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Ot Department News- Issue #1 Dec 2016

Ot Department News- Issue #1

Department of Occupational Therapy Newsletter

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Nsu Sharks Rx - Fall 2016, Nova Southeastern University Oct 2016

Nsu Sharks Rx - Fall 2016, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Sharks Rx

No abstract provided.


Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry Aug 2016

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

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Trident - August 2016, Dugoni School Of Dentistry Aug 2016

Trident - August 2016, Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Trident

The newsletter of the Pacific Orthodontic Alumni Chapter at University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.


Combatting Biases: Illusory Imagery In Us News Coverage On Central American Immigration, Katharine Poor Apr 2016

Combatting Biases: Illusory Imagery In Us News Coverage On Central American Immigration, Katharine Poor

Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research

This paper comprises of original research and analysis of contemporary news media discourse surrounding Central American immigration in the United States. Subjects of study included more than 50 news articles, images, and videos from a variety of major politically-unaffiliated news outlets for English-speaking audiences. Rhetoric was analyzed in representations of the Central American immigration “crisis” that sparked a trend of media coverage in 2014, as well as several articles that covered events leading up to the “crisis.” Common rhetorical analogies ascertained through media analyses include the representation of immigrants as aliens, diseases, parasites, floods, criminals, natural disasters, terrorists, and drug …


Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry Apr 2016

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

No abstract provided.


Nsu Sharks Rx-Spring, 2016, College Of Pharmacy Apr 2016

Nsu Sharks Rx-Spring, 2016, College Of Pharmacy

NSU Sharks Rx

Volume 2, Number 1


Fcni News March 2016, Beverly Siegrist Feb 2016

Fcni News March 2016, Beverly Siegrist

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

No abstract provided.


Trident - February 2016, Dugoni School Of Dentistry Feb 2016

Trident - February 2016, Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Trident

The newsletter of the Pacific Orthodontic Alumni Chapter at University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.


Exaggerations And Caveats In Press Releases And Health-Related Science News, Petroc Sumner, Solveiga Vivian Griffiths, Jacky Boivin, Andrew Williams, Lewis Bott, Rachel Adams, Christos Venetis, Leanne Whelan, Bethan Hughes, Christopher D. Chambers Jan 2016

Exaggerations And Caveats In Press Releases And Health-Related Science News, Petroc Sumner, Solveiga Vivian Griffiths, Jacky Boivin, Andrew Williams, Lewis Bott, Rachel Adams, Christos Venetis, Leanne Whelan, Bethan Hughes, Christopher D. Chambers

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Background: Exaggerated or simplistic news is often blamed for adversely influencing public health. However, recent findings suggested many exaggerations were already present in university press releases, which scientists approve. Surprisingly, these exaggerations were not associated with more news coverage. Here we test whether these two controversial results also arise in press releases from prominent science and medical journals. We then investigate the influence of mitigating caveats in press releases, to test assumptions that caveats harm news interest or are ignored.

Methods and Findings Using: quantitative content analysis, we analyzed press releases (N = 534) on biomedical and health-related science issued …