Browsing by Subject "media"
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(2012-02-14)Racism persists individually and institutionally in the U.S. and race-based comedy prevails in media, accepted by diverse audiences as jokes. Media priming and Social Identity Theory theoretically ground this two-part ...
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Why is mythology such a popular thematic element in pop culture, particularly in video games, media, and entertainment? How have the stories of the classical world evolved to reflect the perspective of contemporary culture, ...
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(2012-10-19)Food safety has become an important topic in today's mainstream media. Food safety incidents, specifically related to the beef industry, have the potential to damage the beef industry severely, and negative coverage in the ...
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Contemporary Representations of Race: Mediating the New(s) Politics of Blackness in the Obama Moment (2017-05-09)This dissertation examines ways in which the myth of meritocracy, notions of America as post-racial, and instances of colorisms are articulated through CNN (Cable News Network) during the rise of then-Senator Barack Obama’s ...
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(2014-10-01)Though women make up 50% of the United States population, they hold very few of the top leadership positions in the world. Media images portraying women in submissive in subservient roles may reduce women’s interest in ...
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(2019-03-12)How does media shape our leadership identities? How are leaders portrayed in television and film, and how does this influence our self-development? There is research on media effects and how we are shaped by the media we ...
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(2018-04-04)Numerous studies, on both micro and macro levels, confirm that providing postsecondary education to prisoners works to reduce the rate of recidivism. Understanding that the phenomenon is works, however, does not answer the ...
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(2015-08-17)Postmodern sociological theory surfaced in the 1960’s and has remained a dominant field of study among cultural theorists up to present day. Postmodernism serves as the basis for an examination of “collective opinions” in ...
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(2014-12-04)The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which employees’ election season consumption of political media affects their perception and instigation of politically-motivated workplace incivility. Participants ...
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(2014-12-03)New media are continuously changing the way in which youth communicate. Social media and online production, especially, are rapidly evolving. This research analyzes note card confession videos found on the popular video ...
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(2009-06-02)Social comparison theory offers a useful conceptual framework to understand how mainstream American sociocultural values of appearance may shape the development of body image disturbance and eating disorders. Some ...
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(2021-05-10)The political efficacy of women of color is limited in various forms; efficacy is negatively affected by factors such as increased political unrest and racial prejudice within media representations (Richie B. 2000). ...
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(2011-02-22)Scholarship shows that the social construction of crime is responsible for the public’s demand for tougher criminal justice policies. Yet, there remains disagreement over several key issues regarding the relationship ...
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(2011-02-22)Regarding presidential responsiveness and leadership, this study addresses two questions: Does the president respond to the public? Does the president lead the public? Unlike prior research, this study tries to answer these ...
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(2019-07-11)Although he was most famous for his books of fiction and philosophy, 20th century Spanish public intellectual Miguel de Unamuno also wrote a large body of newspaper articles in which he critiqued politics and society during ...