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An Analysis Of Daily Newspapers In Mississippi That Charge For Online Content, David Hopper

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines seven daily newspapers in Mississippi that charge for content on their websites. The papers analyzed include the Vicksburg Post, Greenwood Commonwealth, Columbus Dispatch, Starkville Daily News, Daily Times Leader, Herald and Oxford Eagle. The thesis discusses the pay models used by each paper's website, the reasons for switching to a pay site from a free site and the results received thus far. Numbers include the number of online subscribers and the number of hits to each website. The national debate over paid versus free content is discussed. Literature on the subject is reviewed.

A Gis-Based Analysis Of Chickasaw Settlement In Northeast Mississippi : 1650-1840, Wendy Cegielski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Now Watch Me : The Black Dancing Body And Southern Identity, I'Nasah Kiam Crockett

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Men's And Women's Sports Media Coverage In The Southeastern Conference, Reather Elizabeth Holbert

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

He Will Laugh, Samuel Douglas Ray

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Glory Stands Beside Our Grief: The Maryland United Daughters Of The Confederacy And The Assertion Of Their Identity, Amanda Mae Myers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This project analyzes the position of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Maryland Division as a Lost Cause organization in a border state, and argues how the women sought respect from the national UDC chapter and divisions of former Confederate states. Women of the Maryland UDC believed strongly in their wartime support for the Confederacy and their identity as southerners; yet, they struggled for an equal voice within a national association predicated on the values of the Lost Cause and having been from a state that had not seceded. Southern sympathizing discourse among Maryland UDC women had to be reaffirmed …

Doing The Best We Can With What We Have: Lessons From Arkansas On How To Improve Mississippi Student Achievement Through Teacher Mentoring And Induction, Claire Elizabeth Graves

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Hood Imports: Abruzzan Wine Cluster Advancement Through Trans-National Cooperation And Entrepreneurship, Stewart Jennings Hood

Honors Theses

The objective of the paper is to investigate the concepts of industrial and business clusters as they relate to globalization, entrepreneurship and value chain governance. It specifically addresses the dilemma that clusters and niche-product cluster firms face in selecting the appropriate global value chain to enter into. The methodology of the paper consists of the assessment of existing literature in the fields of clusters, globalization, entrepreneurship and global value chains, followed by the presentation of empirical research conducted in the summer of 2009, a case study on the wine cluster in Abruzzo, Italy, and the construction of a strategic business …

Communicative Development Through A Comparative Lens: A Snapshot Of Foreign Language Education In The United States And France, Halley Anne Hargrave

Honors Theses

This thesis is an examination of external influences on the foreign language classroom. I evaluate national policy and legislature, textbooks, and national tests as possible determinants of foreign language teaching methods used in the United States and France. I chose to compare the American system to the French system as a result of the relative success of foreign language education in France and my ability to read policy and curriculum in French. By comparing the foreign language education systems in the two countries, I hope to determine what types of weaknesses in American foreign language instruction practices hinder language acquisition. …

Find Yourself, Forget Yourself, Catherine Carter Servati

Honors Theses

This thesis is written in the form of a selfreflective, memoir-esque essay evaluating the journey of my undergraduate academic career. Everyone tells a story with his or her life. Often, distracted by the demands of everyday living, we stop paying attention to that story. In an intentional effort to better understand where I have been, where it is that I am going, and what exactly I am saying with my life, I have written this personal narrative. Although insecurity and vulnerability are a byproduct of this type of self-exposure, little is gained without ever taking a risk. The time, effort, …

Geospatial Analysis Of Roadway Traffic Volume, Flow Simulation, And Air Pollution Impacts On Built Environment, Jessica Headrick

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Cyber Group Work On Esl Learners' Writing Skills, Hyeyeon Kang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Skin Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Of Collegiate Athletes, Courtney Hobbs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Euskal Herritarrak Gara: A Study Of A People And Their History, Culture, And Identity, Madison Rebekah Halbrook

Honors Theses

Throughout history, Basque nationalism has constantly been defined by a series of struggles to protect their unique culture and identity and by a reaction of the Basque people to resist outside change and influence. This thesis will identify, examine, and discuss both the causes and the effects of this sentiment, and also why and how it has developed the way that it has. There are a number of factors in which this struggle can be seen. They include the fight to protect the Basque region fi'om foreign invaders, the struggle to retain political autonomy within a larger group, and certain …

An Epidemiologic Study Comparing The Health Environment Of Honduras And The United States., Martha Magee Mangum

Honors Theses

The content of this project investigates the deficit that exists within the area of healthcare in the Central American country of Honduras. It is a descriptive epidemiologic study, describing and comparing the demographics, health statistics, and healthcare system infrastructure of Honduras and the United States in hopes of bridging the gap between the statistics found through research and a firsthand experience in the country of Honduras.

