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Dumb And Dumber: Reckless Encouragement To Reckless Wrongdoers, Daniel G. Moriarty

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

This paper deals with compound negligence, i.e., situations in which one person’s heedlessness helps another to commit a negligent offense. The conviction of the second party who actually commits the offense poses no unique problem; offenses committable through criminal negligence, such as involuntary manslaughter, are routinely available in every jurisdiction. But conviction of the first party who negligently provided the means or opportunity for the second party’s unreasonable behavior poses significant problems. Accomplice liability is unavailable as complicity requires an intention to aid another, a facet which is absent in such cases. Causation might be tried, but the second party’s …

The Daily Egyptian, February 25, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2010

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The Daily Egyptian, February 23, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2010

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The Daily Egyptian, February 19, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2010

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, February 18, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2010

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, January 29, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2010

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The Daily Egyptian, January 19, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2010

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Social Capital In Coordination Experiments: Risk, Trust And Position, Meredith A. Whiteman, John T. Scholz

Working Papers

Social capital theory is exemplary in attempting to integrate both individual and institutional perspectives in the study of governance, but interactions between the individual and institutional components remain underexplored and unspecified in many situations. We extend the theory from its focal attention on prisoners dilemma games to an important and understudied class of collective action problems of critical concern for governance— coordination tasks ranging from simple matching games to more complex tasks involving conflict (battle of the sexes) and assurance problems (stag hunt). Laboratory experiments provide a means of observing the impact of institutional influences (bridging and bonding network capital), …

On Simulating Univariate And Multivariate Burr Type Iii And Type Xii Distributions, Todd C. Headrick, Mohan Dev Pant, Yanyan Sheng

Publications

This paper describes a method for simulating univariate and multivariate Burr Type III and Type XII distributions with specied correlation matrices. The methodology is based on the derivation of the parametric forms of a pdf and cdf for this family of distributions. The paper shows how shape parameters can be computed for specied values of skew and kurtosis. It is also demonstrated how to compute percentage points and other measures of central tendency such as the mode, median, and trimmed mean. Examples are provided to demonstrate how this Burr family can be used in the context of distribution fitting using …

E-Government In Kazakhstan: Realization And Prospects, Maxat Kassen

2010

Kazakhstan tries to develop its own model of public administration in a westernized manner. One of the examples of such a trend in this country is efforts on organization of e-government. One more aspect of the aspiration is e-voting. These two innovations are often regarded today as potential accelerators of the complicated administrative reforms which the Kazakh government has been carrying out since declaration of its independence in 1991. Inspired by successful international experience of e-government development, especially, of Baltic States and Singapore, Kazakhstan starts e-government project in 2005 by approving a two-year strategic implementation program. The information web-portal (www.e.gov.kz) …

The "Unfriending" Problem: The Consequences Of Homophily In Friendship Retention For Causal Estimates Of Social Influence, Hans Noel, Brendan Nyhan

2010

Christakis, Fowler, and their colleagues have recently published numerous articles estimating "contagion" effects in social networks (Christakis and Fowler 2007, 2008; Fowler and Christakis 2008a; Cacioppo, Fowler and Christakis 2009; Rosenquist et al. 2010; Rosenquist, Fowler and Christakis 2010; Mednick, Christakis and Fowler 2010). In response to concerns that their results are driven by homophily, Christakis and Fowler describe Monte Carlo results showing no evidence of homophily-induced bias in their statistical model's estimates of peer effects (Fowler and Christakis 2008b, N.d.; Fowler et al. N.d.). However, their simulations do not address the role of homophily in friendship retention, which may …

The Voter Is Only A Tweet Away Micro Blogging During The 2009 European Parliament Election Campaign In The Netherlands, Maurice Vergeer, Liesbeth Hermans, Steven Sams

