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Regulating Pavement Dwellers: The Politics Of The Visibly Poor In Public Space, Lauren Marie Larin

Dissertations and Theses

Many researchers argue the increasing reliance on sit/lie ordinances to regulate homeless people's use of public space is one in a suite of neoliberal policies that shape the geographies of public space in cities to serve the needs of global capital. However, these policies are developed at the local, not global, level as specific actors make claims in the public sphere that communicatively shape policy formation. Through comparative case study, this research asks, how do different actors, situated in specific local and global contexts, influence the adoption of sit/lie ordinances?

I examine two cases of policymaking in Portland and San …

Prospectus, March 15, 2017, Parkland College, Evyjo M. Compton, Alex Davidson, Peter Floess, Greg Gancarz, Emma Gray, Destiny Norris, David Saveanu, Derian Silva

Prospectus 2017

Theatre preparing for upcoming musical "Anything Goes"; Parkland vet tech selective, competitive program; "Perspectives of Parkland Vol. 1" coming soon; Parkland welcomes the world with international fair; Student Life's second escape room a success; Lynda.com provides students with ways to build their skills; Travel tips: a guide to spring break; What to do for spring break in C-U

Prospectus, March 8, 2017, Parkland College, Evyjo M. Compton, Alex Davidson, Peter Floess, Greg Gancarz, Destiny Norris

Prospectus 2017

Parkland hosts hundreds for regional math competition; College's band, orchestra play themed concerts each semester; Student Government Candidates; Counseling and Advising Center offers resources for anxiety; Scholarships available for Parkland students, but deadlines approach; Parkland hosts Science Olympiad regionals;

Prospectus, March 1, 2017, Parkland College, Evyjo M. Compton, Alex Davidson, Peter Floess, Greg Gancarz, Emma Gray, Destiny Norris, David Saveanu

Prospectus 2017

Parkland offers variety of opportunities in anthropology; Student Education Association provides opportunities for students; The Dystopians latest band to record with Parkland Label; Black History Month: The wrap-up; Cobras softball, baseball have high hopes for coming season; Parkland credentials analyst has seen the world;

Tv White Spaces In Public Libraries: A Primer, Kristen Rebmann, Emmanuel Te, Donald Means

Faculty Publications

TV White Space (TVWS) represents one new wireless communication technology that has the potential to improve internet access and inclusion. This primer describes TVWS technology as a viable, long-term access solution for the benefit of public libraries and their communities, especially for underserved populations. Discussion focuses first on providing a brief overview of the digital divide and the emerging role of public libraries as internet access providers. Next, a basic description of TVWS and its features is provided, focusing on key aspects of the technology relevant to libraries as community anchor institutions. Several TVWS implementations are described with discussion of …

Tweeting For A Cause: A Content Analysis Of Successful Charitable Nonprofits' Publishing Strategies On Twitter, Shaela Annice Hougaard

Theses and Dissertations

A study examining the content strategies within Twitter posts, from nine charitable nonprofit organizations was conducted. The content analysis was conducted to identify content strategies (relationship cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship) behind each Twitter post from these nine organizations, within a one-week period. The study also looked at levels of engagement on each tweet as well as interactivity from the organization. The results showed that these nine charitable nonprofit organizations were primarily using stewardship strategies and techniques in their posts. The study also found that relationship cultivation yielded higher levels of retweets and that the relationship cultivation and solicitation combination strategy …

Spartan Daily, February 23, 2017, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2017

Volume 148, Issue 13

The Legacy, February 21, 2017, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 19, February 20, 2008

Central Florida Future

Student group wants kosher meals; A ball for a vote; Students win $4k for game design; Social work students send help to Kenya; UCF hosts series of physics lectures.

