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Journalism Studies

The University of Maine

Series

2019

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“Fake News,” Misinformation, And Political Bias: Teaching News Literacy In The 21st Century, Jennifer Bonnet, Judith Rosenbaum Jun 2019

“Fake News,” Misinformation, And Political Bias: Teaching News Literacy In The 21st Century, Jennifer Bonnet, Judith Rosenbaum

Library Staff Publications

In an era where claims of “fake news” abound and more people turn to social media for their daily updates, knowing how to find and critically appraise information is more important than ever. The workshop discussed in this article aims to provide college students with the news literacy needed to make educated decisions about the information they find online.


Women’S Mental Health In The 19th Century: An Analysis Of Sociocultural Factors Contributing To Oppression Of Women As Communicated By Influential Female Authors Of The Time, Jamie Lovley Apr 2019

Women’S Mental Health In The 19th Century: An Analysis Of Sociocultural Factors Contributing To Oppression Of Women As Communicated By Influential Female Authors Of The Time, Jamie Lovley

Honors College

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the impact of sociocultural factors of 19th century domestic gender roles, as they affected women’s mental health specifically in the area of depressive disorders. Using modern psychological research on gender-influenced proclivity toward depression as a lens through which to understand 19th century mental health diagnoses, this thesis investigates how these gender-biased diagnoses and treatments compounded the mental health struggles women faced. This thesis employed the use of literary review to examine the lives of women as expressed by female authors during the 19th century through their writing, information about their lives as …