Clark Callahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 149368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clark Callahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clark |
| FAMILY NAME | Callahan |
| SIGNATURE | CALLAHAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2247-3007 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring Perceptions of New Media Among the Lakota Nation
This study examines how the Lakota Nation uses social media to sustain and magnify cultural identity. Using in-depth interviews, we find that Lakota participants use digital platforms to extend oral traditions, support Lakota language revitalization, and build suspraterritorial cultural spaces that connect community members across distance. Contrary to research that positions Iniginous peoples as marginal users of technology, this study shows tha…
Brazilian Immigrants’ Stigma Reduction: A Multi-Level Communication Perspective
The immigration process is associated with experiences of psychological disequilibrium, and as such it is imperative to evaluate immigrants’ mental health. Yet, many immigrants may face stigma that dissuades them from seeking help. This study investigates how Brazilian immigrants in the United States reduce their mental health stigma. In-depth interviews revealed that physical and psychological proximity to new perspectives on mental health (i.e.…
Relating, searching, and referencing: Assessing the appeal of using GIFs to communicate
GIF scholarship largely focuses on GIF use in online spaces such as Tumblr, but few studies explore the motivations of GIF users in other communicative contexts, like text messaging or messaging apps. Through employing a combination of Q methodology and uses and gratifications (U&G) theory, this study explores why individuals use GIFs in their everyday communication. Three groups of GIF users were identified in the analysis: (a) GIF enthusiasts, …
‘They’re so predictable … but, I love them’: Analysing the appeal of Hallmark Christmas movies
With 60 per cent of American households reporting watching at least one Christmas movie between Halloween and New Year’s Day, the Hallmark Movie Channel has enjoyed a remarkable amount of success. In 2021, the Hallmark channel produced 41 new Christmas movies that drew a remarkable 85 million viewers. The purpose of this study was to identify the different perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of Hallmark Christmas movie fans, by using Q methodology…
Too Young to Die: Narratives of Nineteenth Century American Murder Ballads
Representing race: The race spectrum subjectivity of diversity in film
In order to understand how people from all major racial groups in the United States feel about racial representation in film, this study employed Q methodology to assess the motivations, attitudes, and opinions of individuals on this issue. Four factors were identified: (1) balanced critics, (2) storyline devotees, (3) tolerant learners, (4) grounded advocates. These four groups of people with common opinions on diversity in film represent a spec…
Savvy viewers and (simulated) reality TV: An analysis of The Bachelor’s appeal to viewers
The reality television programme The Bachelor (2002–present) has received a large amount of academic attention since it premiered on ABC in 2002. The majority of that literature approaches the show critically to address issues relating to the representation of race, gender, consumerism, identity and relationships within the format of a competition. Other research on the show ruminates about its relationship to its ‘savvy’ viewers who know reality…
Religion-focused dating apps: A Q methodology study on the uses of mutual
Virtue, royalty, dreams and power: Exploring the appeal of Disney Princesses to preadolescent girls in the United States
For years the Disney Princesses have been at the top in box office tickets and their merchandising sales have reached into the billions. With this success there has been concern about the influence these princesses have on preadolescent girls’ lives and their self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to ask preadolescent girls why there is such a strong attraction toward, adoration for, and devotion to the Disney Princesses. The study was conduc…
Blogadapting: Adaptation Experiences among Expatriate Bloggers
Increased global communication is adjusting traditional models of cross-cultural communication. Specifically, changes in international communication processes have caused increased scrutiny of cross-culture adaptation theory. This is especially true when focusing on the difference between cultural adaptation and functional fitness. The purpose of this research is to address changes in global communications by testing to see if there is a differen…
Migrant Perceptions of Social Media
New media are changing the way identities are managed. This is increasingly relevant to global communication (Lévy, 2000). The purpose of this article is to understand how these changes effect individual perceptions of media within a new cultural environment. By applying Q-methodology to cultural migration, this research asked cultural sojourners to rank subjective statements of media. Factor analysis were applied to the rankings, which provided …
Minority Cultures and Social Media: Magnifying Garifuna
This paper looks at social media use by the Garifuna people. It explores how they are using social media to create a supraterritorial cyberscape. Despite the claim that global media is marginalising minority cultures and causing global homogenisation, this research found that newer forms of social media are in fact creating virtual cultural cyberscapes that are extending minority cultures. The Garifuna cultural response to social media can be dem…
Going Home: Deculturation Experiences in Cultural Reentry
This study tests the process of deculturation as identified in adaptation theory. The context used here is reentry into one’s previous culture. If the theoretical descriptions of deculturation are accurate, one would expect those who have adapted to another culture to experience issues of relearning upon return to the original culture. Subjects consisted of returned missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (afterward refe…
History, Science, and the Lessons of Cultural Contact
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Going Home: Deculturation Experiences in Cultural Reentry
