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Book Review: Making Media Studies By David Gauntlett, Antonio Lopez Dec 2016

Book Review: Making Media Studies By David Gauntlett, Antonio Lopez

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Making Media Studies is a collection of previously published and updated works by David Gauntlett, including his infamous essay, “Media Studies 2.0.” It explores ways in which the traditional media studies paradigm has been disrupted by prosumers and the practices of everyday people and DIY “makers” who are using the internet to learn, make things and share ideas. He argues that media studies practitioners need to learn from the makers movement to encourage more creativity, design thinking and conversation. Gauntlett positions himself as an optimist and criticizes overly negative approaches to internet culture that he sees as common among media …

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Book Review: Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools By Vanessa Domine, Hailee K. Dunn Dec 2016

Book Review: Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools By Vanessa Domine, Hailee K. Dunn

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Locating Community Action Outreach Projects In The Scholarship Of Media Literacy Pedagogy, Heather Crandall Dec 2016

Locating Community Action Outreach Projects In The Scholarship Of Media Literacy Pedagogy, Heather Crandall

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This paper compares frameworks in recent critical media literacy scholarship with trends found in eight semesters of media literacy community action outreach assignments to explore how these frameworks can function as curricular tools for media literacy practitioners. Besides potential tools for media literacy pedagogy, this examination of recent literature uncovers new considerations and directions for the field of media literacy education. These include tensions present in the practice of teaching from a critical perspective, observations about student use of newer technologies for social change, and concerns to include in critical media literacy literature.

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Smartphone Apps In Education: Students Create Videos To Teach Smartphone Use As Tool For Learning, Kara E. Clayton, Amanda Murphy Dec 2016

Smartphone Apps In Education: Students Create Videos To Teach Smartphone Use As Tool For Learning, Kara E. Clayton, Amanda Murphy

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Smartphones are regular classroom accessories. Educators should work with children to understand the capacity of smartphones for learning and civic engagement, rather than being a classroom distraction. This research supports a collaborative project the authors engaged in with students in two states to discover what the perception of smartphone use was by students and teachers. One element of this project included students producing YouTube style tutorials on the educational use of mobile apps. The authors explored smartphone use in the classroom. Student created products correlated to technology trends in K-12 education and their relationship with state by state demographic data.

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Living And Leading In A Digital Age: A Narrative Study Of The Attitudes And Perceptions Of School Leaders About Media Literacy, Kerrigan R. Mahoney, Tehmina Khwaja Dec 2016

Living And Leading In A Digital Age: A Narrative Study Of The Attitudes And Perceptions Of School Leaders About Media Literacy, Kerrigan R. Mahoney, Tehmina Khwaja

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Students graduating from K-12 education need media literacy skills to engage, participate, and learn in a world in which literacy must keep pace with rapidly changing technologies. Given the significant roles school administrators play in providing leadership and vision to their schools, this narrative study addresses the research question: What are school administrators’ perceptions of, and attitudes about, media literacy? Through the stories of six K-12 school administrators, we highlight the connections of their experiences and attitudes to the actions they take to support media literacy learning, and their visions for technology, instruction, and learning in their schools.

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What Do You Use Mobile Phones For? A Creative Method Of Thematic Drawing With Adolescents In Rural China, Jiachun Hong Dec 2016

What Do You Use Mobile Phones For? A Creative Method Of Thematic Drawing With Adolescents In Rural China, Jiachun Hong

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This study sets out to explore Chinese adolescents’ subjectivities toward the use of mobile phones, and reveal the dynamic relationship among students, parents, and school concerning mobile phone usage in rural China. Twenty-one high school students were recruited, and asked to draw a painting that expresses their perceptions of mobile phones in relation to family and school life. After analyzing the thematic drawings and their self-explanations upon the drawings, several themes arise: the mobile phone as a bridge of love, as an extension of the home, as an iron cage, as the blasting fuse of family conflicts, and as a …

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A Phenomenological Investigation Of Social Networking Site Privacy Awareness Through A Media Literacy Lens, David Magolis, Audra Briggs Dec 2016

A Phenomenological Investigation Of Social Networking Site Privacy Awareness Through A Media Literacy Lens, David Magolis, Audra Briggs

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This research study focused on the social networking site (SNS) awareness of undergraduate students, examining their experiences through the type and extent of the information shared on their SNSs in order to discover the students’ experiences with SNS privacy. A phenomenological research approach was used to interview eight undergraduate to explore the question, “what is the nature of undergraduate students’ social networking privacy?” Each recorded interview lasted up to one hour in duration and was transcribed verbatim. A thematic analysis of the interview data revealed that all of the participants were aware of their online privacy, but each had different …

