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The Daily Egyptian, November 01, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2012

No abstract provided.

“I Am An American”: Communicating Refugee Identity And Citizenship, Brett J. Craig

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

This study examines the messages in a citizenship preparation class being utilized by refugees and instructors. Through an ethnographic study of a citizenship class at an urban community center in a Midwestern city, an examination of these messages reveals assimilationist expectations and norms for refugees adjusting to American society. Responses from the refugees reveal how these messages are being either accepted or resisted as they negotiate new identities. A contradiction was found between what the citizenship class teaches and the perceptions of refugees regarding the meanings of American citizenship. In particular, refugees reported to often face a difficult situation in …

Tearing At The Seams Of (In)Visibility: Anti-Counterfeiting, Harper’S Bazaar, And The Project Of Neocolonization, Jessica A. Solyom

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

This essay examines the role of the (counterfeit) fashion industry in shaping democracy, citizenship, and human rights ideals in the United States. Using the Harper's Bazaar “Fakes are Never in Fashion” anti-counterfeiting advertisement campaign as a case study, I explore how race, class, gender, law, and human rights discourse, coalesce to systematically maintain exploited garment workers voiceless/rights-less while simultaneously preserving the material interest(s) of a White, capitalist, patriarchal, hegemonic global order. This study presents important implications for larger discussions of rights and justice. Ultimately, this campaign demonstrates how, through the creation of a self-regulatory system that seeks to control the …

Struggling With The Freshman Fifteen: College Students’ Recollections Of Parents’ Memorable Messages About Weight, Charee M. Thompson, Sarah T. Zaitchik

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

Considering the college years are considered a critical time in one’s life for changes in diet and exercise behavior and an increase in weight gain, this study explored the significant and impactful communication between college students and their parents during this transitional period. Using open-ended responses to an online questionnaire (N = 222), we explored the Memorable Messages (Knapp, Stohl, & Reardon, 1981) college students recall receiving from their parents about overweight and obesity. Students’ responses demonstrate that not only is weight a difficult topic to talk about, but it is also a difficult issue for people to manage on …

Tales Of Gaijin: Health Privacy Perspectives Of Foreign English Teachers In Japan, Nathaniel Simmons

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

In order to understand the health experiences of Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) of English in Japan, I conducted ten in-depth interviews with native English-speaking ALTs in Japan. Throughout the interviews, ALTs expressed strong privacy concerns, perceived violations, and ways in which they managed privacy boundaries. Through reflexive thematic analysis (Lindlof & Taylor, 2002), I utilized Petronio’s (1991, 2000, 2002) Communication Privacy Management theory as a lens to make sense of ALTs’ privacy management. ALTs not only identified private information they concealed from their supervisor and coworkers, potential resources of assistance, but they revealed factors that influence their privacy boundary management …

The Daily Egyptian, October 31, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 30, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 29, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 25, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 24, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 23, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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Coalition Portfolios And Interest Group Influence Over The Policy Process, Michael T. Heaney, Geoff M. Lorenz

Working Papers

While not all interest groups participate in coalitions, some groups join multiple coalitions to form portfolios of coalition memberships. We test hypotheses that the composition of coalition portfolios increases the influence of interest groups over public policy when: (1) the number of coalitions in a group’s portfolio gets larger; (2) the average size of the coalitions in a group’s portfolio gets larger; and (3) a group’s portfolio improves its position within the overall network of coalitions. We evaluate these hypotheses using a study of 115 interest groups involved in the debate over the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. The results …

The Daily Egyptian, October 18, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 17, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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Business Plan For An Entrepreneurial Venture In The Pr/Marketing Industry The Development And Execution Of Obvious Public Relations, Chastity P. Spencer

Research Papers

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The Daily Egyptian, October 16, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 11, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 10, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 04, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 03, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 02, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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Multicultural Stuttering And Treatment: A Cross-Cultural Analysis., Adetutu A. Ogundare

Research Papers

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The Daily Egyptian, October 01, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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Legal Tolerance Toward The Business Lie And The Puffery Defense: The Questionable Assumptions Of Contract Law, M. Neil Browne, Kathleen M. S. Hale, Maureen Cosgrove

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

American contract law is supposed to facilitate the efficiency and fairness of market transactions between parties.  Does the increasing success of the puffery defense in false advertising and securities cases further the fairness of transactions between companies with major advertising budgets and consumers?  This Article contends that it does not.

In assessing the validity of a market transaction, American contract law assumes that transparency exists between the parties.  But because of courts’ willingness to accept the puffery defense, companies have significant ability to lessen the transparency.  Puffing about products or services, such as claims that a product is the best …

Social Media And Primary Commercial Service Airports, Clayton L. Stambaugh

Research Papers

Throughout the past decade the aviation industry in the United States has continually encountered significant socio-economic burdens. Most notable, the tragic events of September 11^th left the industry highly susceptible to economic turmoil, such as the global recession accentuated by record high fuel prices, as well as sociological events like the world pandemic in the form of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The nation’s airports, the infrastructure supporting this industry, are no exception. In conjunction with these onerous events, continuing cuts in intergovernmental funding sources, as well as weakened revenue streams, have forced airports to utilize contemporary tools, strategies, …

Cell Phone Radiation Exposure And Regulation, Libby M. Pritchard

Research Papers

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The Daily Egyptian, September 27, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, September 26, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, September 25, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, September 24, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

No abstract provided.