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Rap Lyrics, Music Videos, And Themes Of Sex, Violence, And Prosocial Behavior, Terrell L. Green

Theses and Dissertations

Socially and academically, rap music has been linked to more negative symbolism than positive. This study examined sexual, violent, and prosocial text embedded in rap lyrics and videos, using semiology in the form of connotation and denotation. This study is a textual analysis of twenty-six of the most popular, chart-topping rap music videos from 1995 to 2015. It involved conducting four levels of analysis to code the music videos to determine the presence of sex, violence, and prosocial text. Prosocial text was found to be the most disseminated theme in the rap lyrics and music videos studied. Violence was second. …

Spartan Daily, February 18, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 146, Issue 9

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Collins, Emma. Small Fire Leads to Cravens Graduate Center Evacuation – University Libraries
• Barkoff, Joseph. A Taste of El Salvador Across the Tracks – El Salvadoran Restaurant
• Kast, Monica. Presidential Search to be Conducted by Hiring Firm
• Turner, Justin & K.J. Hall. Administrators Detail Campus Closing Procedures – Weather, Snow, Winter
• Collins, Emma. WKU Hosts State Forensics Tournament Starting Friday
• Kast, Monica. WKU to Host Women’s Leadership Conference
• Skipworth, Dustin. Student Government Association to Travel to Frankfort for Lobbying Efforts
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Bob Skipper
• Johnson, Jack. Deadpool …

Prospectus, February 17, 2016, Parkland College

Prospectus 2016

Parkland hosts discussions about racism; Augmented Reality Sandbox give geography students enhanced perspective; Parkland students receive writing awards; Getting it together at Giertz (Ann Coddington, Jason Peot)

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Dick, Jacob. A Look at the Cost of Topper Grill & Pub
• Abri, Madihah. WKU Students Celebrate Chinese New Year – International Students
• Collins, Emma. Committee Appointed for Search to Replace Gary Ransdell – Presidential Search
• Turner, Justin. WKU to Host IACN Director This Week – Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, Embla Oddsdottir
• Skipworth, Dustin. Student Government Association to Vote on Tuition Freeze Tuesday
• Means, McKenna. Antonin Scalia’s Death Just Made Your Vote Even More Important – Politics
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Free Speech
• Can’t Keep Us Quiet: Student Media …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Camp, Jodi. Student Government Association Passes Four Bills in Tuesday Meeting
• Collins, Emma. Kentucky Senate to Hear Tuition Freeze Bill
• Clark, Samantha. WKU Forensics Team Sweeps Tournament in Illinois
• Kast, Monica. New Minors Approved by Board of Regents – Curriculum
• Abri, Madihah. Students Learn Culture from Calligraphy – China
• Kast, Monica. Finalists Chosen in Study Abroad & Global Learning Director Search
• Camp, Jodi. Hot Water to Return to Minton Hall By End of Week – Housing & Residence Life
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Weather in Kentucky Explained
• Critchelow, Andrew. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Skipworth, Dustin. Grade Point Average Amendment Fails in Student Government Association
• Dick, Jacob. Kentucky Universities Await Effects of Matt Bevin’s Budget
• Collins, Emma. Topper Grill & Pub to No Longer Serve Alcohol
• Shafer, Hannah. Honors College Advisor Resigns Post – Wolfgang Brauner
• Mathews, Carly. Gatton Academy of Math & Science Students Win Prestigious Honor – Makenzie Daniels, Haley Dicken, Awards
• Collins, Emma. Campus Construction Halted by Matt Bevin’s Budget Cuts
• Kast, Monica. Outdoor Leadership Program Faces Changes This Semester
• Means, McKenna. Your Vote Should Not Be Decided by Gender …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mayo, Marcel. Student Government Association Passes Changes to Current Bylaws
• Bwerevu, Karma. 38 Years: Local Teacher to Be Inducted Into Hall of Fame – Angela Townsend
• Carter, Brandon. Meeting with Gary Ransdell Covers Budget, Retirement
• Matthews, Carly. WKU to Allow Student Bartenders at New Pub – Topper Grill & Pub
• Collins, Emma. Student Government Association MyCampusToo Initiative Expands Diversity on Campus – Gays, Lesbians
• Mathews, Carly. Student Government Association Talks Plans for Suicide Prevention Initiative
• Kast, Monica & Karema Bwerevu. Black Cultural Center Moves to Old International Building
• Collins, …

