eight audiotaped interviews manipulated by speech style, interviewer gender, and interviewee gender and evaluated the interviewees' dynamism, social attractiveness, competence, and employability on Likert-type scales. Result…

  • The attributional and evaluative consequences of powerful and powerless speech styles

    Open AccessLawrence A Hosman, Susan A SiltanenARTICLELanguage & Communication1994Cited by: 5References: 22

  • Effects of Explicitness on Children's Metaphor Comprehension

    Susan A SiltanenARTICLEMetaphor and Symbolic Activity1990

    This study tests the effects of explicitness on children's metaphor comprehension within a developmental stage framework. Specifically, children's comprehension of easy, moderately difficult, and difficult metaphors (implicit comparisons) and similes (explicit comparisons) is compared. The Age X Metaphor Difficulty interaction was significant, indicating that children progress through stages of metaphor comprehension that are a function of their …