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Proximal Discourses In Residential Facility Care Providers’ Sense-Making Of Their Communication With Family Members Of A Loved One With Alzheimer’S Disease, Aimee E. Miller-Ott, Tristin Evans Jan 2024

Proximal Discourses In Residential Facility Care Providers’ Sense-Making Of Their Communication With Family Members Of A Loved One With Alzheimer’S Disease, Aimee E. Miller-Ott, Tristin Evans

Faculty Publications - Communications

Families often stay involved in the care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease even after relocation to a residential care facility, and through this transition, communication between the residential care providers and families becomes integral to keeping family informed and providing good care to the patient. However, care providers of people with Alzheimer’s living in residential facilities find themselves overwhelmed by expectations related to their caregiving role and struggle with making sense of their experiences. Fifteen care providers of people with Alzheimer’s disease living in a residential facility participated in qualitative, semi-structured interviews. Using relational dialectics theory as the …

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Improving Patient Self-Advocacy And Communication With Providers Through Diabetes Self-Management Education: Analyses From A Randomized Controlled Trial, Brenna Owens Kirk Jan 2024

Improving Patient Self-Advocacy And Communication With Providers Through Diabetes Self-Management Education: Analyses From A Randomized Controlled Trial, Brenna Owens Kirk

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Background: West Virginia (WV), a rural state in Appalachia, has the highest type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence in the United States. Open communication in the patient-provider relationship is an integral part of comprehensive chronic disease management. This is especially true for patients living with T2DM, a disease that requires many complex, daily self-management activities and is associated with increased emotional distress. However, patients living with T2DM are often reluctant to openly share their concerns regarding self-care with their provider. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of the Diabetes and Hypertension Self-Management Program (DHSMP), a 12-week group lifestyle …

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Environmental Loss, Displacement, And Anxiety In Portugal: Analyzing News Articles To Differentiate Manifestations Of Environmental Distress, Robin Greene Oct 2023

Environmental Loss, Displacement, And Anxiety In Portugal: Analyzing News Articles To Differentiate Manifestations Of Environmental Distress, Robin Greene

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Expressions of environmental distress can take different forms, with different symptoms, causes, and treatments. Existing literature generally identifies three primary categories of environmental distress responses: environmental grief, solastalgia, and eco-anxiety. This paper explores these distinctions and identifies words typically associated with each category in Portuguese news articles using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). LDA is a Natural Language Processing (NLP) technique that groups words into topics and identifies connections between those words based on how often those words appear together in sequences. This paper uses a modified LDA algorithm called GuidedLDA to identify additional keywords within topics defined by a list …

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Public Sentiments And The Influence Of Information-Seeking Preferences On Knowledge, Attitudes, Death Conversation And Receptiveness Towards Palliative Care: Results From A Nationwide Survey In Singapore, Su Lin Yeo, Raymond Han Lip Ng, Tan Ying Peh, May O. Lwin, Poh Heng Chong, Patricia Soek Hui Neo, Jamie Xuelian Zhou, Angel Lee Sep 2023

Public Sentiments And The Influence Of Information-Seeking Preferences On Knowledge, Attitudes, Death Conversation And Receptiveness Towards Palliative Care: Results From A Nationwide Survey In Singapore, Su Lin Yeo, Raymond Han Lip Ng, Tan Ying Peh, May O. Lwin, Poh Heng Chong, Patricia Soek Hui Neo, Jamie Xuelian Zhou, Angel Lee

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Background: Low awareness about palliative care among the global public and healthcare communities has been frequently cited as a persistent barrier to palliative care acceptance. Given that knowledge shapes attitudes and encourages receptiveness, it is critical to examine factors that influence the motivation to increase knowledge. Health information-seeking from individuals and media has been identified as a key factor, as the process of accessing and interpreting information to enhance knowledge has been shown to positively impact health behaviours. Objective: Our study aimed to uncover public sentiments toward palliative care in Singapore. A conceptual framework was additionally developed to investigate the …

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Acceptance Of Communication Technology, Emotional Support And Subjective Well-Being For Chinese Older Adults Living Alone During Covid-19: A Moderated Mediation Model, Ze Ling Nai, Woan Shin Tan, William Tov Sep 2023

Acceptance Of Communication Technology, Emotional Support And Subjective Well-Being For Chinese Older Adults Living Alone During Covid-19: A Moderated Mediation Model, Ze Ling Nai, Woan Shin Tan, William Tov