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Predicting Parental Mediation Behaviors: The Direct And Indirect Influence Of Parents’ Critical Thinking About Media And Attitudes About Parent-Child Interactions, Eric E. Rasmussen, Shawna R. White, Andy J. King, Steven Holiday, Rebecca L. Densley Dec 2016

Predicting Parental Mediation Behaviors: The Direct And Indirect Influence Of Parents’ Critical Thinking About Media And Attitudes About Parent-Child Interactions, Eric E. Rasmussen, Shawna R. White, Andy J. King, Steven Holiday, Rebecca L. Densley

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Many parents fail to interact with their children regularly about media content and past research has identified few predictors of parents’ engagement in parental mediation behaviors. The present study explored the relationship between parents’ critical thinking about media and parents’ provision of both active and restrictive mediation of television content. Results revealed that parents’ critical thinking about media is positively associated with both active and restrictive mediation, relationships mediated by parents’ attitudes toward parent-child interactions about media. These findings suggest that media literacy programs aimed at improving parents’ critical thinking about media may be an effective way to alter children’s …

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Winona Currents Annual Report 2016, University Advancement - Winona State University Dec 2016

Winona Currents Annual Report 2016, University Advancement - Winona State University

Winona Currents

Winona Currents Annual Report for 2016.

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Building Financial Peace: A Conflict Resolution Framework For Money Arguments, Sarah D. Asebedo Dec 2016

Building Financial Peace: A Conflict Resolution Framework For Money Arguments, Sarah D. Asebedo

Journal of Financial Therapy

This paper presents a well-known and highly utilized conflict resolution framework from the mediation profession and demonstrates how to apply this framework to money arguments. While conflict resolution skills have been identified as important to communication within the financial planning context, an integrated conflict resolution framework has yet to be recognized and understood within the financial planning literature. This paper aims to fill this gap. Ultimately, both mental health professionals and financial planners can benefit from an interdisciplinary approach to resolving money arguments by combining training in personal financial strategies and conflict resolution principles.

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Analisis Segmentasi Penonton Bioskop Yogyakarta, Dyna Herlina Suwarto Dec 2016

Analisis Segmentasi Penonton Bioskop Yogyakarta, Dyna Herlina Suwarto

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After the long period of the cinema industry decline, the number of audience who visit
cinema increases significantly. However, the research to examine the phenomena of
audience segmentation is very few. Therefore the study aim is to investigate cinema
audience segmentation in Yogyakarta on the basis of the aspects that affects the
audience film choice. Furthermore the mix-method approach combining qualitative and
quantitative method in sequence was employed to attain the research objective. For the
first step, three focus group discussions that involve 20 informants. The second step,
survey was conducted involving 454 respondents. The result indicates that there are …

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Analisis Strategi Humas Pdam Kota Ternate Dalam Penanganan Keluhan Dan Komplain Warga Kecamatan Kota Ternate Utara Dan Kotaternate Tengah Terhadap Dampak Eksploitasi Sumber Mata Air Ake Gaale, Mutia Dewi, Laily Wahyuni Djalaluddin Dec 2016

Analisis Strategi Humas Pdam Kota Ternate Dalam Penanganan Keluhan Dan Komplain Warga Kecamatan Kota Ternate Utara Dan Kotaternate Tengah Terhadap Dampak Eksploitasi Sumber Mata Air Ake Gaale, Mutia Dewi, Laily Wahyuni Djalaluddin

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Based on the results of research, Public Relations of water supply company Ternate
city in complain handling Ake Gaale water source, they perform of internal an external
function. Public Relations of water supply company Ternate city excecutes four important
steps started fact finding and defining the problem, planning and programming, action
and communication, and evaluation. In the evaluation step, Public Relation of water
supply company Ternate city found that each of the programs was not effectively done.
Alternative step taken by Public relation was engaging the Government of Ternate to be
involved in the follow-up meeting about problems at Ake …

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Analisis Framing Dalam Riset Public Relations, Narayana Mahendra Prastya Dec 2016

Analisis Framing Dalam Riset Public Relations, Narayana Mahendra Prastya

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This paper aims to give description about how to use frame analysis in Public Relations
(PR) research. The author use two framing models: Entman and Pan & Kosicki. The
object is organization official statement about particular issue. Frame analysis method
rarely used in Public Relations research. This methods commonly use in journalism
study, to analyse the news in media. Meanwhile, the key word of framing is the social
construction of reality. Organization can make social construction of realty in their
official statement. In acacemic term, frame analysis in PR research is useful to know
how organization positioned themselves in particular …

