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Cleveland State University

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2009

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Young Voters And The Power Of Political Internet Culture: An Exploration Of Political Websites And Political Engagement, Amanda H. Zima Jan 2009

Young Voters And The Power Of Political Internet Culture: An Exploration Of Political Websites And Political Engagement, Amanda H. Zima

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This thesis examines how far the use of online political information like political news websites, social networking sites, and online political humor websites relate to young adults' intention to vote, political knowledge, political efficacy, and having political discussions with parents and friends. To better understand these relationships the O-S-O-R model (e.g., Cho, Shah, Mcleod, McLeod, Scholl, Gotlieb, 2009 McLeod, Kosicki, and McLeod, 1994) will be used as the theoretical framework. The survey data for this study was collected during the exciting and noteworthy 2008 Presidential Primary elections. Young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 years of age were …

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Relationship Between Foreign Film Exposure And Ethnocentrism, Lingli Ying Jan 2009

Relationship Between Foreign Film Exposure And Ethnocentrism, Lingli Ying

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This study looked at the relationship between foreign film exposure and ethnocentrism by both considering individual differences factors and motives to watch foreign films, based on the uses and gratifications theoretical model. The individual differences factors include cosmopoliteness, access to foreign films and environmental ethnic diversity. The uses and gratifications theory posits that social and psychological factors influence individuals' motives to use media and ultimately lead to different media effects. Accordingly, this research investigated how individual differences related to motives to view foreign films and how foreign film exposure affected people's attitudes to other cultures. A pilot study was conducted …

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Evolutionary Psychology, Social Emotions And Social Networking Sites: An Integrative Model, Sandra L. Suran Jan 2009

Evolutionary Psychology, Social Emotions And Social Networking Sites: An Integrative Model, Sandra L. Suran

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Humans engage their environment through the combined effort of the mind, body proper and corresponding instinctual emotive devices (Damasio, 1994). These structures are a part of the same phenomena: human biology. Our emotive devices along with the brain and body act as an interwoven organism appraising the environment and making necessary adjustments for it survival and efficient functioning. Moreover, these structures actively engage socially complex signals like those that we experience daily in our social world. Plausibly, when these devices are not utilized the interwoven organism will be in a state of atrophy. Much like an antigen would trigger a …

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Text Me You Love Me. Mediated Communication In Dating Relationships, Anna Caruso Jan 2009

Text Me You Love Me. Mediated Communication In Dating Relationships, Anna Caruso

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The purpose of this study was to examine how text message communication creates a feeling of social presence, and how it affects self-disclosure, intimacy, and uncertainty. A total of 171 participants were surveyed who at the time were engaged in a dating relationship and used text messages. The findings indicated that a feeling of social presence can be achieved through text message communication. The results indicated a significant positive relationship between the amount of text messages sent to a dating partner and the feeling of social presence. Specifically, a relationship was found between the amount of text messages sent daily …

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Communicating Forgiveness Within Adult Sibling Relationships, Sharon Apel Jan 2009

Communicating Forgiveness Within Adult Sibling Relationships, Sharon Apel

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The purpose of this study was to examine the role of communicating forgiveness within adult sibling relationships. Specifically, this study investigated the relationship between seeking forgiveness and attachment style, the relational outcomes of forgiveness, and forgiveness as a relational maintenance strategy. A total of 172 participants were surveyed in order to acquire as many participants as possible with adult siblings. Forgiveness seeking communication was represented by Kelley's (1998) typology of forgiveness tactics which included explicit acknowledgment, indirect tactics, and compensational-conditional tactics. In addition to Kelley's typology, a choice of "do nothing" was included to enable participants to express no forgiveness …

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Understanding The Attitudes And Beliefs Of Faculty Members In Regards To Learning Communities At Cleveland State University, Clare M. Gross Jan 2009

Understanding The Attitudes And Beliefs Of Faculty Members In Regards To Learning Communities At Cleveland State University, Clare M. Gross

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This thesis examines the intentions of faculty members' in regards to their participation in learning communities at Cleveland State University (CSU). Like many higher education institutions, CSU offers learning community courses as an option to incoming students. Research has found that learning communities lead to a number of benefits for students, including higher grades and retention. However, CSU faces a continuous challenge in being able to offer learning community courses to students, and that is an increased need for faculty participation. The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) was applied as a theoretical framework in order to better understand how the …

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