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Book Review: Capital And Its Discontents: Conversations With Radical Thinkers In A Time Of Tumult By Sasha Lilly (Pm Press, 2011), Nick J. Sciullo

Nick J. Sciullo

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Cyberconflict And The Future Of Warfare, Athina Karatzogianni Dr

Athina Karatzogianni

Writing a brief history of cyberconflict of the last decade and speculating on the future of warfare is by no means an easy task. The reasons are plenty and it is worth mentioning a few here, as they do tend to get lost in colleagues’ specialised debates in the fields of international relations and global politics, global and national security, internet security, new media political communication, international governance, internet governance, information warfare, critical security and the geopolitics of new technologies. Information communication technologies (ICTs) have unsettled in an unprecedented way the majority of academic fields, all of which are currently …

Leisure Divide: Can The Third World Come Out To Play?, Payal Arora

Payal Arora

As billions of dollars are invested in mitigating the digital divide, stakes are raised to gain validity for these cost-intensive endeavors, focusing more on online activities that have clear socio-economic outcomes. Hence, farmers in rural India are watched closely to see how they access crop prices online, while their Orkuting gets sidelined as anecdotal. This paper argues that this is a fundamental problem as it treats users in emerging markets as somehow inherently different from those in the West. After all, it is now commonly accepted that much of what users do online in developed nations is leisure-oriented. This perspective …

Book Review: Without A Net: Librarians Bridging The Digital Divide, Rick A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

Seaford Pharmacy Shooting, Aisha Al-Muslim

Aisha Al-Muslim

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Digital Reference Service: Concept, Development And Models., Nadim Akhtar Khan, Mohsin Ashraf

NADIM AKHTAR KHAN

Reference Services has always been adapted as means for providing assistance in locating and accessing information resources. With the advancements in web technologies and emergence of Digital libraries the concept of Digital Reference Services revolutionized the library service scenario with consistent developments throughout the world and emergence of some famous Digital Reference Models. The present paper attempts to trace the development of the concept and emergence of different Digital Reference Models along with their features.

Using Social Media To Build Community Disaster Resilience, Neil Dufty

Neil Dufty

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Kuehl Invited Book Review On The Reagan Rhetoric Psq June 2012.Pdf, Rebecca A. Kuehl

Rebecca A. Kuehl

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Kuehl 2012 Scj Published Article On The Rhetorical Presidency And Education Reform.Pdf, Rebecca A. Kuehl

Rebecca A. Kuehl

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Stoking The Research Fire: Three Views, Charles C. Self, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh, Amy S. Weiss

Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh

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Media Globalization, Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh

Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh

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Review Of Ruth Wodak's (2011) The Discourse Of Politics As Usual, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

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Stepping Up To The Veggie Plate: Framing Veganism As Living Your Values, Carrie Packwood Freeman

Carrie P. Freeman

America’s animal rights organizations have increasingly focused on vegetarian campaigns to protect the growing number of animals who are farmed and fished. But on what basis do these animal rights organizations promote plant-based diets in ways that will resonate with a meat-eating American public? To determine how animal rights organizations align their values with those of the public, this textual analysis examines how values are framed in the print and electronic food advocacy campaign messages of five national animal organizations in 2008. Findings reveal that campaigns associate veganism with altruism, health, environmental responsibility, and humanitarianism. Campaigns appeal to Americans based …

This'll Kill Ya: Pepper Spray And The Modern Lexicon Of "Less Than Lethal" Oppression., Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

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Assessing The Strategic Credibility Of Special Collections And Archives, Rick A. Stoddart, Erin L. Passehl

Rick A Stoddart

Social Media In Higher Education: A Literature Review And Research Directions., Charles H.F. Davis Iii, Regina Deil-Amen, Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, Manuel Sacramento Gonzalez Canche

Charles H.F. Davis III

Social media [technology] has become a growing phenomenon with many and varied definitions in public and academic use. For our purposes, the term social media technology (SMT) refers to web-based and mobile applications that allow individuals and organizations to create, engage, and share new user-generated or existing content, in digital environments through multi-way communication. Despite the widespread use of SMT, little is known about the benefits of its use in postsecondary contexts and for specific purposes (e.g., marketing, recruitment, learning, and/or student engagement). It is critical to begin to examine if and how higher education institutions are incorporating the use …

They (Don’T) Care About Education: A Counternarrative On Black Male Students’ Responses To Inequitable Schooling, Shaun R. Harper, Charles H.F. Davis Iii

Charles H.F. Davis III

Presented in this article is a counternarrative concerning one particular message that is consistently reinforced in academic and public discourse about Black male students: they don’t care about education. Little is known about those who graduate from high school, enroll in college, and subsequently commit themselves to various career pathways in education fields (K-12 teaching and administration, the postsecondary professoriate, education policy, etc.). What compels these men to care so much about education, despite what is routinely reported in the literature regarding their gradual disinvestment in schooling? This question is explored in the article using data from 304 Black male …

Between “Metaphysics Of The Stone Age” And The “Brave New World”: H.L.A. Hart On The Law’S Assumptions About Human Nature, Péter Cserne

Péter Cserne

This paper analyses H.L.A. Hart’s views on the epistemic character of the law’s assumptions about human behaviour, as articulated in Causation in the Law and Punishment and Responsibility. Hart suggests that the assumptions behind legal doctrines typically combine common sense factual beliefs, moral intuitions, and philosophical theories of earlier ages with sound moral principles, and empirical knowledge. An important task of legal theory is to provide a ‘rational and critical foundation’ for these doctrines. This does not only imply conceptual clarification in light of an epistemic ideal of objectivity but also involves legal theorists in ‘enlightenment’ about empirical facts, ‘demystification’ …

The Effects Of Internet Access On Labor-Supply Decisions, Katrina Kosec, Sara Champion, Christopher Stanton

Katrina Kosec

The prevalence of Internet access in the home has increased markedly over the last decade. In many respects, it has changed the way people live and work. This paper examines the relationship between Internet in the home (and whether it is broadband) and various measures of labor supply using data from the Current Population Survey and the American Time Use Survey for the period 1998–2010. After including extensive controls, we document that home Internet access is highly positively cor¬related with employment, with total hours worked, and with the amount and share of work done from home. We also document that …

Winona Currents Annual Report 2011, University Advancement - Winona State University

Winona Currents

Winona Currents Annual Report for 2011.