Challenging Eu Solidarity? : German-Russian Relations, Jessica Ann Beck

Honors Theses

JESSICA ANN BECK: Challenging EU Solidarity? : German-Russian Relations (Under the direction of Dr. Matthew Loveless)

The European Union and its ability to function as a unified actor in the international sphere will be analyzed in this thesis. When the 27 member states of the EU act as one, this institution clearly has tremendous power to adjust international politics in its favor. In addressing the EU’s ability to act in a unified manner in the international environment, this thesis will analyze how bilateral relations affect unity in EU foreign policy. Often, the actions of individual nations are blamed for the …

Living (Or Not) Through Legendizing In Eudora Welty's Fiction, Ashley Catherine Wright

Honors Theses

I began my thesis as a way of exploring how the global south is portrayed in the fiction of Eudora Welty. Through reading two of her novels and various short stories, which are discussed in this thesis, I discovered that my interpretation of Welty’s writing includes a greater focus on people and relationships rather than the actual place they live. This interpretation sheds new light to the existing criticism on Welty and her fiction because she and her work are most often discussed in terms of place rather than people. Key to my argument is term I have coined, ‘legendizing,’ …

Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume Ii: Application, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Model Learning Outcomes For Introductory Rural Sociology: A Proposal And Rationale, Jennifer Steele

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

While rural sociologists have demonstrated their commitment to sharing ideas about teaching approaches and methods, they have given less systematic attention to the content of introductory rural sociology and its connections to the field’s mission of improving rural well-being. The purpose of this note is to make a case for developing model learning outcomes for introductory rural sociology and to present an organizing framework and sample outcomes for initiating discussion. First, a rationale for using learning outcomes as the means of sharing professional expectations is presented. Next, the methods used to arrive at a proposed organizational framework are described. It …

December 4, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

October 2, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

(Ad)Dressing Masculinity: Male Cosplay Performance At Fan Cons, Jonathan Broussard

Southern Anthropologist

The costumed science fiction, fantasy gaming, or anime fan, dressed as his favorite character, holds a place within the popular imagination as a “true” representation of the fan community, creating an image of this exotic other. That generalized image also contains stereotypes about male fans as being “unmanly” with regard to the understood conception of masculinity in the United States in general and the South in particular. I suggest that through cosplay, the practice of costumed role-play, male fans perform their masculinity in such a way that both acknowledges and subverts the dominant American conceptions while appropriating their power to …

Making Regions For Geopolitical Action: The European Union And The Mediterranean, Alun Jones

Speaker Series

Alun Jones is Professor of Geography and Head of the Schoolof Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin (UCD) having held senior positions at University College London and the University of Leicester, and visiting posts at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Bonn. Professor Jones is a political geographer and author of numerous books and international peer-reviewed papers on European Union governance, Europeanization and the Mediterranean, and rural transformations in France and Germany. He has been the recipient of the Robert Schuman scholarship, the Edward Heath Award of the Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers, and …

September 21, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

September 18, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Resources: Memory, John Neff

Research Files of Dr. John Neff

Little more than twenty years ago, few American historians had given any thought to memory as a field of academic research, and fewer still to the memory of the American Civil War. But the intervening years have seen the publication of dozens of works in a wide array of topics. Although the scope and depth of the literature to date is impressive, in some ways it feels like only the beginning. These historians demonstrate the rewards of exploring this nation’s collective memory of the Civil War, and their works point the way to further work of equal promise.

The list …

One Decade Of Drought And Two Of Neoliberal Reforms In The Sierra Sonorense: Responses By The Rural Poor, Marcela Vásquez-León

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Since the mid-1990s, Northwest Mexico has been experiencing drought conditions. As Mexico’s number one irrigator, the state of Sonora’s agricultural sector is particularly concerned about the availability and distribution of surface and ground water. Drought has contributed to a sharp decline in cultivated area, the abandonment of land, and permanent out migration of a large sector of the rural population. This paper examines the vulnerability to drought of small farmers in the Santa Cruz and Magadalena basins, south of the Sonora-Arizona international border. Farmers’ ability to respond to drought is considered within the larger context of neoliberal reform policies, social …

Southerner And Irish? Regional And Ethnic Consciousness In Savannah, Georgia, William L. Smith

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper attempts to answer the following question regarding regional and ethnic consciousness: Does southern identity vary by the level of ethnic identity one professes? Less than one-third of those who identified themselves as southerners, indicate that their identity as a southerner is much more important than their other identities including their ethnic identity. Some of these respondents practice a symbolic regionalism. Ethnic identity for most of the respondents is more important than their regional identity, although for them southerner and Irish are not mutually exclusive identities. The strength of ethnic identity is not significantly related to the importance of …

"To Come Of Age In A Dry Place": Infrastructures Of Irrigated Agriculture In The Mexico-U.S. Borderlands, Casey Walsh

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In the Mexico-U.S. borderlands the social uses of water are changing as the focus of the economy shifts slowly from agriculture to industry and services. This article discusses the changes to the physical and social infrastructures erected during the first half of the twentieth century to support a regime of accumulation based in irrigated cotton. Infrastructure is proposed as a particularly useful concept for drawing connections between these social, economic, and cultural changes, and emphasizing their materiality. The article draws upon the Social Structures of Accumulation and Regulation School literatures to explain the dynamics revealed through historical and ethnographic research …

The Political Ecology Of The Colonias On The U.S.-Mexico Border: Human-Environmental Challenges And Community Responses In Southern New Mexico, Guillermina G. Núñez-Mchiri

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Economic development and population growth along the U.S.-Mexico border have been determined by the natural resources available for the physical and social transformations in this region. A critical political ecology of the U.S.-Mexico border links environmental hazards with the socioeconomic and political aspects that have generated colonia population settlements as locales within the border region’s spatialized hierarchies. The political ecological approach to community development processes also brings in the larger border issues associated with Mexico and the United States. By exploring human-environmental challenges facing colonia residents, we can gain valuable insights into ecological vulnerabilities also faced by similar population settlements …