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Is Attendance Really Declining At Games?: An Analysis Of Walk-Ins Versus Web Counts, Travis Clamon, Richard L. Wallace, Nakia J. Woodward
Is Attendance Really Declining At Games?: An Analysis Of Walk-Ins Versus Web Counts, Travis Clamon, Richard L. Wallace, Nakia J. Woodward
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Objectives: The purpose is to see if there is a relationship between declining walk-in visitor counts and increased library web access. The overall objective is to evaluate library services and find better and more efficient ways to meet the needs of walk-in and virtual patrons. Methods: Compile past five years of walk-in visitor statistics from the library. Retrieve past five years of website statistics from Google Analytics. These two sets of data will be compared and analyzed for any correlation. We hypothesize the data will show a steady decrease in walk-in visitors along with a continued increase in website visitors. …
How Media Frame Roller Derby Around The World In 20 Different Countries, Julie Chartrou
How Media Frame Roller Derby Around The World In 20 Different Countries, Julie Chartrou
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A content analysis was conducted to analyze how media frame roller derby. The research included an analysis of newspaper articles published all around the world in 20 different nations from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2011, and different languages were considered. The research did not support previous studies concerning women athletes and the sport. Overall tone toward roller derby was mainly neutral, and the description of roller derby was not defined as sexist or using violent terms. Women journalists who wrote articles were slightly more sexist and used violent terms than men. Exploratory research showed that the previous findings …