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Targeted Advertising: How Companies And Governments Are Weaponizing User Data Against The Consumer, Joseph Garneau Oct 2024

Targeted Advertising: How Companies And Governments Are Weaponizing User Data Against The Consumer, Joseph Garneau

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

With the recent rise of a new digital age, many people are ditching more traditional methods of performing everyday tasks and replacing them with free and convenient online services. But as the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and that sentiment holds true in terms of online services as well. Consumers pay for these online services with something much more valuable than money—their personal data. This paper explores how companies and governments present consumers with targeted advertisements, shows how targeted advertisements are inherently manipulative, and gives an example of one government and one company using …


Cultural Imperialism In The Roman Empire: A Give And Take Relationship Between Imperial Rome And Provincial/External Cultures, Hailey Smith Oct 2024

Cultural Imperialism In The Roman Empire: A Give And Take Relationship Between Imperial Rome And Provincial/External Cultures, Hailey Smith

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

The Roman Empire is often credited with being highly culturally influential both in its time and in later cultural contexts. However, the cultural aspects of art, politics, militarism, etc. for which the Roman Empire is known are the result of interactions between the imperial regime and external entities. The history of the Roman Empire is well documented, but few historians have analyzed the role of conquered cultures and foreign parties on the cultural evolution of Rome. To address these overlooked dynamics between existing cultural groups and their influences on each other, I explore the concepts of ethnicity and framework provided …


Southern Register. 2024.3 (Fall 2024), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Oct 2024

Southern Register. 2024.3 (Fall 2024), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Southern Register

No abstract provided.


Issue 454: October 2024, The Local Voice Oct 2024

Issue 454: October 2024, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.


Pharmacy Matters - October 2024, Umiversity Of Mississippi School Of Pharmacy Oct 2024

Pharmacy Matters - October 2024, Umiversity Of Mississippi School Of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Matters Newsletters

Featured stories: "Celebrating American Pharmacists Month", "School of Pharmacy Celebrates 30 Years of Early Entry Program", "Professor Named Editor of National Pharmacy Journal", "Pharmacy Epidemiologist to Deliver Waller Lecture on Health Equity" , "UM Graduate Student Chapters Win International Awards", "SNPhA Members Recognized at National Convention", "Alumna, Student Pharmacist Accept National Award", "Honoring Yesterday by Giving Back Today".


Bookmarked Volume 3 - Fall Edition - October 2024, Elizabeth Batte, University Of Mississippi Libraries Oct 2024

Bookmarked Volume 3 - Fall Edition - October 2024, Elizabeth Batte, University Of Mississippi Libraries

Bookmarked

A newsletter curated by University of Mississippi Librarians. Featured stories: "The Many Lives of Andrew Young," "Blues Archive's 40th," "A True Friend of the Library," and project and student updates.


Finding Aid For The Charles Reagan Wilson Collection (Mum00774) Sep 2024

Finding Aid For The Charles Reagan Wilson Collection (Mum00774)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

Materials relating to Dr. Charles R. Wilson’s publication, research, administrative work, and collection.


Professor's Photography Selected For International Exhibition In Nyc, Marvis Herring Sep 2024

Professor's Photography Selected For International Exhibition In Nyc, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Several photographs of Black women in the wake of George Floyd's death taken by University of Mississippi professor Vanessa Charlot have been selected for an international exhibition in New York.


September 26, 2024, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2024

September 26, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Love Of Visual, Literary Art Combine At Greenfield Farm Invitational, Clara Turnage Sep 2024

Love Of Visual, Literary Art Combine At Greenfield Farm Invitational, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Lovers of visual and literary art alike are welcome at the second annual Plein Air Invitational, where artists from across the state will gather at William Faulkner's former mule farm to share their talent.


Ole Miss Alumni Association Names Distinguished Alumni For 2024, Jim Urbanek Sep 2024

Ole Miss Alumni Association Names Distinguished Alumni For 2024, Jim Urbanek

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss Alumni Association will recognize seven distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards as part of Homecoming 2024.


Issue 452: September 19-October 3, 2024, The Local Voice Sep 2024

Issue 452: September 19-October 3, 2024, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.


News You Can Use: Crime Prevention For Everyone, Edwin Smith Sep 2024

News You Can Use: Crime Prevention For Everyone, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Phone snatching is a growing problem everywhere, but a University of Mississippi criminologist advises that everybody can take steps to lower their odds of becoming the next victim of criminals.


Oldest U.S. Multidisciplinary Honor Society Names Professor To Board, Marvis Herring Sep 2024

Oldest U.S. Multidisciplinary Honor Society Names Professor To Board, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi journalism professor Debora Wenger has been appointed to the board of directors for Phi Kappa Phi, one of the nation's oldest and most selective multidisciplinary honor societies.