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Stringent social distancing measures implemented to control the spread of COVID-19 affected older adults living alone by limiting their social interaction beyond their households. During these restrictions, interactions beyond the household could be facilitated by communication technology (CT) such as voice calls, instant messages. Our study provides evidence on how CT acceptance could influence the emotional support and in turn, subjective well-being (SWB) of older adults living alone. We did a cross-sectional survey with 293 community-dwelling Chinese older adults. Participants were surveyed from September to November 2020 and had completed measures on CT acceptance (competency), emotional support, and SWB. PROCESS …

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Shared Disposition Decision Making In The Emergency Department For Persons Living With Dementia, Justine Seidenfeld, Fernanda Bellolio, Anita Vashi, Courtney Van Houtven, Susan Hastings Jun 2023

Shared Disposition Decision Making In The Emergency Department For Persons Living With Dementia, Justine Seidenfeld, Fernanda Bellolio, Anita Vashi, Courtney Van Houtven, Susan Hastings

Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine

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Digital Literacy Among Older Adults In Singapore, Mindy Eiko Tadai, Micah Tan May 2023

Digital Literacy Among Older Adults In Singapore, Mindy Eiko Tadai, Micah Tan

ROSA Research Briefs

Singapore stands as the fourth most digitally competitive country, after Denmark, USA, and Sweden, in the latest edition of the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking (IMD World Competitiveness Center, 2022). This global ranking measures the capacities of 63 nations to adopt and explore digitally transformative practices across government, industry, and wider society. Among households in Singapore, an astounding 99% have Internet access and 92% have computer access (Infocomm Media Development Authority, 2023). Even within the eldest surveyed cohort, proportions of smartphone usage have risen from 28% in 2017 to 48% in 2021 among resident Singaporeans aged 75 and above, and …

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The Effects Of Tiktok's Covid-19 Content On Anxiety In Young Adults, Nicholas Fontaine May 2023

The Effects Of Tiktok's Covid-19 Content On Anxiety In Young Adults, Nicholas Fontaine

Honors Theses

The COVID-19 pandemic spiked generalized anxiety worldwide. The onset of the pandemic also coincided with TikTok’s rise to popularity in the social media landscape, especially among young adults and children. As a result, COVID-19-related content rose to prevalence on the platform as it became a common outlet for users to share their thoughts and opinions on the pandemic while also feeding a growing audience in need of information and diversion. Given the connection between COVID-19 and anxiety, along with temporal ties between TikTok’s rise to popularity and the COVID-19 pandemic, this study set out to determine whether young adults would …

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Building Before: Community Resiliency As Emergency Management, Alexandria Rinne Apr 2023

Building Before: Community Resiliency As Emergency Management, Alexandria Rinne

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This project seeks to address gaps in emergency preparedness education related to tornado response. Through an examination of current research about best practices for tornado emergency management response and an examination of the needs of FEMA Regions 7 and 8, the author has identified key strategies and stakeholders to increase positive outcome through building community engagement and resiliency. Three presentations were created for delivery to key community stakeholders—local government officials; non-governmental organizations, social networks, and associations; and individual private citizens. The project offers an overview of background research and provides presentation slide decks, scripts, and discussion guides, all created with …

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Smartphone Use And Daily Cognitive Failures: A Critical Examination Using A Daily Diary Approach With Objective Smartphone Measures, Andree Hartanto, Kristine Y. X. Lee, Yi Jing Chua, Frosch Y. X. Quek, Nadyannam M. Majeed Feb 2023

Smartphone Use And Daily Cognitive Failures: A Critical Examination Using A Daily Diary Approach With Objective Smartphone Measures, Andree Hartanto, Kristine Y. X. Lee, Yi Jing Chua, Frosch Y. X. Quek, Nadyannam M. Majeed

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

While smartphones have brought many benefits and conveniences to users, there is continuing debate regarding their potential negative consequences on everyday cognition such as daily cognitive failures. A few cross-sectional studies have found positive associations between smartphone use and cognitive failures. However, several research gaps remain, such as the use of cross-sectional designs, confounds related to stable individual differences, the lack of validity in self-report measures of smartphone use, memory biases in retrospective self-reports, and the lack of differentiation between smartphone checking and smartphone screen time. To simultaneously address the aforementioned shortcomings, the current study examined the within-person associations between …

