Course Learning Objectives Met By This Assignment: Ability to Formulate Claims: Demonstrates ability to articulate researchable claims specifying the interrelationship among variables. Ability to Conduct Scholarly Research: Demonstrates ability to locate and appropriately cite and list recent, relevant, and reasonable scholarly research, consisting mostly of peer-reviewed journal sources. Ability to Select Research Topics Relevant to the Course: Content demonstrates relevance to the assignment and to the communication discipline. Instructions The purpose of this assignment is to develop a set of three (3) hypotheses that explains how and why communication concepts are related. The paper is different from a typical literature review or research assignment in that most assignments ask students to summarize research. In contrast, the syllogism paper attempts to develop an explanation for why/how communication variables are related via a set of three hypotheses that are supported by prior research. Papers are primarily graded on five areas: (1) Proposition wording/claims: Conceptual soundness of the three hypotheses, including their wording and collective organization; (2) Scholarly research: Quality of the scholarly journal research used to support each hypothesis; (3) Topicality/integration of course content: relevance to communication and course learning objectives. (4) Writing: Proper use of APA formatting. (5) Originality: Does your set of hypotheses offer a new explanation for how communication concepts are related, or does it simply restate what is already known. Formatting & Requirements Document Format: See Example Papers (available through Canvas) Content & Length: 1 page. Minimum Number of References: At least 2 scholarly journal articles for each of your first two hypotheses, and therefore a minimum of 4 total scholarly journal articles. Off-Limits Topics/Variables: Relationship satisfaction Self-disclosure ‘Amount of social media usage’ (e.g., as social media use increases, _________ increases; specific communication behaviors via social media okay — see example on template) ‘Amount of communication’ (e.g., the more communication, the more _____). Syllogism Paper Example 1 Jealousy, Insecurity, and Trust H1: Insecure individuals are more likely than confident individuals to develop jealousy in romantic relationships. H2: Jealousy in romantic relationships is positively related to distrust. Therefore: H3: Insecure individuals will develop more distrust in romantic relationships than confident individuals. References Buck, N. M. L., Leenaars, E. P. E. M., Emmelkamp, P. M. G., & van Marle, H. J. C. (2012). Explaining the relationship between insecure attachment and partner abuse: The role of personality characteristics. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27(16), 3149–3170. https://doi-org.libproxy.sdsu.edu/10.1177/0886260512441258 Rodriguez, L. M., DiBello, A. M., Øverup, C. S., & Neighbors, C. (2015). The price of distrust: Trust, anxious attachment, jealousy, and partner abuse. Partner Abuse, 6(3), 298–319. https://doi-org.libproxy.sdsu.edu/10.1891/19466560.6.3.298 Rydell, R. J., & Bringle, R. G. (2007). Differentiating reactive and suspicious jealousy. Social Behavior and Personality, 35(8), 1099–1114. https://doi- (Links to an external site.) org.libproxy.sdsu.edu/10.2224/sbp.2007.35.8.1099 Vrabel, J. K., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Southard, A. C. (2018). Self-esteem and envy: Is state self-esteem instability associated with the benign and malicious forms of envy? Personality and Individual Differences, 123, 100–104. https://doiorg.libproxy.sdsu.edu/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.001 Wegner, R., Roy, A. R. K., Gorman, K. R., & Ferguson, K. (2018). Attachment, relationship communication style and the use of jealousy induction techniques in romantic relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 129, 6– 11. https://doi.org.libproxy.sdsu.edu/10.1016/j.paid.2018.02.033 Xiaojun, W. (2002). Relationship between jealousy and personality. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 34(2), 175–182. Retrieved from http:// (Links to an external site.)libproxy.sdsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db =psyh&AN=2002-13854-008&site=ehostlive&scope=site Syllogism Paper Example 2 The Negative Effects of Open Workspaces H1: Open plan workspaces have less employee self-disclosure than closed plan workspaces. H2: Self-disclosure increases group cohesiveness. Therefore: H3: Closed plan workspaces have higher group cohesiveness than open plan workspaces. References Bernstein, E. S., & Turban, S. (2018). The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1753), 20170239. doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0239 Brennan, A., Chugh, J. S., & Kline, T. (2002). Traditional versus open office design. Environment and Behavior, 34(3), 279-299. doi:10.1177/0013916502034003001 Chen, C. C., Ünal, A. F., Leung, K., & Xin, K. R. (2016). Group harmony in the workplace: Conception, measurement, and validation. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 33(4), 903–934. https://doi-org.libproxy.sdsu.edu/10.1007/s10490016-9457-0 Khazanchi, S., Sprinkle, T., Masterson, S., & Tong, N. (2018). A spatial model of work relationships: The relationship-building and relationship- straining effects of workspace design. The Academy of Management Review, 43(4), 590-609. doi:10.5465/amr.2016.0240 Kim, J., & Dear, R. D. (2013). Workspace satisfaction: The privacy-communication trade-off in open-plan offices. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 36, 18-26. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.06.007 Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 1 Page Tags: communication strategies communication concepts communication hypothesis User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.