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Pengaruh Kepuasan Komunikasi Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Di Sekretariat Dprd Kota Singkawang, Agus Triyono, Kurnia Riyantini Dec 2016

Pengaruh Kepuasan Komunikasi Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Di Sekretariat Dprd Kota Singkawang, Agus Triyono, Kurnia Riyantini

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In an effort to achieve a success, then the satisfaction of organizational communication is a very important factor, it 'caused communication satisfaction is the result of a number
of processes that are internal and external.Employees is one of the most important assets who participate in helping in the achievement effortof organizational goals that is realization of the vision and mission of the organization. Therefore, good cooperation between the organization and all employees are indispensable so that common goals can be realized. This research aims to find the influence of communication organizational satisfaction to employees performance in Secretariat Legislature Singkawang city. …

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Corporate Decision Making Dalam Komunikasi Organisasi, Rebekka Rismayanti Dec 2016

Corporate Decision Making Dalam Komunikasi Organisasi, Rebekka Rismayanti

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In an organization, decision making is anessential factor to achieve its goals. The decision-making process is a process of selecting the best alternative from many alternatives that systematically chosen as a way to resolve the problem. The decision is seen as a "choice between the alternatives" as well as a form of communication that fulfills the social expectations of the organization's members. So the goal setting, onflow of information as well as individual's values within the group affect the decisions made by the group itself. Then, the leadership-participation style in decision-making is the most important factor for creating the mutual …

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Kreativitas Digital Dalam Masyarakat Risiko Perkotaan: Studi Tentang Ojek Online "Go-Jek" Di Jakarta, Fania Darma Amajida Dec 2016

Kreativitas Digital Dalam Masyarakat Risiko Perkotaan: Studi Tentang Ojek Online "Go-Jek" Di Jakarta, Fania Darma Amajida

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Emergence of apps-based modes of transportation marks a technological advancement, and is a reaction to the flaw of public transportation services. This article argues that technology allows the society to overcome the problems of uncertainty lying under the system of public transportation in Jakarta. This study shows that the apps used by "online ojeks" Go-Jek is capable to minimize the risks concerning time, convenience, cost, and
security. This idea diverges from previous studies that failed to mention the variable of certainty as a strategy to minimize the risks commonly found in urban transportation system. Qualitative methods are used for data …

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Pictorical Warning Pada Kemasan Rokok: Komunikasi Persuasif Dalam Kampanye Kesehatan, Sherly Hindra Negoro Dec 2016

Pictorical Warning Pada Kemasan Rokok: Komunikasi Persuasif Dalam Kampanye Kesehatan, Sherly Hindra Negoro

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Smoking has became the serious problem which always to be the classical dynamic of
health communication's field. Through health campaign by using pictorical warning in
cigarette packs, Indonesian Government has priority to reduce the number of smokers
in Indonesia. Pictorical warning in cigarette packs was regard as one of communication
strategic for implementing. Health campaign has outcome that could change the
health behavior for the persuadee. Visualization by using image becomes persuasive
communication tools cigarette packs as the communication media. EPPM model was
used to analysis this case. This paper was using literature study to understand this
problem.

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Pesan Komunikasi Dalam Penggalangan Dana Melalui Website, Drina Intyaswati Dec 2016

Pesan Komunikasi Dalam Penggalangan Dana Melalui Website, Drina Intyaswati

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A website is widely used as a means of fundraising (fundraiser) . The purpose of this study was to determine how the communication message conveyed in fundraising efforts through media website. By taking samples of the two types of websites as Fundraiser, wanted to also see each similarities and differences in communication strategies do. The analysis used is content analysis which analyzes the results of observations of the website Kitabisa.com and GandengTangan.org. Thus this type of research is qualitative descriptive. In conclusion there are similarities in general body of the message from
both the website, there are differences in the …

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Kritik Terhadap Teori Spiral Of Silence: Komunikasi Masyarakat Madura Dalam Konflik Sunni-Syi'ah Di Sampang, Ferry Adhi Dharma Dec 2016

Kritik Terhadap Teori Spiral Of Silence: Komunikasi Masyarakat Madura Dalam Konflik Sunni-Syi'ah Di Sampang, Ferry Adhi Dharma