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Factors Associated With Technology Adoption By Community-Dwelling Older Adults During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Elizabeth A. Sutton Feb 2023

Factors Associated With Technology Adoption By Community-Dwelling Older Adults During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Elizabeth A. Sutton

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront the disparity between older and younger Americans in the utilization of information and communication technologies (ICT) when measures such as the COVID vaccine rollout were dependent on technology use. Technology adoption has implications for overall health and the continuation of disparities in technology adoption is associated with poor aging outcomes. The aim of this study was to understand factors associated with technology adoption by community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. A nationally representative sample of 2,954 community-dwelling older adults who completed the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) COVID-19 Questionnaire was …

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External Funding Bulletin, July - December 2023, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity Jan 2023

External Funding Bulletin, July - December 2023, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

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Deep Community Partnerships: The Future Of Community-Based Senior Care In A Value-Driven Era, Diana Wilcox Jan 2023

Deep Community Partnerships: The Future Of Community-Based Senior Care In A Value-Driven Era, Diana Wilcox

DSW Capstone Projects

This capstone reviews three scholarly products that examine how chronically ill older adults interact with healthcare systems and senior service delivery systems in the United States. The systematic literature review examines how community-based senior programs that are funded by the Older Americans Act (OAA) positively impact health outcomes and promote health and wellness among the older adult population. The conceptual paper examines how Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) interact with the patient and with one another using the lens of Systems Theory. The practice application paper examines best practices regarding care coordination …

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The Grounded Model Of Communication Savoring: Theory Development And Age Cohort Study, Margaret Jane Pitts, Alice Fanari, R. Amanda Cooper, Jian Jiao, Sara Kim Jan 2023

The Grounded Model Of Communication Savoring: Theory Development And Age Cohort Study, Margaret Jane Pitts, Alice Fanari, R. Amanda Cooper, Jian Jiao, Sara Kim

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Savoring contributes to human flourishing by enabling individuals to optimize, enhance, and prolong pleasurable moments. One unique dimension of savoring, communication savoring, refers to the practice of mindfully attending to and elevating pleasurable or meaningful moments that are experienced in language and social interaction. The grounded model of communication savoring identified the types and phenomenological experiences of communication savoring. The purpose of this study is to continue grounded theoretical development of the communication savoring model by adding new cases to build and refine the model and by applying the model to a novel setting. Using a priori and emergent coding, …

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Ua61/3 Health & Human Services Dean's Office, Wku Archives Jan 2023

Ua61/3 Health & Human Services Dean's Office, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed records created by and about the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services.

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External Funding Bulletin, January - June 2023, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity Jan 2023

External Funding Bulletin, January - June 2023, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

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Novice Advanced Practice Nurses And The Delivery Of Unsatisfactory Health News, Jenny F. Schulte Jan 2023

Novice Advanced Practice Nurses And The Delivery Of Unsatisfactory Health News, Jenny F. Schulte

Graduate Research Projects

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การสื่อสารเพื่อการเตรียมตัวตายของผู้สูงอายุ, สมรักษ์ เจียมธีรสกุล Jan 2023

การสื่อสารเพื่อการเตรียมตัวตายของผู้สูงอายุ, สมรักษ์ เจียมธีรสกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์เรื่อง "การสื่อสารเพื่อการเตรียมตัวตายของผู้สูงอายุ" มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการสื่อสารเพื่อการเตรียมตัวตายในสังคมไทย การให้ความหมายเรื่องความตายของผู้สูงอายุ และพฤติกรรมการสื่อสารเพื่อการเตรียมตัวตายของผู้สูงอายุ ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ โดยใช้แบบสัมภาษณ์ชนิดมีโครงสร้างเป็นเครื่องมือในการเก็บข้อมูลจากกลุ่มผู้สูงอายุกรณีศึกษา 18 คน การเตรียมตัวตายเป็นพฤติกรรมสังคม และพฤติกรรมวัฒนธรรม ผู้สูงอายุคิดวางแผนเตรียมตัวตายโดยใช้การสื่อสารเป็นเครื่องมือ การสื่อสารเพื่อการเตรียมตัวตายเป็นกระบวนการในการสร้างความหมายร่วมกันระหว่างผู้ร่วมกระทำการสื่อสารซึ่งมีปฏิสัมพันธ์ต่อกัน ปฏิสัมพันธ์ในที่นี้มีขอบเขตตั้งแต่ระดับภายในตนเอง ปฏิสัมพันธ์ต่อบุคคลใกล้ชิด ต่อกลุ่ม และต่อสาธารณะ ผู้สูงอายุให้ความหมายความตาย 5 ความหมาย ได้แก่ ความตายคือการไม่มีชีวิตอยู่ ความตายคือการเคลื่อนย้ายของจิต ความตายคือการเปลี่ยนภพตามพระประสงค์ของพระเจ้า ความตายคือการเดินทางครั้งใหม่-การเกิด ความตายคือการพลัดพรากหรือถูกทำให้พลัดพรากจากที่เป็นอยู่ ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการเตรียมตัวตายของผู้สูงอายุมี 4 ปัจจัยหลัก ได้แก่ ปัจจัยตัวบุคคล ปัจจัยศาสนา ปัจจัยด้านสังคมวัฒนธรรม และปัจจัยสถานภาพทางสังคมเศรษฐกิจ สื่อและช่องทางการสื่อสารเพื่อการเตรียมตัวตายของผู้สูงอายุ ได้แก่ สื่อบุคคล สื่อเฉพาะกิจ สื่อเชิงวัฒนธรรม สื่อวัตถุ และสื่อสังคม