This study tests the process of deculturation as identified in adaptation theory. The context used here is reentry into one’s previous culture. If the theoretical descriptions of deculturation are accurate, one would expect those who have adapted to another culture to experience issues of relearning upon return to the original culture. Subjects consisted of returned missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (afterward refe…
History, Science, and the Lessons of Cultural Contact
Preview this article: History, Science, and the Lessons of Cultural Contact, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/eme/7/2/s2-1.gif
Going Home: Deculturation Experiences in Cultural Reentry
This study tests the process of deculturation as identified in adaptation theory. The context used here is reentry into one’s previous culture. If the theoretical descriptions of deculturation are accurate, one would expect those who have adapted to another culture to experience issues of relearning upon return to the original culture. Subjects consisted of returned missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (afterward refe…
Minority Cultures and Social Media: Magnifying Garifuna
This paper looks at social media use by the Garifuna people. It explores how they are using social media to create a supraterritorial cyberscape. Despite the claim that global media is marginalising minority cultures and causing global homogenisation, this research found that newer forms of social media are in fact creating virtual cultural cyberscapes that are extending minority cultures. The Garifuna cultural response to social media can be dem…
Migrant Perceptions of Social Media
New media are changing the way identities are managed. This is increasingly relevant to global communication (Lévy, 2000). The purpose of this article is to understand how these changes effect individual perceptions of media within a new cultural environment. By applying Q-methodology to cultural migration, this research asked cultural sojourners to rank subjective statements of media. Factor analysis were applied to the rankings, which provided …
Savvy viewers and (simulated) reality TV: An analysis of The Bachelor’s appeal to viewers
The reality television programme The Bachelor (2002–present) has received a large amount of academic attention since it premiered on ABC in 2002. The majority of that literature approaches the show critically to address issues relating to the representation of race, gender, consumerism, identity and relationships within the format of a competition. Other research on the show ruminates about its relationship to its ‘savvy’ viewers who know reality…
Religion-focused dating apps: A Q methodology study on the uses of mutual
Virtue, royalty, dreams and power: Exploring the appeal of Disney Princesses to preadolescent girls in the United States
For years the Disney Princesses have been at the top in box office tickets and their merchandising sales have reached into the billions. With this success there has been concern about the influence these princesses have on preadolescent girls’ lives and their self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to ask preadolescent girls why there is such a strong attraction toward, adoration for, and devotion to the Disney Princesses. The study was conduc…
Blogadapting: Adaptation Experiences among Expatriate Bloggers
Increased global communication is adjusting traditional models of cross-cultural communication. Specifically, changes in international communication processes have caused increased scrutiny of cross-culture adaptation theory. This is especially true when focusing on the difference between cultural adaptation and functional fitness. The purpose of this research is to address changes in global communications by testing to see if there is a differen…
Representing race: The race spectrum subjectivity of diversity in film
In order to understand how people from all major racial groups in the United States feel about racial representation in film, this study employed Q methodology to assess the motivations, attitudes, and opinions of individuals on this issue. Four factors were identified: (1) balanced critics, (2) storyline devotees, (3) tolerant learners, (4) grounded advocates. These four groups of people with common opinions on diversity in film represent a spec…
‘They’re so predictable … but, I love them’: Analysing the appeal of Hallmark Christmas movies
With 60 per cent of American households reporting watching at least one Christmas movie between Halloween and New Year’s Day, the Hallmark Movie Channel has enjoyed a remarkable amount of success. In 2021, the Hallmark channel produced 41 new Christmas movies that drew a remarkable 85 million viewers. The purpose of this study was to identify the different perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of Hallmark Christmas movie fans, by using Q methodology…
Too Young to Die: Narratives of Nineteenth Century American Murder Ballads
Relating, searching, and referencing: Assessing the appeal of using GIFs to communicate
GIF scholarship largely focuses on GIF use in online spaces such as Tumblr, but few studies explore the motivations of GIF users in other communicative contexts, like text messaging or messaging apps. Through employing a combination of Q methodology and uses and gratifications (U&G) theory, this study explores why individuals use GIFs in their everyday communication. Three groups of GIF users were identified in the analysis: (a) GIF enthusiasts, …
Brazilian Immigrants’ Stigma Reduction: A Multi-Level Communication Perspective
The immigration process is associated with experiences of psychological disequilibrium, and as such it is imperative to evaluate immigrants’ mental health. Yet, many immigrants may face stigma that dissuades them from seeking help. This study investigates how Brazilian immigrants in the United States reduce their mental health stigma. In-depth interviews revealed that physical and psychological proximity to new perspectives on mental health (i.e.…
Exploring Perceptions of New Media Among the Lakota Nation
This study examines how the Lakota Nation uses social media to sustain and magnify cultural identity. Using in-depth interviews, we find that Lakota participants use digital platforms to extend oral traditions, support Lakota language revitalization, and build suspraterritorial cultural spaces that connect community members across distance. Contrary to research that positions Iniginous peoples as marginal users of technology, this study shows tha…
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Media Influence and Health (5 works) · Appeal (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Perception (4 works)