ERIC Number: EJ856942
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Aug
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0090-9882
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Conversations among Coal Miners in a Campaign to Promote Hearing Protection
Stephenson, Michael T.; Quick, Brian L.; Witte, Kim; Vaught, Charles; Booth-Butterfield, Steve; Patel, Dhaval
Journal of Applied Communication Research, v37 n3 p317-337 Aug 2009
Although working in a coal mine can diminish one's hearing capabilities by 50%, not until 2000 did federal laws require companies to establish noise standards in order to help prevent hearing loss among their employees. Since then, researchers have worked with safety administrators to develop effective messages promoting hearing protection and testing. This research assessed the effects of campaign messages on discussing campaign postcards and talking with others about a helmet-sticker incentive. The results, which are discussed with a focus on future campaigns, indicate that hearing-related attitudes, intentions, and behaviors are the most influenced by messages that were affectively neutral and least influenced by messages that were affectively negative. (Contains 6 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Fuels, Mining, Acoustics, Hearing Impairments, Occupational Safety and Health, Mass Media Effects, Information Dissemination, Interpersonal Communication, Standards, Safety Education, Visual Aids, Intervention, Employee Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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