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การสื่อสารการสอนของครูสอนร้องเพลงเพื่อเสริมสร้างความภูมิใจในตนเองของผู้สูงอายุ, บงกชกร มนตรีวิวัฒน์ Jan 2023

การสื่อสารการสอนของครูสอนร้องเพลงเพื่อเสริมสร้างความภูมิใจในตนเองของผู้สูงอายุ, บงกชกร มนตรีวิวัฒน์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยเรื่อง “การสื่อสารการสอนของครูสอนร้องเพลงเพื่อเสริมสร้างความภูมิใจในตนเองของผู้สูงอายุ” มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษา 1) คุณลักษณะของครูสอนเพลงและเนื้อหาในการสอนร้องเพลงเพื่อเสริมสร้างความภูมิใจในตนเองของผู้สูงอายุ และ 2) การสื่อสารการสอนร้องเพลงเพื่อเสริมสร้างความภูมิใจในตนเองของผู้สูงอายุ ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงปฏิบัติการ (Action Research) ออกแบบเครื่องมือแบบสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก (in-depth interview) โดยศึกษาข้อมูลเอกสาร บทความ และงานวิจัยที่เกี่ยวข้อง ทำการสัมภาษณ์ครูสอนร้องเพลงที่มีประสบการณ์การสอนร้องเพลงผู้เรียนหลากหลายช่วงวัยเป็นระยะเวลาไม่ต่ำกว่า 10 ปี และมาจากสถาบันที่แตกต่างกัน เพื่อออกแบบแผนการสอนและแบบคำถามสะท้อนความคิด (reflection) ตรวจสอบเครื่องมือวิจัยโดยผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านดนตรีบำบัด การสอน และผู้สูงอายุ ปรับแก้ไขเครื่องมือวิจัย แล้วจึงทำการทดลองด้วยวิธี Transformative learning กลุ่มตัวอย่างคือ ผู้สูงอายุในชมรมดนตรีในสวน หมู่บ้านปัฐวิกรณ์ ผัง ก เพศหญิงและชาย จำนวน 10 คน อายุระหว่าง 60-90 ปี โดยทำการสอนแบบตัวต่อตัว เป็นระยะเวลา 4 สัปดาห์ และวัดผลด้วยการบันทึกข้อมูลสะท้อนความคิด (reflection) ของผู้เรียนที่มีต่อตัวเอง ต่อผู้สอน และต่อเนื้อหา ของตัวผู้สอนที่มีต่อการสอนของตนเอง ต่อผู้เรียน และต่อเนื้อหา และของผู้สังเกตการณ์ที่มีต่อการเรียนในภาพรวม ผลการศึกษาพบว่า ผู้สอนต้องมีคุณลักษณะของครูสอนร้องเพลงครบทั้ง 4 คุณลักษณะ ได้แก่ คุณลักษณะของผู้ที่มีความเชี่ยวชาญด้านดนตรีและการร้องเพลง คุณลักษณะของผู้ที่เข้าใจธรรมชาติและความต้องการของผู้สูงอายุ คุณลักษณะของผู้ที่มีทักษะการสื่อสารการสอนที่มีประสิทธิภาพ และคุณลักษณะของผู้ที่มีบุคลิกภาพการสื่อสารที่ดี มีการสอนเนื้อหาการสอนร้องเพลงครบทั้ง 2 เรื่อง ได้แก่ เรื่องการออกเสียง และ เรื่องการสื่อสารเพลงและการแสดง รวมถึงมีการสื่อสารการสอนในขั้นตอนการจัดการเรียนรู้ครบทั้ง 3 ช่วง ได้แก่ ขั้นนำเข้าสู่บทเรียน ต้องมีการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างความผ่อนคลาย และการสื่อสารเพื่อกำหนดเป้าหมายหรือเหตุผลในการเรียน ขั้นจัดการเรียนรู้ ต้องมีการสื่อสารในการเลือกเพลง และต้องมีการสื่อสารเพื่อการเรียนรู้ร่วมกันและการสื่อสารเพื่อให้กำลังใจและ/หรือสร้างแรงจูงใจไปตลอดทั้งขั้นจัดการเรียนรู้และขั้นสรุป จึงจะส่งผลให้ผู้สูงอายุมีความภูมิใจในตนเองเพิ่มขึ้นได้