2010

In many western countries politics increasingly suffers from declining interest and declining participation in the political processes (Flickinger & Studlar, 2007). This not only applies to national politics but also, or even more so, to European politics. The European Union in particular is said to suffer from a severe democratic deficit (cf. van Os, Jankowski, & Vergeer, 2007). In general, support for the European Union is low: only a small majority (52%) supports its country’s EU membership (European Commission, 2009). This is reflected in the low voter turnout (43%) for the EP elections. The Netherlands, although its population supports the …

Faculty Survey, Liaison Survey, And General Librarian Survey, Megan Lotts, Julie Arendt

Surveys

The document contains the text of questionnaires, invitation emails, and reminder emails for parallel surveys of faculty and librarians at U.S. colleges and universities regarding liaison librarians. These documents are also attached as separate files. The survey was conducted online from April 5, 2010 to May 16, 2010. Results of the survey are being analyzed for future publication.

Politics, Influence, And The Small Scale Organization Of Political Communication Networks, Robert Huckfeldt, Paul Johnson

2010

This paper addresses the factors that give rise to both heterogeneous and homogeneous opinion distributions within political communication networks. We argue that the factors sustaining homogeneity and heterogeneity are not entirely symmetrical – heterogeneity is not necessarily explained by treating it as the flip side of homogeneity. Two primary questions guide the effort. If influence within a dyad depends on the distribution of opinions beyond the dyad, is dyadic influence contingent on the construction of the network within which the dyad is located? In particular, how does the micro-structure of the larger network affect the persuasiveness of communication within the …

Managing Impressions And Gaining Control: Performances Of Emotion Work In Financial Organizations, Dina Nekrassova

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

This study explores the performative aspects of emotion work in financial organizations. The analysis of the interview discourse shows that financial analysts manage the immediate affective reactions to different work situations not only to remove subjective factors threatening to contaminate the preferred rationality of the financial research, but they strategically communicate their emotions to produce impressions of “knowledgeable,” “rational,” “nice,” “needed,” and “trusted experts.” Through strategically orchestrated practices of impression management, the interviewees seek to communicate “expert power” which helps them validate their research as logical, objective, and correct. The study also discusses performances of emotion work as a form …

The American Flag And The Body: How The Flag And The Body Create An American Meaning, Jennifer Marmo

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

“The most universally recognizable symbol of American government” is the American flag (Hopkins, 1991, p. 817). The American flag is vital to our nation and to its citizens, particularly as the flag remains a major symbol during the country’s times of peace and war. This paper explores the connections between the American flag and the corporeal body. A historical review of the creation of the American flag ignites the discussion of how Americans use their physical bodies to offer meanings of the American flag. From the presented taxonomy of meanings, an interpretation of the effect of the flag on the …

An Integrated Treatment: Treatment For Dual Diagnosis And Childhood Abuse Trauma, Timothy S. Rittenhouse

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Suicide Ideation And Depressive Symptomatology Among Filipino/A American College Students: An Examination Of Spiritual And Cultural Factors, Christopher A. Schroth

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Exercise Technique Recall In Individuals Who Received Chemotherapy, Nicholas A. Holtzman

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 2010

Cornerstone

No abstract provided.

2010-2011 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

2010-2011 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

Singing It Out: Riot Grrrls, Lilith Fair, And Feminism, Jamie Lee Huber

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

This essay analyzes two women-inspired music events, the riot grrrl movement and Lilith Fair, from a feminist rhetorical perspective to highlight their relationships with feminism and feminist activism. Drawing on feminist standpoint theory, muted group theory, and work that emphasizes the connections between the artistic and political, I rhetorically analyze the lyrics of one song from two riot grrrl artists (Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney) and two Lilith Fair artists (Sarah McLachlan and the Cardigans), highlighting the differences between the two movements while also emphasizing the value and need for both.