September 19, 2024, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2024

September 19, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Place-Based Community Engagement: M Partner Accomplishments In Pontotoc And Ecru, 2020-23, Albert Nylander, Laura Martin Sep 2024

Place-Based Community Engagement: M Partner Accomplishments In Pontotoc And Ecru, 2020-23, Albert Nylander, Laura Martin

M Partner Publications

A partnership between the cities of Pontotoc and Ecru and the University of Mississippi.


September 12, 2024, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2024

September 12, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Issue 451: September 5-19, 2024, The Local Voice Sep 2024

Issue 451: September 5-19, 2024, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.


September 5, 2024, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2024

September 5, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Pharmacy Matters - September 2024, Umiversity Of Mississippi School Of Pharmacy Sep 2024

Pharmacy Matters - September 2024, Umiversity Of Mississippi School Of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Matters Newsletters

Featured stories: "School of Pharmacy Welcomes New Students", "Researchers Study Effect of Cannabinoids in Early Life", "State Legislature Approves, Funds New UM Cannabis Program", "Pharmacy Professor On a Mission to Change Lives", "UM Kappa Psi Chapter Earns National Recognition", "Gravlee Selected for Health Equity Fellowship", "Celebrating Excellence: New Award Honors Outstanding Staff", "Building Their Legacy Coat By Coat".


Remembering My Grandmother: Rev. Maggie T. Mosley (Summer 2024), Cassandra Hawkins Sep 2024

Remembering My Grandmother: Rev. Maggie T. Mosley (Summer 2024), Cassandra Hawkins

Staff Residencies

Dr. Cassandra Hawkins, Associate Director of Data and Quality Management at the Institute of Child Nutrition, pursued a film photography project that invoked a sense of family and introspection about the past and the present.


Squared Preserves - Preserving Our History Through Preserves (Summer 2024), Merrill Magruder Sep 2024

Squared Preserves - Preserving Our History Through Preserves (Summer 2024), Merrill Magruder

Staff Residencies

Merrill Magruder, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Family Engagement in the Office of the Chancellor, researched and applied traditional canning techniques.


The House That Ann Built, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2024

The House That Ann Built, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

The House That Ann Built For Ann Abadie (1940-2024) Written by William Ferris Ann Abadie came to Oxford in 1960 to begin her PhD in the University of Mississippi's English Department. Her work focused on William Faulkner whose language inspired her to explore the South in its entirety.


2025 Study The South Research Fellowship Announcement, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2024

2025 Study The South Research Fellowship Announcement, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Announcing the 2025 Study the South Research Fellowship. Scholars researching the South have an opportunity for funded research in the collections of the Department of Archives and Special Collections at the J. D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi.


University Benefits From Record-Breaking Support, Tina H. Hahn Aug 2024

University Benefits From Record-Breaking Support, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Alumni and friends committed $168.36 million to the University of Mississippi during fiscal year 2024, the highest fundraising year on record.


Dental Modification Among The Classic Maya Of Chac Balam And San Juan, Ambergris Caye, Belize, Katherine Kelly Aug 2024

Dental Modification Among The Classic Maya Of Chac Balam And San Juan, Ambergris Caye, Belize, Katherine Kelly

Honors Theses

Perceptions of beauty and health are embedded within everyday actions, even a simple smile. How do dental modification practices among the Classic Maya from Ambergris Caye, Belize relate to these perceptions and a person’s identity and status? This thesis analyzes the practice of notching, filing, and placing inlays in maxillary incisors and canines through a qualitative analysis of Classic period AD 250-1000 Maya teeth from the sites of San Juan and Chac Balam. A lack of patterns related to sex, socioeconomic status, and the type of modification in the dentition of five individuals, including two males, two females and one …


August 23, 2024, The Daily Mississippian Aug 2024

August 23, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Issue 450: August 22-September 5, 2024, The Local Voice Aug 2024

Issue 450: August 22-September 5, 2024, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.


New Faculty Guide, 2024, University Of Mississippi. Provost Aug 2024

New Faculty Guide, 2024, University Of Mississippi. Provost

New Faculty

No abstract provided.


Trent Lott Leadership Institute's Rising 9th Graders Visit Grenada, Staff Report Aug 2024

Trent Lott Leadership Institute's Rising 9th Graders Visit Grenada, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

GRENADA, Miss. – Fifty-two incoming high school freshmen from Mississippi and surrounding states took a one-day outing to Grenada, taking a deep dive into the inner workings of local government during a University of Mississippi summer program.