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External Funding Bulletin, July - Decemeber 2022, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity, University Of Nebraska At Omaha Oct 2022

External Funding Bulletin, July - Decemeber 2022, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

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Geriatric-Tourism, Pmr, And Thermal Treatments In The Third Age, Ozge Buyuk, Gulsah Akkus Oct 2022

Geriatric-Tourism, Pmr, And Thermal Treatments In The Third Age, Ozge Buyuk, Gulsah Akkus

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

This study aims to reveal the situation of geriatric-tourism (gerontourism) in Turkey with longitudinal data obtained from digital and social media. As a result of the study i) geriatric-tourists visiting Turkey mostly benefit from thermal treatments in complementary medicine and PMR in traditional medicine, and also resort to hair transplantation among aesthetic interventions, ii) they come mostly from Iraq and Libya (Middle East), Germany (Europe), Azerbaijan (the Turkic Republics), and Ukraine and Russia (CIS), iii) they mostly prefer big cities such as Izmir, Ankara, Istanbul, Antalya, Bursa, iv) motivation factors are cost, thermal resource richness, medical service quality and additional …

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Researcher And Academic Library Roles And User Beliefs In The Pandemic: Designing The Open-Access And Library Usage Scale (Oalu), Elizabeth Dezouche, Angelique Blackburn Sep 2022

Researcher And Academic Library Roles And User Beliefs In The Pandemic: Designing The Open-Access And Library Usage Scale (Oalu), Elizabeth Dezouche, Angelique Blackburn

Killam Library Faculty Publications

We investigated whether individuals believe they have a right to information during a crisis, and whether attitudes about crisis-related information sharing differ by age and one’s role in providing or consuming information. We measured attitudes about aspects of data sharing related to COVID-19: researchers’ obligation to share data, publishers’ obligation to share information, and libraries’ responsibility to provide them. We predicted younger individuals, especially students as consumers of information, would report stronger preference for open access to pandemic-related information. A principal components analysis was performed, and two predicted factors emerged: information-sharing obligations and libraries’ responsibility to provide resources. Age was …

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External Funding Bulletin, January - June 2022, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity Jul 2022

External Funding Bulletin, January - June 2022, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

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Overcoming Self-Objectification Through A Mind Body Awareness Program, Alexandra Winner-Bachus May 2022

Overcoming Self-Objectification Through A Mind Body Awareness Program, Alexandra Winner-Bachus

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

As previous communication scholars have noted, “In light of epidemic levels of self-objectification leading to a host of negative consequences for girls and women, intervention is crucial” (Kite, 2013, pg. III). The purpose of this MA project is to design and conduct a workshop to assist women in resisting self-objectification. The following literature review outlines the theoretical foundations for the project, as well as the most constructive interventions suggested by previous research. I will first review the literature on objectification and self-objectification, then examine the impacts of self-objectification on women. Next, I will discuss what the literature suggests as the …

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Media Coverage Of Anthropogenic Climate Change: Analysis Of Coverage, Issues, And Implications For Public Engagement And Government Policy, Renee Farmer Apr 2022

Media Coverage Of Anthropogenic Climate Change: Analysis Of Coverage, Issues, And Implications For Public Engagement And Government Policy, Renee Farmer