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The sunni-shiite conflict that occurred in Sampang, Madura has yet to be resolved.
Therefore, this study aims to determine the process to fight the opinion that a conflict
occurred between the two. The research was conducted in the Karanggayam village,
Omben and Blu'uran village, Karang Penang, Sampang, Madura and mansions Puspa
Agro Sidoarjo with the phenomenological method. That is, the phenomenon under
study will be illustrated by personal experience of informants through interviews. To
determine the validity of the data, then the triangulation on the data obtained. Results
are the conflicts caused by differences of opinion between the two groups …

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Strategi Komunikasi Guru Sma Islam Terpadu Dalam Menghasilkan Siswa Yang Unggul, Chatia Hastasari, Suranto Aw, Benni Setiawan Dec 2016

Strategi Komunikasi Guru Sma Islam Terpadu Dalam Menghasilkan Siswa Yang Unggul, Chatia Hastasari, Suranto Aw, Benni Setiawan

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The study aims to explain how the concept of integrated Islamic and the strategy of the
teacher in SMA IT Abu Bakar Yogyakarta and SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta produce
the superior students. It refers to the development of SMA IT which always puts ethics,
religion and the quality of the students. However, the main key to produce the superior
students is the role of professional teacher who encourages the strong characteristic of
students. The method of this research is qualitative and takes place in SMA IT Abu Bakar
and SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta. Furthermore, the samples of this research consist …

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Relasi Internet Dan Media Sosial Dalam Pembentukan Brand Awareness, Image Dan Experience Produk Asing, Ina Nur Ratriyana Dec 2016

Relasi Internet Dan Media Sosial Dalam Pembentukan Brand Awareness, Image Dan Experience Produk Asing, Ina Nur Ratriyana

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The effect of globalization on communication process appears especially in digital media which made communication exchange faster. Cultural process also create homogenization of product choice, when global brand looks more familiar than local brand. Internet and social media give an opportunity for consumer to access the product information and interact with them. Interactivity as part of digital media offers unlimited access and the power of word of mouth in terms of internet and social media. In the end, it will affect the brand awareness, image and attitude about product, especially in Generation Y who are close with media digitalization itself …

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Hubungan Kerja Dalam Industri Fast Fashion: Analisis Isi Terhadap Fenomena Eksploitasi (Studi Kasus Film The True Cost Dan Nike Sweatshops), Tri Apriliani Dec 2016

Hubungan Kerja Dalam Industri Fast Fashion: Analisis Isi Terhadap Fenomena Eksploitasi (Studi Kasus Film The True Cost Dan Nike Sweatshops), Tri Apriliani

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The fast-fashion industry is one of the manufacturing industry that is associated with the developing countries as a producer of their products. Authors carriying an issue of labor relations in the fast-fashion industry which is very important to be studied due to exploitation issues. The main focus of the study is to assess the film "The True Cost" which describes the fast-fashion industry in Bangladesh and "Nike Sweatshops" which describes the fast-fashion industry in Indonesia. This study sought to answer whether
the exploitation occurs in fast-fashion industry are presented in the movie "The True Cost" and "Nike Sweatshops" and how …

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Komunikasi Dalam Kegiatan Public Relations, Rumsari Hadi Sumarto Dec 2016

Komunikasi Dalam Kegiatan Public Relations, Rumsari Hadi Sumarto

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Organizations in maintaining the sustainability of life requires communication. Good established communication will affect the harmonious and harmony relations between the organization and its publics. A positive image is represented if there is a harmonious interaction between an organization and its publics. Imaging of an
organization is usually attached to public relations. Imaging can be awakened/built if there is a harmonious and pleasant communication between an organization and its publics. To support public relations activities, organization requires communication to be able to interact with the public in two-way communication. A PR practitioner should be able to make other people understand …

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Interaksionisme Simbolik Santri Terhadap Kiai Melalui Komunikasi Di Pondok Pesantren Al Munawwir Klrapyak Yogyakarta, Muhammad Hamam Alfajari Dec 2016

Interaksionisme Simbolik Santri Terhadap Kiai Melalui Komunikasi Di Pondok Pesantren Al Munawwir Klrapyak Yogyakarta, Muhammad Hamam Alfajari

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This research aims to determine the perspective of symbolic interactionism students to
kiai in the communication process in Al Munawwir Islamic Boarding School Krapyak
Yogyakarta. To achieve the objectives of the study, researchers used a qualitative
approach, with qualitative descriptive type. The subjects in this study were students
at Al Munawwir Boarding School Krapyak Yogyakarta. Data retrieval is done through
interviews and observation. Results found is that symbolic interactionism students
are not deterministic. That is, what is done by the students of the kiai is a subjective
awareness of students who interpret certain symbols through interaction. The fact
then that …

