Investigating Trait Attribution Through Gendered Avatar Play: An Analysis Of The Sims 3, 2011 Eastern Michigan University
Investigating Trait Attribution Through Gendered Avatar Play: An Analysis Of The Sims 3, Erika M. Behrmann
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This study investigates whether the life-simulation videogame, The Sims 3, enables the deconstruction of the gender binary. The Sims 3 permits its players the capability to attribute similar traits to male or female avatars. In doing so, players can experiment with taboo trait attributions and potentially defy a male-female binary. A group of 82 The Sims 3 players was surveyed to determine their overall male and female Sims trait selections during gameplay. Participants were questioned on how their trait selection related to their personal identities. Results indicated that players tend to select traits that maintain a gender binary. This …
Coparental Communication, Relational Satisfaction, And Mental Health In Stepfamilies, 2011 Texas Christian University
Coparental Communication, Relational Satisfaction, And Mental Health In Stepfamilies, Paul Schrodt, Dawn O. Braithwaite
Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications
This study tested a series of actor–partner interdependence models of coparental communication, relational satisfaction, and mental health in stepfamilies. Participants included 127 couples (N = 254). Results revealed 2 actor-oriented models whereby parents’ and stepparents’ coparental communication quality positively predicted their own (but not their partners’) satisfaction and mental health. A final model revealed that parents’ relational satisfaction mediated the effect of coparental communication on their own mental health. A similar pattern emerged for stepparents, although coparental communication continued to have a direct, positive effect on stepparents’ mental health. Importantly, parents’ coparental communication produced an inverse partner effect on stepparents’ …
Ex-Spouses’ Relational Satisfaction As A Function Of Coparental Communication In Stepfamilies, 2011 Texas Christian University
Ex-Spouses’ Relational Satisfaction As A Function Of Coparental Communication In Stepfamilies, Paul Schrodt, Aimee E. Miller, Dawn O. Braithwaite
Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications
This study tested a series of actor-partner interdependence models of coparental communication and relational satisfaction among ex-spouses living in stepfamilies. Participants included 41 ex-spousal dyads (N = 82). Results revealed two actor-oriented models whereby ex-spouses’ supportive and antagonistic coparental communication predicted their own (but not their ex-spouse’s) relational satisfaction. A second set of models revealed that nonresidential parents’ supportive and antagonistic coparental communication with the residential stepparent predicted their own satisfaction with their ex-spouses, as well as their ex-spouse’s satisfaction with them (i.e., a partner effect). Importantly, the findings demonstrate the interdependence of coparenting relationships in stepfamilies, as supportive coparental …
The Logos Of The Blogosphere: Flooding The Zone, Invention, And Attention In The Lott Imbroglio, 2011 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Logos Of The Blogosphere: Flooding The Zone, Invention, And Attention In The Lott Imbroglio, Damien S. Pfister
Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications
This essay examines the significance of a particular metaphor, flooding the zone, which gained prominence as an account of bloggers' argumentative prowess in the wake of Senator Trent Lott's toast at Strom Thurmond's centennial birthday party. I situate the growth of the blogosphere in the context of the political economy of the institutional mass media at the time and argue that the blogosphere is an alternative site for the invention of public argument. By providing an account of how the blogosphere serves as a site of invention by flooding the zone with densely interlinked coverage of a controversy, this essay …
Sexuality, Exoticism, And Iconoclasm In The Media Age: The Strange Case Of The Buddha Bikini, 2011 Bucknell University
Sexuality, Exoticism, And Iconoclasm In The Media Age: The Strange Case Of The Buddha Bikini, James Shields
Faculty Contributions to Books
It is widely acknowledged that we in the West are living in an age of both rampant consumerism and competing religious faiths. In addition, those of us living in the United States of America inhabit a society with striking variation when it comes to what is considered appropriate sexual or bodily display, especially when it comes to women’s bodies. The hullabaloo surrounding Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” brought to light some of these tensions, at the single most important religious spectacle in America, no less, the Super Bowl. Though admittedly less well known, another recent scandal even more clearly raises …
Editor's Introduction: Activism And Anagnorisis, 2011 Old Dominion University
Editor's Introduction: Activism And Anagnorisis, Marc Ouellette
English Faculty Publications
As I mull the current issue – a wonderful collection of open submissions and a terrific supplement on “post-9/11” developments, about both of which I feel too intellectually impoverished to write adequately – I am filled with mixed feelings, thoughts and even theoretical positions. This last is kind of inescapable given my best efforts to put theory into practice whenever and wherever possible. The two cannot and should not be inseparable, at least for anyone who claims to be even the most remotely involved in Cultural Studies. And yet, I know that this is the area where Cultural Studies fails …
Cultural Competence In Urban Affairs And Planning, 2011 CUNY Hunter College
Cultural Competence In Urban Affairs And Planning, Tom Angotti, Marly Pierre-Louis, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Sigmund Shipp, Angela Tovar
Publications and Research
In the Fall of 2009, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) undertook the Centro Cultural Competence Initiative (CCI) with the support of a one-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). The goal of the CCI is to address the need for culturally appropriate work in a variety of professions by training students to be culturally competent practitioners. In the Fall of 2010, the Urban Affairs and Planning Department at Hunter College joined CENTRO as a partner in this initiative. Full time Professors Sigmund Shipp, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, and Tom Angotti worked …
La Cultura Hispana En Estados Unidos: Grandes Promesas Incipientes, 2010 University of Miami
La Cultura Hispana En Estados Unidos: Grandes Promesas Incipientes, George Yudice
George Yúdice
No abstract provided.
