Thomas Hugh Feeley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3770324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Hugh Feeley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas Hugh |
| FAMILY NAME | Feeley |
| SIGNATURE | FEELEY T H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8803-3688 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 152 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Using Animation to Address Disparities in Kidney Transplantation
This essay reviews an arts-based project based in Buffalo, New York, seeking to educate patients with kidney failure and their social network about the transplantation process. Through a multi-phase arts-based research project, informed by a community-based steering committee and key stakeholders, 33 educational animated videos were developed and tested for efficacy in samples of diverse patients at a regional transplant center. Animation was cho…
Discourse and Misconceptions About Sexually Transmitted Infections in Lesbian Subreddits: A Health Belief Model Analysis
Despite the increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among lesbians, sex education and health services are often heterosexual-focused, leading them to be misinformed about their personal risks. Considering the lack of adequate discussions in offline settings, online spaces allow stigmatized groups to connect, support, and share health information. This study examines how lesbians discuss STIs on Reddit through an analysis guided by the …
Giving credit where credit’s due: Examination of coauthorship and impact in communication scholarship
Authorship patterns for 400 Communication scholars were collected and compared to productivity and other bibliometric measures. The analysis closely examined the use of a weighted fractional count (WFC) method that reduces an author’s contribution from 1.0 to a lower value based upon number of authors and authorship position. It was argued that full credit should be given to all authors and there are occasions when multiple authors are required f…
Year review of the Door-in-the-Face message strategy
The current paper reports a review of the Door-in-the-Face (DITF) technique using meta-analysis. Results indicate a significant relationship between use of DITF strategy and compliance for verbal compliance and behavioral compliance across 89 and 53 comparisons respectively with weighted effects of r = .14 and r = .08. The pattern of findings did not vary over time for verbal compliance but did so for behavioral compliance with effect sizes incre…
Increasing Organ Donor Registrations in Motor Vehicles Offices Through Health Communication
Health communication research has played a prominent role in the body of scholarship seeking to meaningfully increase the number of life-saving organs available to waitlisted patients. The current paper builds on earlier work in communication seeking to promote organ donation to individuals in community and organizational settings. The goal of this essay is to review health communication-based interventions seeking to meaningfully increase organ …
Using Animated Videos to Increase Patient Knowledge: A Meta-Analytic Review
This article meta-analyzed 21 studies that tested the effectiveness of animated videos in improving learning in clinical and nonclinical settings compared with standard education. Animation was defined as the use of moving objects that are typically drawn or simulated. Videos ranged from just over 2 min in duration to 16 min in duration in articles published from 2009 through 2020. Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning provided the theo…
Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (Risk): A Meta-Analysis
This meta-analysis synthesizes research findings from 50 studies to assess the explanatory power of the reduced risk information seeking model (RISK). The results show that informational subjective norms have the largest effect size, followed by sufficiency threshold and current knowledge. This finding suggests that risk information seeking behavior is largely determined by social motivations. In addition, the relationships between current knowle…
Influencing HIV Testing Intentions: Comparing Narrative and Statistical Messages
Narrative appeals are an effective way of shaping attitudes toward health-related topics. However, questions persist regarding the contexts in which narratives hold an advantage over other commonly used message formats. The current article compares narrative appeals to statistical appeals, one commonly used message format, in the context of HIV testing intentions. In addition, the current study combines the two message formats to determine whethe…
The faculty hiring network for PhD-granting communication programs
Concessions
Concessions are a communication strategy used to elicit a desired action or to gain compliance from another without placing overt pressure on the other individual. The potential underlying mechanism of reciprocity is discussed in this entry, and examples of using concessions in interactions are provided
Assessing Study Quality in Meta-Analysis
An assumption of meta-analyses is made with regard to the quality of the primary studies included for analysis. Specifically, the process assumes each study is a valid estimation of a hypothesized relationship of interest. In instances when a primary study's quality is below an acceptable standard, one option is for the study be excluded from further analyses. Alternatively, studies of acceptable merit could be further investigated through modera…