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Terbentuknya Identitas Fans Sepak Bola Sebagai Budaya Massa Dalam Industri Media, Iswandi Syahputra Dec 2016

Terbentuknya Identitas Fans Sepak Bola Sebagai Budaya Massa Dalam Industri Media, Iswandi Syahputra

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Nowadays football is not merely sport. It has become industry, even popular culture.
This happen because on the same time mass media grows into mass culture industry.
The union of football and mass media as industry has melted few social and culture
boundaries. Socially"”through mass media"”football had joined many social
background into football fans identity, and it even connect all over the world. Football
had transformed into popular culture that always moves in instability that drain its
fans's emotion. The football fans emotion in turn polarised into fans club which was
created based on imaginary bound. Fans is the most …

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Hiperrealitas Relasi Dalam Sinetron Komedi "Tetangga Masa Gitu?", Eldo Eka Saputra Dec 2016

Hiperrealitas Relasi Dalam Sinetron Komedi "Tetangga Masa Gitu?", Eldo Eka Saputra

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Emergence of non-mainstream way of women representations in soap operas, where women are constructed as an independent individual, brought an impact to the patterns of relation between men and women. If we look at Indonesian soap operas, there are not many of them that can manage to present a non-mainstream construction of female characters. The shift on women representation is associated to how the men were represented in said soap operas, therefore this is a form of the role of the media in altering gender stigma in the society. However, in the process of construction there is a new reality …

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Peran Jaringan Sosial Pada Kampanye Lingkungan Di Media Sosial: Kasus Kampanye Melawan Asap, Ika Hariyani Dec 2016

Peran Jaringan Sosial Pada Kampanye Lingkungan Di Media Sosial: Kasus Kampanye Melawan Asap, Ika Hariyani

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Campaigns nowadays are oftenly carried through social medias, including campaigns concerning the environment. Based on previous studies, effectivity of campaigns through social medias were affected by many factors, such as the activity of the online administrator, additional socialization that were carried off- line, and also the involvement of the active followers in social medias. However, this paper views environmental campaign in social medias could be effective if viewed from another side,
that is social network. This study sees how social network can improve the effectivity of environmental campaigns in social medias,therefore it's safe to say that this study brings an …

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Ekonomi Politik Media: Pada Pemberitaan Menjelang Pemilihan Gubernur Banten 2017 Oleh Radar Banten Dan Baraya Tv, Achmad Nashrudin P Dec 2016

Ekonomi Politik Media: Pada Pemberitaan Menjelang Pemilihan Gubernur Banten 2017 Oleh Radar Banten Dan Baraya Tv, Achmad Nashrudin P

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Research on Political Economy of Media: At the news ahead of elections for the governor
of Banten in 2017 by Radar Banten and Baraya TV, phenomenon triggered by the
loosening of the values of objectivity and independence of the mass media in carrying
out its functions as set in the Press Law and the Broadcasting Law. At the time of the
campaign, the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are competing to get the
"place 'and is known well as sell to prospective election promise to get sympathy. At the
time, the media seemed to forget the function and position. …

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Social Media At Work: The Roles Of Job Satisfaction, Employment Status, And Facebook Use With Co-Workers, Brett W. Robertson, Kerk Kee Dec 2016

Social Media At Work: The Roles Of Job Satisfaction, Employment Status, And Facebook Use With Co-Workers, Brett W. Robertson, Kerk Kee

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

Limited research has studied workplace satisfaction in a computer-mediated context, particularly with the use of social media. Based on an analysis of an online survey of working adults (N=512) in various companies and organizations in a metropolitan area in Southern California, we tested the relationships among time spent on Facebook interacting with coworkers, employment status, and job satisfaction. Results show that an employee’s satisfaction at work is positively associated with the amount of time they spend on Facebook interacting with co-workers. Contrary to our initial predictions, results to the second and third hypotheses revealed that part time employees reported having …

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We'll All Be Better Off If We Ask Better Questions In 2017, Bruce Janz Dec 2016

We'll All Be Better Off If We Ask Better Questions In 2017, Bruce Janz

UCF Forum

I find myself at the end of 2016 thinking about how differently we all make sense out of our shared experiences this year. “Common wisdom” seems to have it that 2016 was generally worse than other years – some of our favorite people died and the wheels fell off of whatever we thought they were on.

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