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Vested Interest and Disaster Preparedness
(2012)
In recent years the United States has recognized an increasing need for individual-level disaster preparedness, with federal, state and local government agencies finding only limited success in their efforts to institute ...
Vested Interest and Disaster Preparedness
(2012)
In recent years the United States has recognized an increasing need for individual-level disaster preparedness, with federal, state and local government agencies finding only limited success in their efforts to institute ...
VISUAL FRAMING ON ARAB SATELLITE TV: COMPARING THE CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF AL JAZEERA, AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, AL ARABIYA, ALHURRA, AND BBC ARABIC NEWSCASTS
(2012)
Initially praised as independent voices in a region known for authoritarian control, the pan-Arab satellite news networks have been criticized for airing content that is overtly violent, and sensational. Guided by framing ...
THE MODERATING ROLE OF MORTALITY SALIENCE: AN EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, VOTER-OUTCOME VARIABLES, AND POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS
(2012)
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine terror management theory in conjunction with immigration and economy issue advertisements. Specifically, this study examines how voters' intent to vote for a conservative 2012 ...
Parents' Biased Perceptions About Media Influence: Examining Perceived Effects on One's Own Child, Other Children, And Other Parents From Violent Tv Ads And Psa's To Stop Cyberbullying
(2012)
This study found within a large, demographically diverse sample of American parents evidence of a parental third-person effect and a parental first-person effect. This was regardless of whether the respondent was a mother ...
FROM PINK TO DETOURNEMENT: THE SEMIOTICS OF RADICAL QUEER DESIRES ON INTERNET SPACES
(2012)
This research explores the way queer political groups use symbolic capital in their web presences. It seeks to read semiotically how images deployed in queer Internet spaces can create and reinforce queer identities. This ...
Globalization, New Technologies, and Intercultural Flexibility: Communication and Culture of Korean Adolescents in the United States
(2012)
This study aims to comprehend the contextual backgrounds, communicative behaviors, and cultural consequences of South Korean adolescents who are sent to the United States for the purpose of education. Globalization, the ...
Millennials in Sports: Is Generation Y Changing the Coach-Athlete Dynamic?
(2012)
The purpose of this research is to compare the Millennial generation, born between 1982 and 2002 (Howe & Strauss, 2003; Howe & Strauss, 2007, Huntley, 2006) to the generation immediately before them, Generation X, born ...