Kidney Transplant Evaluation: Inferences from Qualitative Interviews with African American Patients and their Providers
Enabling Conversations: African American Patients' Changing Perceptions of Kidney Transplantation
Attitude
Attitudes are defined as individuals' predisposition to respond to attitude objects in a preferential manner. Attitudes are a fundamental element in the study of human communication processes. To properly assess the strength and valence of attitudes in a target audience, it is important to consider the formation of attitudes and essential attitudinal elements (e.g., cognition, affect). Several methods are available to measure attitudes and to gau…
Behavior, Behaviorism, and Behavioral Sciences
Behavior is a broad concept that is rarely defined. It is studied across disciplines including but not limited to communication, psychology, sociology, biology, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy. While scholars of communication are primarily interested in the use of messages to generate meaning, behavior is inextricably linked to the production, transmission, and observation of communication. From philosophy, Darwin, ethology, and ea…
The identifiable victim effect: A meta-analytic review
The identifiable victim effect (IVE) refers to individuals’ tendency to offer greater help to specific, identifiable victims than to anonymous, statistical victims. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to determine the overall weighted effect of IVE. Overall, 41 studies were included. Results indicated an overall significant yet modest IVE (r = .05). In addition, findings showed that IVE appears reliable mainly when there is a single iden…
Measurement of the bystander intervention model for bullying and sexual harassment
Although peer bystanders can exacerbate or prevent bullying and sexual harassment, research has been hindered by the absence of a validated assessment tool to measure the process and sequential steps of the bystander intervention model. A measure was developed based on the five steps of Latané and Darley’s (1970) bystander intervention model applied to bullying and sexual harassment. Confirmatory factor analysis with a sample of 562 secondary sch…
Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model: A Meta-Analysis
This study relies on state-of-the-art meta-analytical techniques to assess overall effects of the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) model. The results support the utility of the RISP model in predicting risk information seeking and systematic processing. However, the model demonstrated limited explanatory power for heuristic processing. A reduced model composed of only 2 variables—current knowledge and informational subjective norms—…
Social support, social strain, loneliness, and well-being among older adults: An analysis of the Health and Retirement Study
This study proposed that, among older adults, higher support and lower strain received from each of the four relational sources (spouse/partner, children, family, and friends) were associated with reduced loneliness and improved well-being and that loneliness might mediate the relationship between support/strain and well-being. Structural equation modeling was conducted using a national sample of adults aged 50 years and older ( N = 7,367) from t…
The Door-in-the-Face Persuasive Message Strategy: A Meta-Analysis of the First 35 Years
A random-effects meta-analysis was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of the Door-in-the-Face (DITF) persuasive message strategy on compliance. Results indicate an overall significant effect of the DITF strategy on verbal compliance (k=78, r=.126), but an insignificant effect for behavioral compliance (k=39, r=.052). In terms of verbal compliance, the DITF strategy works significantly better than controls for different samples, across varied…
Health information seeking: A review of measures and methods
Measuring Quality in Communication Doctoral Education Using Network Analysis of Faculty-Hiring Patterns
This research examines the prestige of doctoral degree programs in communication based on a network analysis of program links among 102 doctoral programs and 2,194 tenure-track faculty members. University of Wisconsin–Madison (Journalism & Mass Communication), Michigan State University (Communication), University of Texas-Austin (Communication Studies), and University of Illinois (Speech Communication) are the top four programs in terms of placem…
Religion and the decision to donate organs: Exploring the potential role of religious leaders
The two‐step flow model of communication (Katz, 1957 ) suggests opinion leaders obtain critical information from the mass media and, in turn, communicate this information to interpersonal contacts such as friends, family and co‐workers. It is suggested that religious leaders (RLs) may serve as opinion leaders on the topic of organ donation by debunking donation myths, promoting donation during worship services, or communicating the benefit of don…
Being young and feeling blue in Taiwan: Examining adolescent depressive mood and online and offline activities
