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What The Gorilla Saw: Environmental Studies And The Novel Ishmael, Ian Drake
What The Gorilla Saw: Environmental Studies And The Novel Ishmael, Ian Drake
Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
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Life And Death In The Mental-Health Blogosphere: An Analysis Of Blog Content And Survival, Edward Alan Miller, Antoinette Pole, Bukola Usidame
Life And Death In The Mental-Health Blogosphere: An Analysis Of Blog Content And Survival, Edward Alan Miller, Antoinette Pole, Bukola Usidame
Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The purpose of this study was to describe a sample of mental-health blogs, to determine the proportion of sampled blogs still posting several years after identification, and to identify the correlates of survival. One hundred eighty-eight mental-health blogs were identified in 2007–08 and revisited in 2014. Eligible blogs were U.S.-based, in English, and active. Baseline characteristics and survival status were described and variation based on blog focus and survival examined. Mental health bloggers tended to be females blogging as patients and caregivers focusing on specific mental illnesses/conditions. The proportion of blogs still active at follow-up ranged from 25.5 percent to …
Segmenting Csa Members By Motivation: Anything But Two Peas In A Pod, Antoinette Pole, Archana Kumar
Segmenting Csa Members By Motivation: Anything But Two Peas In A Pod, Antoinette Pole, Archana Kumar
Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to seek to segment CSA members based on their motivations to join a CSA. Design/methodology/approach-Data obtained from an online survey of 565 members belonging to a New York state CSA were analyzed using a combined hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analysis. Findings-Based on their motivations to join a CSA results reveal four distinct types of segments among CSA members: No-Frills Member, Foodie Member, Nonchalant Member, and Quintessential Member. Results show all four clusters differ statistically across demographic characteristics including gender, political affiliation, and household income. The clusters differed across psychographic characteristics such as attitudes toward …