The Guardian, February 03, 2016, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Kast, Monica. New WKU Store to Open in Stadium Park Plaza
• Dick, Jacob. Gary Ransdell Retires
• Kast, Monica. New Appointments Take Place in Student Affairs – Brian Kuster, Lynne Howard
• Collins, Emma. WKU to Offer On-Campus Mental Health Support Group – National Alliance for Mental Illness
• Collins, Emma. Student Government Association to Vote on Staff, Faculty Salary Increase Resolution
• Mayo, Marcel. Rave Guardian to Provide Campus Safety – Student Government Association
• Henderson, Andrew. Regents Meeting Talks Retirement, State Funding
• Collins, Emma. New Science Building Set to Begin Construction Later …

The Prospector, February 2, 2016, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Campus Carry Task Force Reveals Gun-Free Zones

Prospectus, January 27, 2016, Parkland College

Prospectus 2016

Parkland offers customizable degree; Forward Momentum software tool reaches Parkland; Parkland budget crisis leads board of trustees to cut scholarships;

The Guardian, January 27, 2016, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Prospectus, January 20, 2016, Parkland College

Prospectus 2016

Parkland hosts 15th annual MLK Jr. Countywide Celebration; New Office for Public Safety improves functionality, accessibility; Evening art classes start in February; Parkland scholarship opportunities extended;

The Guardian, January 20, 2016, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Prospectus, January 13, 2016, Parkland College

Prospectus 2016

Toni Burkhalter 2015 Teaching Excellence Award Winner; Parkland aids students with late registration; U of I bans hoverboards in all campus buildings; Weight loss resolutions: Tips on maintaining your New Years goals;

Through The Linguistic Looking Glass: An Examination Of A Newspaper As Negotiator Of Hybrid Cultural And Linguistic Spaces, Anthony Spencer

Speaker & Gavel

I contend English-language media outlets could and should be viewed as minority-language media outlets as they are cultural negotiators for tourists, sojourners and other transnational migrants. To better understand the cultural and linguistic forces these English-language media outlets exert upon the host cultures and nations in which they exist, I performed three months of ethnographic observations at a newspaper in Costa Rica and conducted in-depth interviews with staffers. I particularly focus on the hybrid identities of the staffers as they in turn instruct their readers how to navigate this hybrid community. I identify and explain the themes, which emerged in …

Facebook: The Alienation From Oneself, Kaitlin F. Knapp

All College Thesis Program, 2016-2019

We live in the Age of Information: a time when technology has advanced in speed and the number of ways people can communicate has increased. Social media is one such advancement; this thesis will focus specifically on the consequences of the site Facebook. The mission statement of the Facebook company is “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” While Facebook serves as a document of its users’ lives, through its unique process of documentation, Facebook alienates the user from the image of herself that she intended to create. This thesis uses the …

Student Newspaper Funding Issues On Public University Campuses In Ohio: Higher Education Administrators Vs. Student Journalists, Terry L. Hapney Jr., Charles J. Russo

SOJMC Faculty Research

Cases of college and university administrators using funding for student publications as a mechanism to attempt to exercise control over student media arise on a fairly steady basis (Hapney & Russo, 2013). Occasionally, this comes in the form of student government associations that defund student newspapers in retaliation for reportage. Usually, funding provided by administrators and student government associations is not a license to control student newspapers on public university campuses, in particular (2013). Struggles and conflict between university administrators and student journalists over who controls student newspapers in Ohio is evident— including the issue of funding (Hapney & Lucas, …

An Advocate For Minorities In Science, Paige Bellamy

The Scope

Dr. Teshell Greene, who grew up on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, moved to New York at 14 to pursue her dream of being a science researcher. Today she is an instructor in the VCU Department of Biology and a staunch advocate for underrepresented minorities in the field.

Editor's Page, Joseph M. Valenzano Iii

Basic Communication Course Annual

We are now in the 28th volume of the Basic Communication Course Annual, a testament to the dedication of those concerned with the introductory course in communication. Over the years these pages have been graced with significant work that has influenced the nature of the basic communication course, thereby impacting the lives of thousands of students across the country. That said, I am struck by the fact we have no “motto,” no phrase that captures our feeling about this important educational experience. I would like to muse about what might work as a motto for what we do and teach.