This study investigates the relationship between Taiwanese adolescents’ depressive mood and their self-reported online and offline activities. The results indicate that adolescents who reported higher depressive mood were more likely to use the internet to make friends and express feelings compared to those who were lower in depressive mood. Teens higher in depressive mood reported to have fewer individuals in their immediate social network to sp…
A Bibliometric Analysis of Communication Journals from 2002 to 2005
Journal impact ratings are often used by authors, promotion/hiring committees, and grant review teams as a proxy for scholarship quality. Journal citation data (2002–2005) from Social Sciences Citation Index were used to rank journals in the field of communication. A journal relatedness algorithm was applied to ascertain the 19 semantically related journals in communication. The mean journal impact index was 0.77 (SD = 0.28). Human Communication …
Social support, social strain, loneliness, and well-being among older adults: An analysis of the Health and Retirement Study
This study proposed that, among older adults, higher support and lower strain received from each of the four relational sources (spouse/partner, children, family, and friends) were associated with reduced loneliness and improved well-being and that loneliness might mediate the relationship between support/strain and well-being. Structural equation modeling was conducted using a national sample of adults aged 50 years and older ( N = 7,367) from t…
A Bibliometric Analysis of Communication Journals from 2002 to 2005
Journal impact ratings are often used by authors, promotion/hiring committees, and grant review teams as a proxy for scholarship quality. Journal citation data (2002–2005) from Social Sciences Citation Index were used to rank journals in the field of communication. A journal relatedness algorithm was applied to ascertain the 19 semantically related journals in communication. The mean journal impact index was 0.77 (SD = 0.28). Human Communication …
The Persuasive Effects of Message Framing in Organ Donation: The Mediating Role of Psychological Reactance
The effects of message framing on reactions to campaign messages promoting organ donation were examined in three experiments. It was predicted that gain-framed messages would produce more positive reactions toward organ and tissue donation. In Study 1, students (N=189) responded to either a gain-framed or loss-framed message about organ donation. Study 2 (N=318) and Study 3 (N=433) examined the role of psychological reactance as a mediator betwee…
Predicting Employee Turnover From Communication Networks
Journal Article Predicting Employee Turnover from Communication Networks Get access Thomas H. Feeley, Thomas H. Feeley 1Thomas H. Feeley (Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996) is assistant professor of communication at State University of New York at Geneseo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar George A. Barnett George A. Barnett 2George Barnett (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1976) is profes…
Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (Risk): A Meta-Analysis
This meta-analysis synthesizes research findings from 50 studies to assess the explanatory power of the reduced risk information seeking model (RISK). The results show that informational subjective norms have the largest effect size, followed by sufficiency threshold and current knowledge. This finding suggests that risk information seeking behavior is largely determined by social motivations. In addition, the relationships between current knowle…
The Door-in-the-Face Persuasive Message Strategy: A Meta-Analysis of the First 35 Years
A random-effects meta-analysis was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of the Door-in-the-Face (DITF) persuasive message strategy on compliance. Results indicate an overall significant effect of the DITF strategy on verbal compliance (k=78, r=.126), but an insignificant effect for behavioral compliance (k=39, r=.052). In terms of verbal compliance, the DITF strategy works significantly better than controls for different samples, across varied…
Being young and feeling blue in Taiwan: Examining adolescent depressive mood and online and offline activities
This study investigates the relationship between Taiwanese adolescents’ depressive mood and their self-reported online and offline activities. The results indicate that adolescents who reported higher depressive mood were more likely to use the internet to make friends and express feelings compared to those who were lower in depressive mood. Teens higher in depressive mood reported to have fewer individuals in their immediate social network to sp…
Assessing Study Quality in Meta-Analysis
An assumption of meta-analyses is made with regard to the quality of the primary studies included for analysis. Specifically, the process assumes each study is a valid estimation of a hypothesized relationship of interest. In instances when a primary study's quality is below an acceptable standard, one option is for the study be excluded from further analyses. Alternatively, studies of acceptable merit could be further investigated through modera…
Predicting Employee Turnover From Communication Networks
Journal Article Predicting Employee Turnover from Communication Networks Get access Thomas H. Feeley, Thomas H. Feeley 1Thomas H. Feeley (Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996) is assistant professor of communication at State University of New York at Geneseo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar George A. Barnett George A. Barnett 2George Barnett (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1976) is profes…