Chimes: February 17, 2017, Calvin College

Chimes

Former campus safety officer charged with misdemeanor by Josh Parks & Maddie Hughey

Gallery displays phone photos by Daniel Hickey

Handlon celebrates convocation by Jon Gorter

Conference encourages and inspires students and non-students alike by Peter Ford

Just Citizenship discussion series continues by Hannah Butler

MIAA coaches' preseason polls released for late spring sports by Mark Peless

Lunar sample departs Dice Museum by Sadie Burgher

On the court of Thine Enemies by Madalyn Buursma

Prospectus, February 15, 2017, Parkland College, Evyjo M. Compton, Greg Gancarz, Emma Gray, David Saveanu, Destiny Norris

Prospectus 2017

Parkland event aimed at educating students about degree completion; SciCommons a bridge between students and faculty; Medieval documents displayed at Krannert; Medieval marvels: a peek into Ireland's past;

Prospectus, February 8, 2017, Parkland College, Evyjo M. Compton, Peter Floess, Greg Gancarz, Emma Gray, Destiny Norris, David Saveanu

Prospectus 2017

Black History Month kicks off at Parkland; Local march coincided with national women's rallies; Behind the badge: meet officers Kopmann, Boltinghouse; Agriculture program director wins innovation award; German club provides extra-curricular option for Parkland students;

Prospectus, February 1, 2017, Parkland College, Evyjo M. Compton, Peter Floess, Greg Gancarz, Emma Gray, Destiny Norris

Prospectus 2017

Staerkel Planetarium provides learning opportunities; New Safely features to be implemented at Parkland; Parkland resources available to help those with depression

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The Legacy, January 31, 2017, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Spartan Daily, January 31, 2017, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2017

Volume 148, Issue 2

The Prospector, January 31, 2017, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: The Great Wall of Trump

The Legacy, January 24, 2016, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

The Legacy, January 10, 2017, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

How Instagram Content Affects Brand Attitudes And Behavior, Ming (Bryan) Wang, Valerie K. Jones

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

This paper examines the effectiveness of communication on Instagram, a type of visual social networking site, by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Results show that the TSA’s Instagram account elicited stronger emotional reactions than a private consumer product business Instagram account. More importantly, perceived usefulness of content, perceived persuasive intent of content, and negative emotions all affected attitudes toward the TSA. Additionally, perceived usefulness of content and negative emotions also influenced communicative action regarding the TSA account. Findings demonstrate the emotional impact of visual communication and the role of both cognitive and affective evaluations in changing attitudes and behavior …

Resilience And Struggle: Exploring The Experiences Of Undocumented College Students Through Chicana Feminist Theory And Dialogical Performance, Sergio Fernando Juarez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In an increasingly hostile political and social climate undocumented students in the United States continue to struggle to find space for themselves within universities. This research project undertakes a goal of illuminating how undocumented students make sense of their experiences on university campuses despite facing difficult climates at their respective universities. A goal of this project is to better understand how the experiences of undocumented students are shaped in contrast to institutional policies. Universities with inclusive excellence policies, a new iteration of multicultural diversity policies, intended to create practices that make college campuses more inclusive spaces.

The perspectives of undocumented …

Active Shooter Event Severity, Media Reporting, Offender Age And Location, Philip Joshua Swift

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Following the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, it was hypothesized that offenders used knowledge gained from news media reports about previous events to plan mass shootings. Although researchers have studied active shooter events, little research has been conducted on the factors that influence an active shooter's decision and ability to carry out such events. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the rate of news media reporting about an active shooter event and the casualty rate of the ensuing event in the United States. The bracketed time of this assessment was between April 20, 1999, and …

Emergent Ai, Social Robots And The Law: Security, Privacy And Policy Issues, Ramesh Subramanian

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

The rapid growth of AI systems has implications on a wide variety of fields. It can prove to be a boon to disparate fields such as healthcare, education, global logistics and transportation, to name a few. However, these systems will also bring forth far-reaching changes in employment, economy and security. As AI systems gain acceptance and become more commonplace, certain critical questions arise: What are the legal and security ramifications of the use of these new technologies? Who can use them, and under what circumstances? What is the safety of these systems? Should their commercialization be regulated? What are the …