How The Greek Press Constructed The "Greek Economic Crisis", Maria Elena Kuntz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Since 2008, there has been a surge of interest in and research on the relationship between news media and economic reporting, particularly as it concerns financial crises. The 2008 U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, quickly followed by the economic crisis that began to unfold in Greece in 2009, spurred researchers to examine how newspapers around the world report on the complex, globalized economy. In the pursuit of understanding transnational economic processes, publics rely on news media to provide information about the meaning of economic events, especially crises. As such, newspapers are key players in constructing the narratives of crises.

This study …

Ua35/3 Memoranda, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Memoranda issued by the WKU Provost to WKU faculty and staff through email in 2016.

• Outstanding Mentoring in Undergraduate Research / Creative Activity
• 2016 Faculty Awards Reception
• Associate Provost of Research & Creative Activity
• Dean of Graduate School

Ua1f Wku Greek & Service Organizations Bibliography, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Bibliography of sources related to discipline, honor, Greek and service fraternities and sororities at WKU.

Ua1f Wku Extended Campuses Bibliography, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Bibliography of sources regarding WKU's extended campuses in Glasgow, Owensboro and Elizabethtown.

Informational Efficiency And The Reaction To Terrorism: A Financial Perspective, Nicholas Roland

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The purpose of this study is to measure the message terror organizations hope to convey using the financial markets as a proxy of measurement to determine patterns within the marketplace and the effects on the terrorists’ ability to deliver a desired message due to the increased use of digital devices and access to instantaneous news, seen over the past decade. Using death count, geographic location, and event type, this study identified 109 attacks between 1985 and 2015 to be analyzed against 5 market indices and 5 securities. Measuring the effects within a 10-day sample window from the time of the …

Toward A Situational Technology Acceptance Model: Combining The Situational Theory Of Problem Solving And Technology Acceptance Model To Promote Mobile Donations For Nonprofit Organizations, Yue Zheng

Theses and Dissertations

Using a nationwide survey of 994 respondents in February 2016, this study combines the situational theory of problem solving and technology acceptance model to refine the conceptual understandings of people’s motivations to make a mobile donation benefiting health-related nonprofit organizations. Findings provide empirical support for the combined model and an emerging situational technology acceptance model. Mobile phone users’ intentions to make a mobile donation are mostly influenced by their attitudes toward using technology and subjective norms. Practical implications are also discussed for nonprofit practitioners to better segment publics, design strategic messages, and disseminate communication campaigns to improve future fundraising.

From Ashes To Ashé: Memorializing Traumatic Events Through Participatory Digital Archives, Patricia Carlton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Traumatic, cataclysmic events, whether caused by man-made or natural forces, threaten the safety, stability, and resilience of a community or state. Additionally, massive media exposure given to documenting and providing information, place the media consumers at psychological risk. As an alternative to broadcast news reports, online memorials and disaster archives provide the public the means and central locations for witnessing catastrophic events, as well as collectively commemorating and mourning the tragic losses. According to psychological and ethnographic research, narrativizing the trauma through shared memories and artifacts of mourning produce multiple therapeutic benefits, including the likely development of cognitive awareness, empathy, …

Conversations On Controversy: An Examination Of Internet Discussions On High-Profile Incidents Of Recorded Police Brutality, Brittany Nicole Jefferson

Wayne State University Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the conversations that Internet user have when discussing publicized, recorded incidents of police brutality. This study examined the deaths of Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and Walter Scott and the subsequent discussions about the incidents on YouTube.com, MSNBC.com and NYTimes.com. This was accomplished by using an exploratory content analysis to establish what are the general topics of these discussions. This analysis found that there are 2 major themes that are discussed by Internet users when they comment; the content of the video and the social context of the incident itself. However, the popularity …

Effect Of Mass Media On Family Planning Choices In Indonesia, Beta Ardiansyah

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Realizing the necessity of family planning, the Indonesian government started family planning programs in the late 1960s, long before the global Program of Action from the International Conference of Population (ICPD) in 1994.

Many studies have tried to draw plausible explanations for the prevalence of family planning focused mainly on socio-economic factors but few studies have approached the issue from the perspective of mass media influence as the variable of interest. This study attempts to fill this gap created by the lack of empirical evidence about mass media effects of family planning choices by examining the contraceptive behavior of Indonesian …