Comment on Halo Effects in Rating and Evaluation Research
This paper considers the existence of halo effects in individuals' evaluations of target communicators across different dimensions. Halo effects result from raters' inability to discriminate among conceptually distinct and theoretically independent aspects of a target's behavior. Halo error has also been defined as the influence of global attitudes on evaluations of individual attributes of a person (Nisbett & Wilson, 1977). The primary consequen…
Using the Theory of Reasoned Action to Model Retention in Rural Primary Care Physicians
Context: Much research attention has focused on medical students', residents', and physicians' decisions to join a rural practice, but far fewer studies have examined retention of rural primary care physicians Purpose: The current review uses Fishbein and Ajzen's Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) to organize the literature on the predictors and correlates of retention of rural practicing physicians. TRA suggests turnover behavior is directly predic…
The Persuasive Effects of Message Framing in Organ Donation: The Mediating Role of Psychological Reactance
The effects of message framing on reactions to campaign messages promoting organ donation were examined in three experiments. It was predicted that gain-framed messages would produce more positive reactions toward organ and tissue donation. In Study 1, students (N=189) responded to either a gain-framed or loss-framed message about organ donation. Study 2 (N=318) and Study 3 (N=433) examined the role of psychological reactance as a mediator betwee…
A Bibliometric Analysis of Communication Journals from 2002 to 2005
Journal impact ratings are often used by authors, promotion/hiring committees, and grant review teams as a proxy for scholarship quality. Journal citation data (2002–2005) from Social Sciences Citation Index were used to rank journals in the field of communication. A journal relatedness algorithm was applied to ascertain the 19 semantically related journals in communication. The mean journal impact index was 0.77 (SD = 0.28). Human Communication …
Being young and feeling blue in Taiwan: Examining adolescent depressive mood and online and offline activities
This study investigates the relationship between Taiwanese adolescents’ depressive mood and their self-reported online and offline activities. The results indicate that adolescents who reported higher depressive mood were more likely to use the internet to make friends and express feelings compared to those who were lower in depressive mood. Teens higher in depressive mood reported to have fewer individuals in their immediate social network to sp…
Measuring Quality in Communication Doctoral Education Using Network Analysis of Faculty-Hiring Patterns
This research examines the prestige of doctoral degree programs in communication based on a network analysis of program links among 102 doctoral programs and 2,194 tenure-track faculty members. University of Wisconsin–Madison (Journalism & Mass Communication), Michigan State University (Communication), University of Texas-Austin (Communication Studies), and University of Illinois (Speech Communication) are the top four programs in terms of placem…
Religion and the decision to donate organs: Exploring the potential role of religious leaders
The two‐step flow model of communication (Katz, 1957 ) suggests opinion leaders obtain critical information from the mass media and, in turn, communicate this information to interpersonal contacts such as friends, family and co‐workers. It is suggested that religious leaders (RLs) may serve as opinion leaders on the topic of organ donation by debunking donation myths, promoting donation during worship services, or communicating the benefit of don…
Health information seeking: A review of measures and methods
The Door-in-the-Face Persuasive Message Strategy: A Meta-Analysis of the First 35 Years
A random-effects meta-analysis was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of the Door-in-the-Face (DITF) persuasive message strategy on compliance. Results indicate an overall significant effect of the DITF strategy on verbal compliance (k=78, r=.126), but an insignificant effect for behavioral compliance (k=39, r=.052). In terms of verbal compliance, the DITF strategy works significantly better than controls for different samples, across varied…
Measurement of the bystander intervention model for bullying and sexual harassment
Although peer bystanders can exacerbate or prevent bullying and sexual harassment, research has been hindered by the absence of a validated assessment tool to measure the process and sequential steps of the bystander intervention model. A measure was developed based on the five steps of Latané and Darley’s (1970) bystander intervention model applied to bullying and sexual harassment. Confirmatory factor analysis with a sample of 562 secondary sch…
Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model: A Meta-Analysis
This study relies on state-of-the-art meta-analytical techniques to assess overall effects of the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) model. The results support the utility of the RISP model in predicting risk information seeking and systematic processing. However, the model demonstrated limited explanatory power for heuristic processing. A reduced model composed of only 2 variables—current knowledge and informational subjective norms—…