Mass Shootings As Issue Management Exigencies And Focusing Events For Public Policy Debates, Melvin Gupton

Wayne State University Dissertations

This content analysis of multiple mass shooting cases examines a crisis genre that is not as frequently studied as other crises such as natural disasters or organizational exigencies. Though just as rich with stakeholders’ communicative exchanges and neatly traversing the three crisis stages, mass shootings have yet to be fully elaborated. To further the examination of these crises, this dissertation identifies those actors who hold the principal stakes in the aftermath of a mass shooting incident, and explores what these stakeholders are saying. By applying focusing events and issue management theories, it uncovers the prominent public policy issues reported in …

Framing Marijuana: A Study Of How Us Newspapers Frame Marijuana Legalization Stories And Framing Effects Of Marijuana Stories, Hwalbin Kim

Theses and Dissertations

The current study was initially designed to look at how the issue of marijuana legalization was presented in U.S. newspapers and how news frames could influence the audiences’ attitudes or behavioral intentions. To investigate these questions, two different types of research methods were employed: content analysis and experiment. Using framing theory as a theoretical framework, this study found that marijuana legalization has been largely described as a legislation issue or a law enforcement issue, and medical benefit and medical risk were most frequently mentioned attributes to support and oppose marijuana legalization. Findings indicated that news frame could influence the public’s …

The Role Of Facebook In The Exhibition Of Subclinical Narcissistic Traits, Megan Gramm

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Several psychological processes motivate the use of Facebook. The correlation between subclinical narcissistic traits and Facebook use has been examined, but the results have been inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Facebook use and the exhibition of subclinical narcissistic traits. The method for this study was meant to improve upon previous studies that used self-reported data by providing researchers with a technique to collect Facebook data from the personal pages of participants, with informed consent. Social learning theory provided the theoretical foundation for this study. This theory posits that new patterns of behavior can …

Three Factors Leading To The Failure Of Communications In Emergency Situations, James E. Burroughs

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The failure of communications, particularly related to interoperability, between police and firefighters responding to dangerous situations has resulted in death or injury to themselves or those they strive to protect. Using Grebner's and Shannon and Weaver's conceptualizations of communications theory as the foundation, the purpose of this general qualitative study was to evaluate, from the perspective of first responders, what barriers exist that may impede opportunities for interoperability of communications systems. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 18 experienced first responders from the states of California, New York, and Texas. Interview data were deductively coded …

Mediating Intimacies Through Mobile Communication: Chinese Migrant Mothers’ Digital ‘Bridge Of Magpies’, Yang Wang, Sun Sun Lim

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

This chapter introduces a closer investigation of the quotidian routines of mobile communication by Chinese study mothers and their families in their home country, with a particular focus on the contextual constraints that shape their transnational communication practices. It seeks to demonstrate how transnational life situations posed significant constraints on the migrants' expression of intimacies, while also showing that the migrants could be highly creative in circumventing these contextual limitations. Similar to the romantic Chinese legend of the weaver girl and the cowherd who reunite only once a year on a bridge formed by magpies, transnational families who are separated …

Canada’S Relationship With Women Migrant Sex Workers; Producing ‘Vulnerable Migrant Workers’ Through “Protecting Workers From Abuse And Exploitation”, Rachelle Daley

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Canada’s immigration regulations and policy instructions, collectively known as ‘Protecting Workers from Abuse and Exploitation’ (PWAE), instruct visa officials not to process temporary work permits when there is suspicion that migrants may be at risk of sexual abuse or exploitation in industries related to sex work. The regulations are part of Canada’s temporary foreign worker program, located within an anti-trafficking initiative.

Stretching across disciplines and focusing on critical migration scholarship, this research uses a communications studies lens to unpack the power of categorization, and the dividing practices that produce, maintain and normalize inclusion and exclusion, through the conceptualization of the …

Spartan Daily, November 30, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 147, Issue 37