Senior Honors Theses

Media coverage of climate change is responsible for shaping both public understanding and government policies regarding the environment. The public relies on the media to translate the oftentimes complex terminology, processes, and implications of environmental research and findings. Unfortunately, miscommunication frequently occurs as the media seek to bridge this knowledge gap, with implications including hostile public sentiment, failure to take necessary action, and ineffective or harmful governmental policies. This thesis will provide an overview of how the media cover climate change, including analyses of both poor and successful coverage of issues, identification of risks and reoccurring problems present in media …

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Socializing Targets Of Older Adults’ Sns Use: Social Strain Mediates The Relations Between Older Adults’ Sns Use With Friends And Well-Being Outcomes, Yue Qi Germaine Tng, Hwajin Yang Apr 2022

Socializing Targets Of Older Adults’ Sns Use: Social Strain Mediates The Relations Between Older Adults’ Sns Use With Friends And Well-Being Outcomes, Yue Qi Germaine Tng, Hwajin Yang

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Studies have yielded mixed findings regarding the relation between older adults’ social networking site (SNS) use and well-being. Drawing on socioemotional selectivity theory, we sought to examine whether older adults’ SNS use with different socializing targets (i.e., family vs friends) would differentially predict global, social, and mental well-being outcomes indexed by life satisfaction, loneliness, and depressive symptoms, respectively. Furthermore, we examined whether social support and social strain would mediate, in parallel, the relations between SNS use and well-being outcomes. We recruited healthy, community-dwelling older adults (ages 60–93 years, N = 69). Using the PROCESS macro, we found that SNS use …

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Complexities Of Concealable Stigma: Identity Management In The Workplace, Tyra Vason, Donna Chrobot-Mason Mar 2022

Complexities Of Concealable Stigma: Identity Management In The Workplace, Tyra Vason, Donna Chrobot-Mason

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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Hajj Pilgrims’ Perceptions Of Trust And Internet Use For (Emergency) Information, Sudha Arlikatti, Hassan A. Taibah, Praveen Maghelal, Simon A. Andrew, Saad A. Alkhurayyif Mar 2022

Hajj Pilgrims’ Perceptions Of Trust And Internet Use For (Emergency) Information, Sudha Arlikatti, Hassan A. Taibah, Praveen Maghelal, Simon A. Andrew, Saad A. Alkhurayyif

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This empirical study examines the patterns of internet use during Hajj, with the broader aim of providing suggestions on how organisations can improve risk communication at crowded religious venues using traditional and new media. The research team adopted a convenience sampling strategy to conduct in-person surveys of 348 Hajj pilgrims in the vicinity of the Grand Mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia during the October 2013 season. Of these, 150 pilgrims used the internet and their responses were analysed using simple descriptive statistics and binary regression analyses. The findings of this study suggest that Hajj pilgrims prefer accessing the internet through …

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Usability Of Health-Related Websites By Filipino-American Adults And Nursing Informatics Experts, Kathleen Begonia Feb 2022

Usability Of Health-Related Websites By Filipino-American Adults And Nursing Informatics Experts, Kathleen Begonia

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Filipino-Americans are an understudied minority group with high prevalence and mortality from chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Facing barriers to care and lack of culturally appropriate health resources, they frequently use the internet to obtain health information. It is unknown whether they perceive health-related websites to be useful or easy to use because there are no published usability studies involving this population. Using the Technology Acceptance Model as a theoretical framework, this study investigated the difference between website design ratings by experts and the perceptions of Filipino-American users to determine if usability guidelines influenced the perceived ease …

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Digital Media Use And Social Inclusion: A Case Study Of East York Older Adults, Anabel Quan-Haase, Molly-Gloria Harper, Alice Hwang Jan 2022

Digital Media Use And Social Inclusion: A Case Study Of East York Older Adults, Anabel Quan-Haase, Molly-Gloria Harper, Alice Hwang

FIMS Publications

Digital media is essential to sustaining communication with various types of social ties. However, older adults (aged 65+) are reported to be the least likely to use digital media. While statistics show that older adults are increasingly using more digital media, evidence shows this is predominately aging long-term users of digital media rather than older adults adopting new digital media. To investigate this “grey divide” and adoption of digital media by older adults, this study qualitatively analyses semi-structured interviews of 41 individuals aged 65 and older from the East York region of Toronto, Canada. Our findings suggest that satisfaction with …

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