Social support, social strain, loneliness, and well-being among older adults: An analysis of the Health and Retirement Study
This study proposed that, among older adults, higher support and lower strain received from each of the four relational sources (spouse/partner, children, family, and friends) were associated with reduced loneliness and improved well-being and that loneliness might mediate the relationship between support/strain and well-being. Structural equation modeling was conducted using a national sample of adults aged 50 years and older ( N = 7,367) from t…
Attitude
Attitudes are defined as individuals' predisposition to respond to attitude objects in a preferential manner. Attitudes are a fundamental element in the study of human communication processes. To properly assess the strength and valence of attitudes in a target audience, it is important to consider the formation of attitudes and essential attitudinal elements (e.g., cognition, affect). Several methods are available to measure attitudes and to gau…
Behavior, Behaviorism, and Behavioral Sciences
Behavior is a broad concept that is rarely defined. It is studied across disciplines including but not limited to communication, psychology, sociology, biology, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy. While scholars of communication are primarily interested in the use of messages to generate meaning, behavior is inextricably linked to the production, transmission, and observation of communication. From philosophy, Darwin, ethology, and ea…
The identifiable victim effect: A meta-analytic review
The identifiable victim effect (IVE) refers to individuals’ tendency to offer greater help to specific, identifiable victims than to anonymous, statistical victims. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to determine the overall weighted effect of IVE. Overall, 41 studies were included. Results indicated an overall significant yet modest IVE (r = .05). In addition, findings showed that IVE appears reliable mainly when there is a single iden…
Kidney Transplant Evaluation: Inferences from Qualitative Interviews with African American Patients and their Providers
Enabling Conversations: African American Patients' Changing Perceptions of Kidney Transplantation
Assessing Study Quality in Meta-Analysis
An assumption of meta-analyses is made with regard to the quality of the primary studies included for analysis. Specifically, the process assumes each study is a valid estimation of a hypothesized relationship of interest. In instances when a primary study's quality is below an acceptable standard, one option is for the study be excluded from further analyses. Alternatively, studies of acceptable merit could be further investigated through modera…
Influencing HIV Testing Intentions: Comparing Narrative and Statistical Messages
Narrative appeals are an effective way of shaping attitudes toward health-related topics. However, questions persist regarding the contexts in which narratives hold an advantage over other commonly used message formats. The current article compares narrative appeals to statistical appeals, one commonly used message format, in the context of HIV testing intentions. In addition, the current study combines the two message formats to determine whethe…
The faculty hiring network for PhD-granting communication programs
Concessions
Concessions are a communication strategy used to elicit a desired action or to gain compliance from another without placing overt pressure on the other individual. The potential underlying mechanism of reciprocity is discussed in this entry, and examples of using concessions in interactions are provided
Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (Risk): A Meta-Analysis
This meta-analysis synthesizes research findings from 50 studies to assess the explanatory power of the reduced risk information seeking model (RISK). The results show that informational subjective norms have the largest effect size, followed by sufficiency threshold and current knowledge. This finding suggests that risk information seeking behavior is largely determined by social motivations. In addition, the relationships between current knowle…
Using Animated Videos to Increase Patient Knowledge: A Meta-Analytic Review
This article meta-analyzed 21 studies that tested the effectiveness of animated videos in improving learning in clinical and nonclinical settings compared with standard education. Animation was defined as the use of moving objects that are typically drawn or simulated. Videos ranged from just over 2 min in duration to 16 min in duration in articles published from 2009 through 2020. Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning provided the theo…
Increasing Organ Donor Registrations in Motor Vehicles Offices Through Health Communication
Health communication research has played a prominent role in the body of scholarship seeking to meaningfully increase the number of life-saving organs available to waitlisted patients. The current paper builds on earlier work in communication seeking to promote organ donation to individuals in community and organizational settings. The goal of this essay is to review health communication-based interventions seeking to meaningfully increase organ …
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