[In Press] The World Is A….Network: Social Media And Cause Networks In The Girl Effect Movement, 2010 Marquette University
[In Press] The World Is A….Network: Social Media And Cause Networks In The Girl Effect Movement, Kati Berg, Sarah Feldner
Sarah Feldner
No abstract provided.
Lockouts, Protests, And Scabs: A Critical Assessment Of The Los Angeles Herald Examiner Strike, 2010 Marquette University
Lockouts, Protests, And Scabs: A Critical Assessment Of The Los Angeles Herald Examiner Strike, Bonnie Brennen
Bonnie Brennen
No abstract provided.
Apontamentos Sobre Alguns Dos Novos Negócios De Música, 2010 University of Miami
Apontamentos Sobre Alguns Dos Novos Negócios De Música, George Yudice
George Yúdice
No abstract provided.
Performing Heteronormativity, Hegemonic Masculinity, And Constructing A Body From Bullying, 2010 Millikin University
Performing Heteronormativity, Hegemonic Masculinity, And Constructing A Body From Bullying, Brandon O. Hensley
Brandon O. Hensley
Drawing upon literature in postmodern selfhood, bodybuilding subculture, embodied performance, and (re)construction of hegemonic masculinity in 21st century American culture, this exercise in autoethnography aims to contribute to the qualitative dialogue regarding the masculinized performance of (un)healthy embodiment through working out, along with the pleasures, pressures, meanings, and implications that come with it.
Dialect Enregisterment In Performance, 2010 Carnegie Mellon University
Dialect Enregisterment In Performance, Barbara Johnstone
Barbara Johnstone
In recent work I have been exploring how one set of linguistic forms has become enregistered as the dialect known as “Pittsburghese” ( Johnstone 2007a; 2007b; 2009; Johnstone, Andrus, and Danielson 2006). In this paper I analyze dialect enregistration in highly self-conscious performances of Pittsburgh speech and social identity. My data consists of three comedy sketches performed by the cast of WDVE radio’s “’DVE Morning Show.” One, called “Mother”, alternates lines of a somewhat parodically sentimental song about the singer’s mother with spoken-word illustrations by a “mother” character who uses elements of Pittsburgh-sounding speech. The second is an advertisement for …
Tax The Rich, 2010 Buffalo State College
Affirming Rhetorical Materialism: Enfolding The Virtual And The Actual, 2010 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Affirming Rhetorical Materialism: Enfolding The Virtual And The Actual, Matthew Bost, Ronald Walter Greene
Ronald Walter Greene
No abstract provided.
Emerson College Csr Course - Spring 2011 Guest Speakers, 2010 Emerson College
Emerson College Csr Course - Spring 2011 Guest Speakers, Art Stewart
Art Stewart
No abstract provided.
Beyond Tolerance: Consciously Using Universal Energy Laws, Discernment, And Harmonious Relationship Principles, 2010 UMASS Boston
Beyond Tolerance: Consciously Using Universal Energy Laws, Discernment, And Harmonious Relationship Principles, Carroy U. Ferguson
Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.
Every day we, as human beings, maneuver through a myriad of circumstances in our individual and collective life spaces. Central to our experiences is the nature, kind, and quality of our relationships. When we encounter differences (racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, economic, sexual orientation, the mentally and physically challenged), a common issue that often emerges in our experiences is the extent to which we use tolerance in relating to other people and circumstances. For this reason, I want to discuss the nature of tolerance and its limitations, and how to move beyond tolerance by consciously using Universal Energy Laws, discernment, and …
Tax The Rich, 2010 Buffalo State College
Tax The Rich, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.
Michael I Niman Ph.D.
Fed up seeing your life become increasingly stressed with more debt and less cash in your pocket? Michael I. Niman has the answer, in three words
"Corporate And Social Responsibility: The Changing Context For Marketing Communications Practice", 2010 Bentley University Center for Business Ethics
"Corporate And Social Responsibility: The Changing Context For Marketing Communications Practice", Art Stewart
Art Stewart
Zizek/Questions/Failing, 2010 Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Zizek/Questions/Failing, Nick J. Sciullo
Nick J. Sciullo
In this article I am primarily concerned with presenting Slavoj Žižek3 as a legal theorist. Žižek has been a valuable contributor to critical theory and deserves a place in the pantheon of legal thinkers.
While his diverse writings are often relegated to other disciplines, they also position him as an important contributor to law and public discourse. I seek to illuminate how he mediates and interrogates the law by demonstrating how his scholarship is important to the lives of legal thinkers, questions of success and the law, capitalism, political practice, and terrorism. Because Žižek’s work is interdisciplinary and expansive, this …