An Experimental Study Of Persuasive Social Communication, John B. Ryan

2010

Studies of contextual effects on political behavior are plagued by concerns about internal validity. Perhaps of greatest concern are possible selection mechanisms that appear to present statistical support for contextual influence when social communication has no real effect. This paper presents an experimental framework for testing contextual effects that ameliorates these concerns through exogenous assignment to communication networks. This experiment allows for an analysis of the factors that make discussion partners influential. These factors can be divided into two categories: (1) characteristics of the dyad and its members; (2) characteristics of the residual discussion network. The most robust findings suggest …

Building And Managing Political Consensus Through The Internet: A Projectual Model, Marco Artusi, Andrea Maurizzi

2010

This paper focuses on the digital applications in political communication and for building consensus, assuming that we need to overcome the idea of the Internet as a simple means of mass communication, and instead analyse it as a social medium for acquiring, activating, and involving people in a specific political idea or movement. The social developments under way in Internet networks are leading to an integration between reality and virtual reality, thus making the Internet an increasingly faithful representation of the real world and of different subjects’ social networks. This makes Internet a great opportunity for building consensus.

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“Don’T Let Government Touch My Medicare”: How Media Framing Shapes Public Support For Health Care Reform, Stacey L. Pelika, Jennifer Hayes Clark, Elizabeth Rigby

2010

When covering the policymaking process, the media typically cover both substantive aspects of the issue at hand and the political wrangling that occurs as lawmakers attempt to agree on a course of action. In this paper, we use the recent health care debate to investigate the effects of what we call ‘policy’ and ‘process’ frames on the citizens’ perceptions that reform would benefit the nation. First, we apply social network analysis to articles from 144 daily U.S. newspapers in order to track the changing centrality of each type of frame in media coverage. We then combine the results of this …

Language Skills And Social Integration: Ethnic Disparities In Bilingual Economy, Ott S. Toomet, Jaanika Meriküll

2010

We analyze the relationship between the local language skills and immigrant income in a largely bilingual economy, Estonia. We show that the official language matters little in the private sector, and at the upper end of the income distribution. This is in a striking contrast to what has been found in the literature for single-language dominated economies. Our results point toward importance of co-worker discrimination, possibly through the more subtle aspects of language, or through access to the social networks. This outcome stresses the need of social integration of minorities, and suggest that this does not necessarily happen through the …

Methodological Challenges In The Study Of Social Communication, Scott D. Mcclurg

Publications

This chapter examines how the questions and concepts used in social communications research affect data collection. It begins by offering conceptual definitions of two types of social environments – networks and contexts – that are used to define the boundaries of the field and to highlight its diversity. From this starting point, the implications of these definitions for three methodological issues are discussed: 1) choosing an environmental unit of analysis, 2) selecting cases of social environments for inclusion in a study, and 3) establishing causality. The organizing theme of this chapter is that social communications research is best served by …

Learning Disabled Student Needs Met Through Curriculum Redesign Of The Illinois Agricultural Education Core Curriculum, Seburn L. Pense, Dennis G. Watson, Dexter B. Wakefield

Articles

This quasi–experimental pilot study included agricultural education students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) in five high schools in the federally designated economically distressed area called the Illinois Delta Region. A unit of instruction taken from the existing 165 units of The Illinois Core Curriculum for Agriculture was redesigned in a manner appropriate to SLD students. Students from the five selected programs were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. Results from pre– and posttests in this study found the redesigned curriculum for SLD students effectively increased learning for both SLD and traditional students.

Save Africa: The Commodification Of (Product) Red Campaign, Cindy N. Phu

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

Through messages of romanticized consumption, consumers are encouraged to buy into the (PRODUCT) RED Campaign to help stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. This research examines the (PRODUCT) RED campaign through a critical rhetorical analysis that questions whether (PRODUCT) RED substitutes consumerism for social activism. Simultaneously, it explores the resistance waged by Buylesscrap.com, and challenges the subversion tactics to hegemonic corporations taking advantage of the maker/buyer disjunction. John Fiske’s ideologies of consumerism and Stuart Hall’s theories of negotiation reveals that capitalizing on humanitarian efforts further marginalizes communities that are already disparaged by increasing the “GAP” between consumer mentality and campaign …